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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Exp Neurol. 2016 Aug 26;287(Pt 3):300–309. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2016.08.015

Table 1. Regulators of Axon Regeneration in C. elegans.

Regulators of C. elegans axon regeneration are listed, along with their role in axon regeneration. For simplicity, the table does not include all identified regulators.

Gene Description Neuron Role in Regeneration Reference
Calcium and cAMP Signaling egl-19 Voltage-gated calcium channel alpha1 subunit PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
acy-1 Adenylyl cyclase PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
cAMP cyclic AMP PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
kin-2 PKA subunit PLM Inhibitor Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010; Chen et al., 2011
itr-1 Inositol triphosphate receptor PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
pde-4 cAMP phosphodiesterase PLM Inhibitor Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
gsa-1 Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gs PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
jun-1 bZIP transcription factor PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2010
crt-1 Calreticulin ALM Required Pinan-Lucarre et al., 2012
unc-68 Ryanodine receptor ALM Required Sun et al., 2014
MLK Signaling vhp-1 MAPK phosphatase GABA Inhibitor Nix et al., 2011
svh-1 HGF, MSP, and plasminogen family GABA Required Li et al., 2012
svh-2 Receptor tyrosine kinase GABA Required Li et al., 2012
faah-1 Fatty acid amide hydrolase GABA Required Pastuhov et al., 2012
ets-4 ETS transcription factor GABA Required Li et al., 2015
mlk-1 MAPKKK GABA Required Hammarlund et al., 2009; Nix et al., 2011
mek-1 MAPKK GABA Required Hammarlund et al., 2009; Nix et al., 2011
kgb-1 MAPK GABA Required Nix et al., 2011
fos-1 bZIP transcription factor GABA Required Nix et al., 2014
goa-1 Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Go Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Go Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Go Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Go Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Go GABA Inhibitor Pastuhov et al., 2012
egl-30 Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gq Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gq Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gq Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gq Heterotrimeric G protein alpha subunit Gq GABA Required Pastuhov et al., 2012
egl-8 Phospholipase C beta GABA Required Pastuhov et al., 2012
tpa-1 Protein kinase C GABA Required Pastuhov et al., 2012
DLK Signaling rpm-1 E3 ubiquitin ligase GABA Inhibitor Hammarlund et al., 2009; Yan et al., 2009
dlk-1 MAPKKK GABA, PLM Required Hammarlund et al., 2009; Yan et al., 2009
mkk-4 MAPKK GABA, PLM Required Hammarlund et al., 2009; Yan et al., 2009
pmk-3 MAPK GABA, PLM Required Hammarlund et al., 2009; Yan et al., 2009
mak-2 MAPKAP kinase PLM Required Yan et al., 2009
cebp-1 bZIP CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein PLM Required Yan et al., 2009
Cytoskeletal Dynamics mek-7 β-TUBULIN ALM, PLM Required Kirszenblat et al., 2013
efa-6 Arf Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor ALM, PLM Chen et al., 2011; Chen et al., 2015
klp-7 Kinesin-13 family member PLM Inhibitor Ghosh-Roy et al., 2012
ccpp-6 Cytosolic carboxypeptidase PLM Required Ghosh-Roy et al., 2012
ttll-5 Putative tubulin polyglutamylase PLM Inhibitor Ghosh-Roy et al., 2012
zyg-8 Doublecortin-like-kinase ALM, PLM Required Chen et al., 2015
tac-1 Transforming-acidic-coiled-coil protein ALM, PLM Required Chen et al., 2015
ptrn-1 Microtubule-binding protein PLM Required Chuang et al., 2014
ebp-1 Microtubule End Binding Protein PLM Chen, et al., 2011
Axon Guidance sax-3 Robo receptor PLM Inhibitor Chen, et al., 2011
slt-1 Slit ligand AVM, PLM Inhibitor Gabel, 2008, Chen, 2011
vab-1 Eph Receptor Tyrosine Kinase PLM Inhibitor Wu et al., 2007
unc-6 Netrin AVM Inhibitor Gabel et al., 2008
cwn-2 Wnt ligand PLM Required Chen, et al., 2011
Actin Dynamics unc-34 EVH1 domain-containing protein AVM Required Gabel et al., 2008
mig-10 Lamellopodin homolog AVM Inhibitor Gabel et al., 2008
ced-10 Rac AVM Required Gabel et al., 2008
Ageing daf-2 Insulin receptor GABA Inhibitor Byrne et al., 2014
daf-16 FOXO transcription factor GABA Required Byrne et al., 2014
PTEN Signaling daf-18 Phosphatase and tensin homolog GABA Inhibitor Byrne et al., 2014
Developmental Switch let-7 microRNA AVM Inhibitor Zou et al., 2013
lin-41 Ring finger-B box-Coiled coil AVM Required Zou et al., 2013
lin-29 Zinc finger transcription factor AVM Inhibitor Zou et al., 2013
alg-1 Argonaute AVM Inhibitor Zou et al., 2013
Notch Signaling lin-12 Notch GABA Inhibitor el Bejjani, et al., 2012
sup-17 ADAM protein GABA Inhibitor el Bejjani, et al., 2012
sel-12 Presenilin GABA Inhibitor el Bejjani, et al., 2012
hop-1 Presenilin GABA Inhibitor el Bejjani, et al., 2012
Extracellular Matrix sdn-1 Syndecan Gaba Required Edwards et al., 2011
pxn-2 Peroxidasin PLM, ALM Inhibitor Gotenstein et al., 2010
Caspases ced-3 Caspase ALM Required Pinan-Lucarre, et al., 2012
ced-4 Caspase activator ALM Required Pinan-Lucarre, et al., 2012
RNA ligase rtcb-1 RNA ligase GABA Inhibitor Kosmaczewski et al., 2015
S6 Kinase Signaling rsks-1 S6 kinase PLM, ALM Inhibitor Hubert et al., 2014
aak-2 AMP kinase PLM Required Hubert et al., 2014
Serotonin Signaling tph-1 tryptophan hydroxylase PLM, GABA Required Alam et al., 2016
hif-1 hypoxia-induced factor GABA, PLM Required Alam et al., 2016
ser-7 5-HT receptor GABA Required Alam et al., 2016
gpa-12 G protein alpha subunit GABA Required Alam et al., 2016
rhgf-1 RhoGEF GABA Required Alam et al., 2016
rho-1 RhoGTPase GABA Required Alam et al., 2016
rga-5 RhoGAP GABA Inhibitor Alam et al., 2016
DLK-Independent Regeneration egl-19 Voltage gated calcium channel subunit ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
tax-4 Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel subunit ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
tax-2 Cyclic nucleotide-gated channel beta subunit ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
osm-6 Intraflagellar transport particle component ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
unc-36 Alpha2/delta subunit of a voltage-gated calcium channel ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
daf-11 Transmembrane guanylate cyclase ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
sax-1 Ndr kinase ASJ Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016
unc-43 Type II calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase ASJ, ALM Inhibitor Chung et al., 2016