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Riemann S, Kolibabka M, Busch S, Lin J, Hoffmann S, Gretz N, Feng Y, Wohlfart P, Hammes HP. Microglial Activation Is Associated With Vasoprotection in a Rat Model of Inflammatory Retinal Vasoregression. Front Physiol 2021; 12:660164. [PMID: 33981252 PMCID: PMC8107726 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.660164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Vascular dysfunction and vasoregression are hallmarks of a variety of inflammatory central nervous system disorders and inflammation-related retinal diseases like diabetic retinopathy. Activation of microglia and the humoral innate immune system are contributing factors. Anti-inflammatory approaches have been proposed as therapies for neurovascular diseases, which include the modulation of microglial activation. The present study aimed at investigating the effects of microglial activation by clodronate-coated liposomes on vasoregression in a model of retinal degeneration. Clodronate treatment over 5 weeks led to an increase in activated CD74+ microglia and completely prevented acellular capillaries and pericyte loss. Gene expression analyses indicated that vasoprotection was due to the induction of vasoprotective factors such as Egr1, Stat3, and Ahr while expression of pro-inflammatory genes remained unchanged. We concluded that activated microglia led to a shift toward induction of pleiotropic protective pathways supporting vasoprotection in neurovascular retinal diseases.
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- Sarah Riemann
- 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Experimental Pharmacology, European Center for Angioscience, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Sanofi Aventis Deutschland GmbH, TA Diabetes R&D, Frankfurt, Germany
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- 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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Sato K, Nakagawa Y, Omodaka K, Asada H, Fujii S, Masaki K, Nakazawa T. The Sustained Release of Tafluprost with a Drug Delivery System Prevents the Axonal Injury-induced Loss of Retinal Ganglion Cells in Rats. Curr Eye Res 2020; 45:1114-1123. [PMID: 31994948 DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2020.1715446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigated whether a new drug delivery system (DDS) could enable the controlled release of tafluprost and suppress retinal ganglion cell (RGC) death in rats after optic nerve transection (ONT). METHODS A DDS containing 0.04%, 0.20% or 1.00% tafluprost, or vehicle, was injected intravitreally in 8-12-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats 7 days before ONT, and the retinas were extracted 7 days after ONT. For comparison, eye drops containing 0.0015% tafluprost or vehicle were used once a day. The extracted retinas were analyzed with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, immunohistochemistry and western blotting. RESULTS The level of tafluprost acid in the groups that received the 0.20% and 1.00% tafluprost DDSs was stable, and higher than the maximum concentration in the eye drop group, even after 14 days. In the retinas treated with the 1.00% tafluprost DDS, the active form of the drug had a high concentration (~50 times higher than eye drops), but no significant IOP difference compared with its vehicle in this study. The 1.00% tafluprost DDS group also had less cleaved α-fodrin and fewer c-Jun-positive cells than the vehicle DDS group. CONCLUSIONS This study found that a newly developed DDS allowed the controlled release of tafluprost and prevented the loss of RGCs after ONT IOP independently. The duration of drug action on the target site was longer with a tafluprost DDS than with topical instillation and should therefore reduce problems related to lack of patient compliance. This system may also enable new treatments to prevent RGC degeneration in diseases such as glaucoma.
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- Kota Sato
- Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Collaborative Program for Ophthalmic Drug Discovery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information Analytics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Technology Development, Global R&D, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ., Nara, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Technology Development, Global R&D, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ., Nara, Japan
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- Pharmaceutical Technology Development, Global R&D, Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd ., Nara, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Collaborative Program for Ophthalmic Drug Discovery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmic Imaging and Information Analytics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Department of Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan.,Department of Retinal Disease Control, Ophthalmology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai, Japan
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Schellino R, Boido M, Vercelli A. JNK Signaling Pathway Involvement in Spinal Cord Neuron Development and Death. Cells 2019; 8:E1576. [PMID: 31817379 PMCID: PMC6953032 DOI: 10.3390/cells8121576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK) is a Janus-faced kinase, which, in the nervous system, plays important roles in a broad range of physiological and pathological processes. Three genes, encoding for 10 JNK isoforms, have been identified: jnk1, jnk2, and jnk3. In the developing spinal cord, JNK proteins control neuronal polarity, axon growth/pathfinding, and programmed cell death; in adulthood they can drive degeneration and regeneration, after pathological insults. Indeed, recent studies have highlighted a role for JNK in motor neuron (MN) diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy. In this review we discuss how JNK-dependent signaling regulates apparently contradictory functions in the spinal cord, in both the developmental and adult stages. In addition, we examine the evidence that the specific targeting of JNK signaling pathway may represent a promising therapeutic strategy for the treatment of MN diseases.
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- Roberta Schellino
- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano (TO), Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano (TO), Italy
- National Institute of Neuroscience (INN), 10125 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy
- Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano (TO), Italy
- National Institute of Neuroscience (INN), 10125 Turin, Italy
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Salinas-Abarca AB, Velazquez-Lagunas I, Franco-Enzástiga Ú, Torres-López JE, Rocha-González HI, Granados-Soto V. ATF2, but not ATF3, participates in the maintenance of nerve injury-induced tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia. Mol Pain 2018; 14:1744806918787427. [PMID: 29921170 PMCID: PMC6050803 DOI: 10.1177/1744806918787427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transcription factors are proteins that modulate the transcriptional rate of target genes in the nucleus in response to extracellular or cytoplasmic signals. Activating transcription factors 2 (ATF2) and 3 (ATF3) respond to environmental signals and maintain cellular homeostasis. There is evidence that inflammation and nerve injury modulate ATF2 and ATF3 expression. However, the function of these transcription factors in pain is unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the contribution of ATF2 and ATF3 to nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain. L5/6 spinal nerve ligation induced tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia. Moreover, nerve damage enhanced ATF2 and ATF3 protein expression in injured L5/6 dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord but not in uninjured L4 dorsal root ganglia. Nerve damage also enhanced ATF2 immunoreactivity in dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord 7 to 21 days post-injury. Repeated intrathecal post-treatment with a small-interfering RNA targeted against ATF2 (ATF2 siRNA) or anti-ATF2 antibody partially reversed tactile allodynia and thermal hyperalgesia. In contrast, ATF3 siRNA or anti-ATF3 antibody did not modify nociceptive behaviors. ATF2 immunoreactivity was found in dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord co-labeling with NeuN mainly in non-peptidergic (IB4+) but also in peptidergic (CGRP+) neurons. ATF2 was found mainly in small- and medium-sized neurons. These results suggest that ATF2, but not ATF3, is found in strategic sites related to spinal nociceptive processing and participates in the maintenance of neuropathic pain in rats.
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- Ana B Salinas-Abarca
- 1 Neurobiology of Pain Laboratory, Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Mexico
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- 2 Laboratorio Mecanismos del Dolor, Centro de Investigación, División Académica de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco, Mexico.,3 Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad Dr. Juan Graham Casasús, Mexico
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- 4 Sección de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Escuela Superior de Medicina, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
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- 1 Neurobiology of Pain Laboratory, Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Mexico
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Levkovitch-Verbin H. Retinal ganglion cell apoptotic pathway in glaucoma: Initiating and downstream mechanisms. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2015; 220:37-57. [PMID: 26497784 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2015.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Apoptosis of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in glaucoma causes progressive visual field loss, making it the primary cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Elevated intraocular pressure and aging, the main risk factors for glaucoma, accelerate RGC apoptosis. Numerous pathways and mechanisms were found to be involved in RGC death in glaucoma. Neurotrophic factors deprivation is an early event. Oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, inflammation, glial cell dysfunction, and activation of apoptotic pathways and prosurvival pathways play a significant role in RGC death in glaucoma. The most important among the involved pathways are the MAP-kinase pathway, PI-3 kinase/Akt pathway, Bcl-2 family, caspase family, and IAP family.
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- Hani Levkovitch-Verbin
- Glaucoma Service, Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
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Fröhlich D, Kuo WP, Frühbeis C, Sun JJ, Zehendner CM, Luhmann HJ, Pinto S, Toedling J, Trotter J, Krämer-Albers EM. Multifaceted effects of oligodendroglial exosomes on neurons: impact on neuronal firing rate, signal transduction and gene regulation. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2015; 369:rstb.2013.0510. [PMID: 25135971 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Exosomes are small membranous vesicles of endocytic origin that are released by almost every cell type. They exert versatile functions in intercellular communication important for many physiological and pathological processes. Recently, exosomes attracted interest with regard to their role in cell-cell communication in the nervous system. We have shown that exosomes released from oligodendrocytes upon stimulation with the neurotransmitter glutamate are internalized by neurons and enhance the neuronal stress tolerance. Here, we demonstrate that oligodendroglial exosomes also promote neuronal survival during oxygen-glucose deprivation, a model of cerebral ischaemia. We show the transfer from oligodendrocytes to neurons of superoxide dismutase and catalase, enzymes which are known to help cells to resist oxidative stress. Additionally, we identify various effects of oligodendroglial exosomes on neuronal physiology. Electrophysiological analysis using in vitro multi-electrode arrays revealed an increased firing rate of neurons exposed to oligodendroglial exosomes. Moreover, gene expression analysis and phosphorylation arrays uncovered differentially expressed genes and altered signal transduction pathways in neurons after exosome treatment. Our study thus provides new insight into the broad spectrum of action of oligodendroglial exosomes and their effects on neuronal physiology. The exchange of extracellular vesicles between neural cells may exhibit remarkable potential to impact brain performance.
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- Dominik Fröhlich
- Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany Focus Programme Translational Neuroscience, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center, 55128 Mainz, Germany Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center, 55128 Mainz, Germany ZIM III, Department of Cardiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60389 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Focus Programme Translational Neuroscience, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany Institute of Physiology, University Medical Center, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Developmental Immunology, DKFZ Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany Focus Programme Translational Neuroscience, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Molecular Cell Biology, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany Focus Programme Translational Neuroscience, University of Mainz, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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The molecular basis of retinal ganglion cell death in glaucoma. Prog Retin Eye Res 2012; 31:152-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2011.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 565] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 10/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Ribas VT, Arruda-Carvalho M, Linden R, Chiarini LB. Early c-Jun N-terminal kinase-dependent phosphorylation of activating transcription factor-2 is associated with degeneration of retinal ganglion cells. Neuroscience 2011; 180:64-74. [PMID: 21300140 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Neuron death due to deprivation of target-derived neurotrophic factors depends on protein synthesis regulated by transcription factor activity. We investigated the content and phosphorylation of activating transcription factor 2 (ATF-2) in axon-damaged retinal ganglion cells of neonatal rats. In the retina of neonatal rats, the ATF-2 protein is predominantly located in the nucleus of the ganglion cells. A gradual loss of the immunoreactivity for ATF-2 occurred after explantation. ATF-2 is phosphorylated early after explantation, with a peak within 3 hours, preceding the peak of cell death that occurs at 18 hours. Both the phosphorylation of ATF-2 and ganglion cell death were blocked by treatment with an inhibitor of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), whereas an inhibitor of p38 reduced only slightly the rate of ganglion cell death with no effect upon phosphorylation of ATF-2. Inhibitors of phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase (PI-3K), protein kinase C (PKC) or extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) had no effect. Finally, the inhibitor of JNK blocked the upregulation of both c-Jun and Hrk in the GCL after retinal explantation. The data show that phosphorylation of ATF-2 by JNK is associated with retinal ganglion cell death after axon damage.
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- V T Ribas
- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Fitzgerald M, Bartlett CA, Harvey AR, Dunlop SA. Early events of secondary degeneration after partial optic nerve transection: an immunohistochemical study. J Neurotrauma 2010; 27:439-52. [PMID: 19852581 DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Secondary degeneration in the central nervous system involves indirect damage to neurons and glia away from the initial injury. Partial transection of the dorsal optic nerve (ON) results in precise spatial separation of the primary trauma from delayed degenerative events in ventrally placed axons and parent somata. Here we conduct an immunohistochemical survey of secondary cellular changes in and around axons and their parent retinal ganglion cell (RGC) somata during the first 3 days after a restricted, dorsal ON transection. This is before the secondary loss of RGCs and axons projecting through the uninjured, ventral portion of the ON. Within 5 min, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD; a marker of oxidative stress) co-localizes within the astrocytic network across the entire profile of the ON. Secondary astrocyte hypertrophy of immunofluorescent labeling was evident from 3 h, with sustained increases in myelin basic protein immunoreactivity across the nerve by 24 h. Increases in NG-2-positive oligodendrocyte precursor cells, ED-1-positive activated microglia/macrophages, and Iba1-positive reactive resident microglia/macrophage numbers were only seen in ON vulnerable to secondary degeneration by 3 days. Changes within RGC somata exclusively vulnerable to secondary degeneration were detected at 24 h, as evidenced by increases in MnSOD immunoreactivity, followed by increases in c-jun immunoreactivity at 3 days. Treatment with the voltage-gated calcium channel blocker lomerizine did not alter any measured outcome. We conclude that oxidative stress spreading via the astrocytic network and from injured axons to parent RGC somata is an early event during secondary degeneration, and containment is likely to be required in order to prevent further damage to the nerve.
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- Melinda Fitzgerald
- Experimental and Regenerative Neurosciences, School of Animal Biology, Western Australian Institute of Medical Research, 6009, Western Australia, Australia.
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In this study, we report that partial unilateral optic nerve crush in the rat affects the number of retinal ganglion cells of the contralateral eye still in continuity with the ipsilateral superior colliculus. The reduction in cell number of the uncrossed retinal projection was accompanied by a microglia response and could be prevented by the local intravitreal application of the anti-inflammatory agent dexamethasone. Interestingly, the level of neuronal activity after optic nerve crush as evidenced by thallium autometallography was enhanced in the termination area of the uncrossed projection, the rostro-medial superior colliculus, suggesting that a dying-back mechanism is not involved. We propose that injury signals from the damaged optic nerve and retina are transduced to the unaffected eye.
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Han SR, Shin C, Park S, Rhyu S, Park J, Kim YI. Differential expression of activating transcription factor-2 and c-Jun in the immature and adult rat hippocampus following lithium-pilocarpine induced status epilepticus. Yonsei Med J 2009; 50:200-5. [PMID: 19430551 PMCID: PMC2678693 DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.2.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2007] [Revised: 08/23/2008] [Accepted: 08/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Lithium-pilocarpine induced status epilepticus (LPSE) causes selective and age-dependent neuronal death, although the mechanism of maturation-related injury has not yet been clarified. The activating transcription factor-2 (ATF-2) protein is essential for the normal development of mammalian brain and is activated by c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). It induces the expression of the c-jun gene and modulates the function of the c-Jun protein, a mediator of neuronal death and survival. Therefore, we investigated the expression of c-Jun and ATF-2 protein in the immature and adult rat hippocampus to understand their roles in LPSE-induced neuronal death. MATERIALS AND METHODS Lithium chloride was administrated to P10 and adult rats followed by pilocarpine. Neuronal injury was assessed by silver and cresyl violet staining, performed 72 hours after status epilepticus. For evaluation of the expression of ATF-2 and c-Jun by immunohistochemical method and Western blot, animals were sacrificed at 0, 4, 24, and 72 hours after the initiation of seizure. RESULTS Neuronal injury and expression of c-Jun were maturation-dependently increased by LPSE, whereas ATF-2 immunoreactivity decreased in the mature brain. Since both c-Jun and ATF-2 are activated by JNK, and targets and competitors in the same signal transduction cascade, we could speculate that ATF-2 may compete with c-Jun for JNK phosphorylation. CONCLUSION The results suggested a neuroprotective role of ATF-2 in this maturation-related evolution of neuronal cell death from status epilepticus.
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- Si-Ryung Han
- Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Neurology, Mayo Clinic, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Sughrue ME, McDermott MW, Parsa AT. Vision salvage after resection of a giant meningioma in a patient with a loss in light perception. J Neurosurg 2009; 110:109-11. [PMID: 18950266 DOI: 10.3171/2008.7.jns08260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Clinical approaches to the surgical management of optic chiasm compression stress quick action, as several case series have demonstrated minimal vision restoration following aggressive decompression in patients presenting more than 3 days after the onset of blindness. The authors here report the case of a 48-year-old woman who presented with near-complete binocular vision loss but regained visual function following surgical removal of a giant planum-tuberculum meningioma, which was performed 8 days after a documented loss in light perception. The interval between the patient's vision loss and successful vision-restoring decompressive surgery is the longest recorded to date in the literature. This case shows the importance of aggressive decompression of mass lesions despite extended intervals of optic nerve dysfunction.
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- Michael E Sughrue
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Oliva AA, Atkins CM, Copenagle L, Banker GA. Activated c-Jun N-terminal kinase is required for axon formation. J Neurosci 2006; 26:9462-70. [PMID: 16971530 PMCID: PMC6674614 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2625-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A critical transition in neuron development is formation of the axon, which establishes the polarized structure of the neuron that underlies its entire input and output capabilities. The morphological events that occur during axonogenesis have long been known, yet the molecular determinants underlying axonogenesis remain poorly understood. We demonstrate here that axonogenesis requires activated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). JNK is expressed throughout the neuron, but its phosphorylated, activated form is highly enriched in the axon. In young axons, activated JNK forms a proximodistal gradient of increasing intensity, beginning at about the point where the axon exceeds the lengths of the other neurites (minor processes). Treatment with SP600125, a specific inhibitor of JNK, reversibly inhibits axonogenesis but does not prevent the formation of minor processes or their differentiation into dendrites (based on their immunostaining with marker proteins). Expression of a dominant-negative construct against JNK similarly prevents axonogenesis. Investigation of JNK targets revealed that activating transcription factor-2 is phosphorylated under normal conditions in neurons, and its phosphorylation is significantly attenuated after JNK inhibition. These results demonstrate that activated JNK is required for axonogenesis but not formation of minor processes or development of dendrites.
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- Anthony A Oliva
- Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA.
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Munemasa Y, Ohtani-Kaneko R, Kitaoka Y, Kumai T, Kitaoka Y, Hayashi Y, Watanabe M, Takeda H, Hirata K, Ueno S. Pro-apoptotic role of c-Jun in NMDA-induced neurotoxicity in the rat retina. J Neurosci Res 2006; 83:907-18. [PMID: 16477618 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We examined the role of c-Jun on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-induced neurotoxicity in the rat retina. An increase in c-Jun mRNA, c-Jun protein and phosphorylated c-Jun (p-c-Jun) levels in the retina was detected 3 hr after intravitreal injection of NMDA (20 nmol). These levels peaked after 12 hr, and then returned to their control levels by 24 hr. c-Jun and p-c-Jun immunoreactivities were observed in the retinal ganglion cell layer (RGCL), especially in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), and in the inner nuclear layer (INL) 12 hr after NMDA injection, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick-end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells were immunopositive for c-Jun and p-c-Jun. A c-Jun antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (AS ODN), which was simultaneously injected with NMDA, penetrated the cells in the RGCL and the INL, suppressed the NMDA-induced increase in c-Jun and p-c-Jun protein levels and reduced the number of TUNEL-positive cells in the RGCL 12 hr after the injection. The protective effect of c-Jun AS ODN on the NMDA-treated retina was also shown by the RGCL cell count and measurement of the IPL thickness, as well as by quantitative real-time PCR analysis of Thy-1 mRNA 7 days after the injection. These results suggest that c-Jun synthesis and phosphorylation participate in NMDA-induced neuronal cell death.
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- Yasunari Munemasa
- Department of Ophthalmology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Parsadanian A, Pan Y, Li W, Myckatyn TM, Brakefield D. Astrocyte-derived transgene GDNF promotes complete and long-term survival of adult facial motoneurons following avulsion and differentially regulates the expression of transcription factors of AP-1 and ATF/CREB families. Exp Neurol 2006; 200:26-37. [PMID: 16497298 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2005] [Revised: 01/08/2006] [Accepted: 01/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a potent survival factor for motoneurons (MNs). We have previously demonstrated that overexpression of GDNF in astrocytes of GFAP-GDNF mice promotes long-term survival of neonatal MNs after facial nerve axotomy. In the present study, we investigated whether astrocyte-derived GDNF could also have a neuroprotective effect on adult MNs following facial nerve avulsion. We also examined avulsion- and GDNF-induced changes in the expression pattern of several members of the AP-1 and ATF/CREB families of transcription factors, which are involved in the fate determination of neurons following injury. We demonstrated that GDNF promotes complete rescue of avulsed MNs for at least 4 months post-injury. Transgene GDNF significantly upregulates c-Jun expression in naive MNs, further upregulates injury-induced c-Jun expression in facial MNs, and results in its activation in most surviving MNs. No significant changes were found in c-Fos expression. We found that GDNF has an opposing effect on ATF2 and ATF3 expression. It dramatically downregulates increased levels of ATF3 in response to injury, whereas the expression of ATF2, which is normally reduced after injury, is completely preserved in GFAP-GDNF mice. Our data suggest that maintenance of high levels of ATF2 in injured MNs could be crucial in modulating c-Jun function, and c-Jun/ATF2 signaling could be involved in GDNF-mediated survival of mature MNs.
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- Alexander Parsadanian
- Department of Neurology and Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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D'Cruz BJ, Logue ES, Falke E, DeFranco DB, Callaway CW. Hypothermia and ERK activation after cardiac arrest. Brain Res 2005; 1064:108-18. [PMID: 16289484 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.09.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2005] [Revised: 09/21/2005] [Accepted: 09/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mild hypothermia improves survival and neurological outcome after cardiac arrest, as well as increasing activation of the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in hippocampus. ERK signaling is involved in neuronal growth and survival. We tested the hypothesis that the beneficial effects of hypothermia required ERK activation. ERK activation was measured by immunoblotting with phosphorylation-specific antibodies. Rats (n = 8 per group) underwent 8 min of asphyxial cardiac arrest and were resuscitated with chest compressions, ventilation, epinephrine and bicarbonate. At 30 min after resuscitation, vehicle (50% saline:50% DMSO) or the ERK kinase inhibitor U0126 (100 microg) was infused into the lateral ventricle. Cranial temperature was kept at either 33 degrees C (hypothermia) or 37 degrees C (normothermia) between 1 and 24 h. Neurological function was assessed daily for 14 days. Surviving neurons were counted in the hippocampus. A dose of 100 mug U0126 inhibited ERK bilaterally for 12 to 24 h and decreased phosphorylation of the ERK substrates ATF-2 and CREB. As in previous studies, hypothermia improved survival, neurological and histological outcome after cardiac arrest. However, survival, neurological score and histology did not differ between U0126 and vehicle-treated rats after cardiac arrest. Therefore, a dose of U0126 sufficient to inhibit biochemical markers of ERK signaling in hippocampus does not alter the beneficial effects of hypothermia induced after resuscitation in rats and did not affect recovery of normothermia-treated rats. These results suggest that hypothermia-induced improvement in outcomes does not require ERK activation.
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- Brian J D'Cruz
- Department of Emergency Medicine, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Hashimoto K, Parker A, Malone P, Gabelt BT, Rasmussen C, Kaufman PS, Hernandez MR. Long-term activation of c-Fos and c-Jun in optic nerve head astrocytes in experimental ocular hypertension in monkeys and after exposure to elevated pressure in vitro. Brain Res 2005; 1054:103-15. [PMID: 16081055 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2005] [Revised: 06/10/2005] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This study investigates whether the immediate early gene (IEG) products c-Fos and c-Jun are activated in vivo in monkeys with experimental glaucoma, and in vitro in cultured human ONH astrocytes exposed to hydrostatic pressure (HP). Three Rhesus monkeys with mild glaucomatous damage (mean intraocular pressure (IOP) 27 +/- 1.3 mm Hg approximately 42 weeks) and three with moderate glaucomatous damage (mean IOP 44 +/- 6.7% mm Hg approximately 11 weeks) were used for this study; the contralateral eye served as normal control (mean IOP 18.6 +/- 1.7 mm Hg). ONH tissues were stained with GFAP, DAPI, and c-Jun or c-Fos, and transcription factor positive and negative nuclei were counted to determine nuclear localization. Cultured human normal and glaucomatous ONH astrocytes exposed to elevated HP served as the in vitro model of elevated pressure. Activation and nuclear localization of c-Fos and c-Jun increased significantly in the monkeys with elevated IOP. These data correlated with axonal loss, reactive astrocytes, and remodeling of the optic disc. Cultured human ONH astrocytes showed increased nuclear localization of c-Fos and c-Jun under exposure to HP. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the upstream regulators of c-Fos and c-Jun, ERK-MAPK and MAPKp38 localized to the nuclei of ONH astrocytes in monkeys with experimental glaucoma. Taken together, these results demonstrate c-Fos and c-Jun activation in ONH astrocytes in vivo and in vitro, and that activation of both transcription factors is associated with ERK and MAPKp38 activation in experimental glaucoma, suggesting that activation of transcription factors may participate in the induction and maintenance of the reactive astrocyte phenotype in glaucomatous optic neuropathy.
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- K Hashimoto
- Division of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Niigata University Graduate School, 1-757 Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan
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Colby GP, Coon AL, Connolly ES, Ambron RT. Activation of c-Jun and ATF-2 in primate motor cranial nerve nuclei is not associated with apoptosis following axotomy. Exp Neurol 2005; 194:57-65. [PMID: 15899243 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2004] [Revised: 12/17/2004] [Accepted: 01/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Nerve transection induces complex changes in gene regulation and expression that can have profound phenotypic effects on the fate of axotomized neurons. The transcription factors c-Jun and ATF-2 (activating transcription factor-2) are components of a regulatory network that mediates survival, regeneration, and apoptosis following axotomy in rodents. The activation and function of c-Jun and ATF-2 after nerve injury have not been examined in primates. Using a novel model of cranial nerve injury in baboons, we have examined the temporality of c-Jun activation (phosphorylation) in cranial nerve (CN) III and CN VI neurons and ATF-2 activation in CN VI neurons at 2, 4, and 9 days post-injury by immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, we have addressed whether the activation of these factors is associated with apoptosis by the TUNEL assay. We report that activated c-Jun is present in CN III and CN VI neurons ipsilateral to axotomy at 2, 4, and 9 days post-injury, but not in neurons contralateral to injury. Additionally, CN VI neurons ipsilateral to injury at 4 and 9 days contain activated ATF-2. Furthermore, no evidence of TUNEL reactivity was observed in either nucleus, regardless of laterality, at any of the examined time points. These findings suggest that activation of both c-Jun and ATF-2 does not mediate apoptosis in axotomized primate CN III and CN VI neurons at time points up to 9 days. This report serves as a basic inquiry into the neuronal response to cranial nerve injury in primates.
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- Geoffrey P Colby
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Black Building Room 1204, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Levkovitch-Verbin H, Quigley HA, Martin KRG, Harizman N, Valenta DF, Pease ME, Melamed S. The transcription factor c-jun is activated in retinal ganglion cells in experimental rat glaucoma. Exp Eye Res 2005; 80:663-70. [PMID: 15862173 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2004] [Revised: 11/07/2004] [Accepted: 11/29/2004] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This study investigates the role of the MAP kinase pathway including c-jun, ATF-2 and JNK in glaucomatous eyes of rats and in optic nerve transection. Glaucoma was induced in one eye of 51 adult Wistar rats by laser treatment to the trabecular meshwork. Eighteen further rats underwent unilateral optic nerve transection. We studied the transcription factor c-jun, its activated form, phospho-c-jun, the transcription factor p-ATF-2, and the enzyme JNK by immunohistochemistry. The activation of p-c-jun was also investigated using western blot analysis. Treated and control eyes were compared in a masked way at multiple time points after injury. We found a statistically significant increase in immunolabelling for c-jun and phospho-c-jun in retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) from 1 day to 4 weeks after intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation. At 1 and 2 days after the laser treatment, a mean of 2.9+/-3.3 RGCsmm(-1) were positive for c-jun (n=12, p=0.005, t-test), increasing to a mean of 13.4+/-7.5 cells mm(-1) at 1 week (n=18, p=0.00005), and decreasing to 2.3+/-2.0 cells mm(-1) at 2 weeks (n=5, p=0.04) and 0.1+/-0.1 cells mm(-1) at 2 months. Few of the 47 control eyes had any labelling for c-jun or phospho-c-jun, while between 80 and 100% of elevated IOP eyes showed positivity during the first 2 weeks of experimental glaucoma. After optic nerve transection, c-jun and phospho-c-jun were also significantly activated at 1, 2 and 9 days (p<0.03, t-test). Western blot analysis demonstrated significantly increased phospho-c-jun amounts in both transected and glaucomatous eyes compared to control fellow eyes 1 week following treatment. JNK was not significantly activated in glaucoma or optic nerve transection. P-ATF-2 was not significantly activated in glaucoma, but was significantly increased 2 days after optic nerve transection. We conclude that the process leading to RGC death in experimental glaucoma and after optic nerve transection involves the activation of c-jun at the RGC layer. C-jun is activated more gradually in glaucoma then after optic nerve transection.
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- Hana Levkovitch-Verbin
- Sam Rothberg Molecular Biology Lab, Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel.
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Pearson AG, Curtis MA, Waldvogel HJ, Faull RLM, Dragunow M. Activating transcription factor 2 expression in the adult human brain: Association with both neurodegeneration and neurogenesis. Neuroscience 2005; 133:437-51. [PMID: 15878807 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2004] [Revised: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) is a member of the activator protein-1 family of transcription factors, which includes c-Jun and c-Fos. ATF2 is highly expressed in the mammalian brain although little is known about its function in nerve cells. Knockout mouse studies show that this transcription factor plays a role in neuronal migration during development but over-expression of ATF2 in neuronal-like cell culture promotes nerve cell death. Using immunohistochemical techniques we demonstrate ATF2 expression in the normal human brain is neuronal, is found throughout the cerebral cortex and is particularly high in the granule cells of the hippocampus, in the brain stem, in the pigmented cells of the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus, and in the granule and molecular cell layers of the cerebellum. In contrast to normal cases, ATF2 expression is down-regulated in the hippocampus, substantia nigra pars compacta and caudate nucleus of the neurological diseases Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's, respectively. Paradoxically, an increase in ATF2 expression was found in the subependymal layer of Huntington's disease cases, compared with normal brains; a region reported to contain increased numbers of proliferating progenitor cells in Huntington's disease. We propose ATF2 plays a role in neuronal viability in the normal brain, which is compromised in susceptible regions of neurological diseases leading to its down-regulation. In contrast, the increased expression of ATF2 in the subependymal layer of Huntington's disease suggests a role for ATF2 in some aspect of neurogenesis in the diseased brain.
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- A G Pearson
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Lindwall C, Dahlin L, Lundborg G, Kanje M. Inhibition of c-Jun phosphorylation reduces axonal outgrowth of adult rat nodose ganglia and dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons. Mol Cell Neurosci 2004; 27:267-79. [PMID: 15519242 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 07/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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The role of c-Jun activation for survival and regeneration of sensory neurons is unclear. Here we report that c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-mediated c-Jun activation is important for axonal outgrowth of sensory neurons in rat nodose and dorsal root ganglia (DRG). Peripheral severance of the vagus or the sciatic nerve resulted in a massive and rapid, but transient increase of the activated JNK (p-JNK) in neuronal nuclei, followed by c-Jun phosphorylation and activating transcription factor-3 (ATF3) induction. JNK inhibition by the selective JNK inhibitors SP600125 and (D)-JNKI1 did not affect neuronal survival in explanted or dissociated ganglia, but dramatically reduced axonal outgrowth, c-Jun activation, and ATF3 induction. Using retrograde labeling, we demonstrated that activated c-Jun (p-c-Jun) and ATF3 were associated with regenerative neurons. Taken together, our results suggest that JNK-mediated c-Jun activation is one of the first cell body reactions in response to nerve injury and that this activation and subsequent ATF3 induction are associated with axonal outgrowth.
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- Charlotta Lindwall
- Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden.
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Kreutz MR, Weise J, Dieterich DC, Kreutz M, Balczarek P, Böckers TM, Wittkowski W, Gundelfinger ED, Sabel BA. Rearrangement of the retino-collicular projection after partial optic nerve crush in the adult rat. Eur J Neurosci 2004; 19:247-57. [PMID: 14725618 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The establishment of retino-collicular topography is a well-investigated model of axon pathfinding and it was believed that this topography is irreversibly fixed throughout life. We now report that, after partial crush of the adult rat optic nerve, the anterograde transport of intravitreally-injected tracers via axons of surviving retinal ganglion cells (RGC) in all retinal quadrants is confined to the rostro-medial part of the superior colliculus (SC). This indicates that the retino-collicular topography is rearranged after partial crush of the adult rat optic nerve. The reorganization starts in the injured optic nerve where surviving axonal fibres are demyelinized and bundled in the periphery of the optic nerve distal to the crush site. This is followed by a displacement of surviving axons to the medial part of the optic tract (OT) within 2 weeks. The infiltration of macrophages with the subsequent production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha at the lesion site is a prerequisite for the altered retino-collicular projection as blockade of tumour necrosis factor-alpha signalling with the neutralizing antibody Infliximab abolishes reorganization in the SC and lateralization of RGC axons in the optic nerve and OT. This suggests that optic nerve inflammation is necessary for a progressive bundling of surviving RGC axons, probably via clearance of cellular debris which, in turn, may lead to a redistribution of RGC axons to the medial OT and rostro-medial SC.
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- Michael R Kreutz
- AG Molecular Mechanisms of Plasticity, Department of Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestrasse 6, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany.
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Rohatgi T, Sedehizade F, Sabel BA, Reiser G. Protease-activated receptor subtype expression in developing eye and adult retina of the rat after optic nerve crush. J Neurosci Res 2003; 73:246-54. [PMID: 12836167 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Protease-activated receptors (PARs), 7-transmembrane domain G protein-coupled receptors, are involved in tissue degeneration and repair upon injury. We demonstrate the expression of all four PAR subtypes in the postnatal eye and in retina of the adult rat by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). PAR-1 is regulated developmentally in the eye, with a decrease from P1, P9, to P16, whereas levels for PAR-2, PAR-3, and PAR-4 remain unchanged throughout. In the retina of the adult rat, PAR-1 is highly expressed, whereas PAR-2 and PAR-3 are moderately expressed, compared to low PAR-4 expression. To elucidate possible roles of PARs after trauma, we carried out semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis of expression of all 4 PAR subtypes, beginning 6 hr after partial optic nerve crush (ONC) in the adult rat until 3 weeks after the mild trauma. Levels of PAR mRNA for all four subtypes were upregulated as early as 6 hr after unilateral ONC, except PAR-3, which showed a delayed upregulation. PAR-1, PAR-3, and PAR-4 mRNA levels returned to almost basal levels at 3 weeks post-crush, whereas PAR-2 mRNA level was still high by the end of 3 weeks after crush. Although the lesion was unilateral, PAR mRNA expression in the contralateral, uninjured side was affected to levels almost comparable to those in the injured side. Previous studies have shown an increase in thrombin levels at the site of injury, retinal ganglion cell degeneration by necrosis and apoptosis, and PAR activation as consequences of nerve crush. PAR upregulation because of nerve crush in the mild trauma model could act as an effector of early cell death. Eventual return of receptor mRNA to basal levels is consistent with neuroprotection.
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- T Rohatgi
- Institut für Neurobiochemie, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, Medizinische Fakultät, Magdeburg, Germany
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Wu W, Li L, Yick LW, Chai H, Xie Y, Yang Y, Prevette DM, Oppenheim RW. GDNF and BDNF alter the expression of neuronal NOS, c-Jun, and p75 and prevent motoneuron death following spinal root avulsion in adult rats. J Neurotrauma 2003; 20:603-12. [PMID: 12906744 DOI: 10.1089/089771503767168528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study, we examined the effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), and insulin growth factor (IGF-1) on adult motoneuron survival following spinal root avulsion. The expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), c-Jun, and the low-affinity neurotrophin receptor (P75) following treatment with these neurotrophic factors was also examined. In control animals, approximately 80% of spinal motoneurons were nNOS positive at 3 weeks following the lesion, whereas in GDNF or BDNF treated animals no nNOS positive motoneurons were found at the same time point. Following injury and treatment with GDNF and BDNF increased numbers of motoneurons were c-Jun and P75 positive. By 6 weeks following the lesion, only approximately 28% of motoneurons persisted in control animals whereas about 90% of motoneurons survived injury following treatment with either GDNF or BDNF. In contrast, CNTF and IGF-1 were ineffective in either inhibiting nNOS expression or preventing motoneuron death. Our results provide in vivo evidence that the survival of injured adult mammalian motoneurons can be promoted by specific neurotrophic factors, and that this effect is associated with inhibition of nNOS expression and up-regulation of c-Jun and P75 expression.
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- Wutian Wu
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Krueger-Naug AMR, Emsley JG, Myers TL, Currie RW, Clarke DB. Injury to retinal ganglion cells induces expression of the small heat shock protein Hsp27 in the rat visual system. Neuroscience 2002; 110:653-65. [PMID: 11934473 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(01)00453-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Optic nerve transection results in apoptotic cell death of most adult rat retinal ganglion cells that begins at 4 days and leaves few surviving neurons at 14 days post-injury [Berkelaar et al. (1994) J. Neurosci. 14, 4368-4374]. The small heat shock protein Hsp27 has recently been shown to play a role in sensory neuron survival following peripheral nerve axotomy [Lewis et al. (1999) J. Neurosci. 19, 8945-8953]. To investigate the role of Hsp27 in injured CNS sensory neurons, we have studied the induction and cell-specific expression of Hsp27 in rat retinal ganglion cells 1-28 days after optic nerve transection. Immunohistochemical results indicate that Hsp27 is not present at detectable levels in the ganglion cell layer of control (uninjured) or sham-operated control rats. In contrast, Hsp27 is detected in retinal ganglion cells from 4 to 28 days following axotomy. Furthermore, the percentage of surviving retinal ganglion cells that are Hsp27-positive increased over the same time period. Hsp27 is also detected in glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive astrocytes in the optic layer of the superior colliculus from 4 to 28 days after optic nerve transection. These experiments demonstrate that transection of the optic nerve results in the expression of Hsp27 in three distinct regions of the rat visual system: sensory retinal ganglion cells in the eye, glial cells of the optic tract, and astrocytes in the optic layer of the superior colliculus. Hsp27 may be associated with enhanced survival of a subset of retinal ganglion cells, providing evidence of a protective role for Hsp27 in CNS neuronal injury.
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- A M R Krueger-Naug
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
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Dieterich DC, Trivedi N, Engelmann R, Gundelfinger ED, Gordon-Weeks PR, Kreutz MR. Partial regeneration and long-term survival of rat retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve crush is accompanied by altered expression, phosphorylation and distribution of cytoskeletal proteins. Eur J Neurosci 2002; 15:1433-43. [PMID: 12028353 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01977.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In a screen to identify genes that are expressed differentially in the retina after partial optic nerve crush, we identified MAP1B as an up-regulated transcript. Western blot analysis of inner retina protein preparations confirmed changes in the protein composition of the microtubule-associated cytoskeleton of crushed vs. uncrushed nerve. MAP1B immunoreactivity and transcript levels were elevated for two weeks after crush. Immunostaining and Western blots with monoclonal antibodies directed against developmentally regulated phosphorylation sites on MAP1B revealed a gradient of MAP1B phosphorylation from the proximal optic nerve stump to the soma of retinal ganglion cells. Most interestingly, using antibodies directed against developmentally regulated phosphorylation sites on MAP1B, we observed that a significant number of crushed optic nerve axons develop MAP1B-immunopositive growth cones, which cross the crush site and migrate along the distal nerve fragment. In parallel, an abnormal distribution of highly phosphorylated neurofilament protein (pNF-H) in the cell soma and dendrites of presumably axotomized retinal ganglion cells was observed following partial nerve crush. This redistribution is present for the period between day 7 and 28 postcrush and is not seen in cells that stay connected to the superior colliculus. Axotomized ganglion cells, which contain pNF-H in soma and dendrites appear to have been disconnected from the colliculus at an early stage but survive axonal trauma for long periods.
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- Daniela C Dieterich
- AG Molecular Mechanisms of Plasticity, Department of Neurochemistry/Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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Küry P, Bosse F, Müller HW. Transcription factors in nerve regeneration. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2001; 132:569-85. [PMID: 11545021 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(01)32104-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- P Küry
- Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Herdegen T, Waetzig V. AP-1 proteins in the adult brain: facts and fiction about effectors of neuroprotection and neurodegeneration. Oncogene 2001; 20:2424-37. [PMID: 11402338 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Jun and Fos proteins are induced and activated following most physiological and pathophysiological stimuli in the brain. Only few data allow conclusions about distinct functions of AP-1 proteins in neurodegeneration and neuroregeneration, and these functions mainly refer to c-Jun and its activation by JNKs. Apoptotic functions of activated c-Jun affect hippocampal, nigral and primary cultured neurons following excitotoxic stimulation and destruction of the neuron-target-axis including withdrawal of trophic molecules. The inhibition of JNKs might exert neuroprotection by subsequent omission of c-Jun activation. Besides endogenous neuronal functions, the c-Jun/AP-1 proteins can damage the nervous system by upregulation of harmful programs in non-neuronal cells (e.g. microglia) with release of neurodegenerative molecules. In contrast, the differentiation with neurite extension and maturation of neural cells in vitro indicate physiological and potentially neuroprotective functions of c-Jun and JNKs including sensoring for alterations in the cytoskeleton. This review summarizes the multiple molecular interfunctions which are involved in the shift from the physiological role to degenerative effects of the Jun/JNK-axis such as cell type-specific expression and intracellular localization of scaffold proteins and upstream activators, antagonistic phosphatases, interaction with other kinase systems, or the activation of transcription factors competing for binding to JNK proteins and AP-1 DNA elements.
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- T Herdegen
- Institute of Pharmacology, Hospitalstrasse 4, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Engelmann R, Dieterich DC, Bien A, Kreutz MR. A different retinal glia response to optic nerve injury/lipopolysaccharide administration in hooded and albino rats. Brain Res 2001; 889:251-5. [PMID: 11166714 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(00)03145-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Despite a massive degeneration of retinal ganglion cells (RGC) after optic nerve crush (ONC) in hooded rats only a minor increase in retinal glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-immunoreactivity was found in the inner retina. Interestingly, a combination of ONC with the administration of the proinflammatory agent lipopolysaccharide (LPS) but not LPS alone induces increased GFAP-immunoreactivity. In contrast albino rats showed elevated GFAP-immunoreactivity in response to both, LPS-administration and ONC with no further increase after a combination of both. These data demonstrate significant differences in retinal glia responsiveness between hooded and albino rats after optic nerve lesions.
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- R Engelmann
- Forschergruppe 'Visuelle Entwicklung und Plastizität', Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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Dragunow M, Xu R, Walton M, Woodgate A, Lawlor P, MacGibbon GA, Young D, Gibbons H, Lipski J, Muravlev A, Pearson A, During M. c-Jun promotes neurite outgrowth and survival in PC12 cells. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2000; 83:20-33. [PMID: 11072092 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(00)00191-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
We investigated the function of c-Jun in PC12 cells by transfecting them with a plasmid containing a c-Jun cDNA transcription cassette. Transfected cells expressed high levels of c-Jun mRNA and protein and demonstrated an increase in both AP-1 DNA binding and gene activation. The c-Jun over-expressing cells showed marked neurite outgrowth but no evidence of spontaneous cell death. In fact, c-Jun over-expressing cells were more resistant to okadaic acid-induced apoptosis. The process outgrowth was not indicative of a full neuronal differentiation response as the transfected PC12 cells did not display action potentials when examined with whole-cell patch-clamping. The phosphorylation of c-Jun on serine 73 appears to be important for this neurite sprouting effect as mutagenesis at this site reduced sprouting whereas a serine 63 mutant tended to increase sprouting. Thus, in PC12 cells c-Jun expression does not induce apoptosis, but rather functions as a neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival signal.
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Affiliation(s)
- M Dragunow
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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