Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 712-720Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1004937
Keywords
apoptosis; cell cycle re-entry; mitosis; neuron; S-phase; tetraploid
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- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [SAF2012-38316]
- Fundacion Ramon Areces
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Neurons are usually regarded as postmitotic cells that undergo apoptosis in response to cell cycle reactivation. Nevertheless, recent evidence indicates the existence of a defined developmental program that induces DNA replication in specific populations of neurons, which remain in a tetraploid state for the rest of their adult life. Similarly, de novo neuronal tetraploidization has also been described in the adult brain as an early hallmark of neurodegeneration. The aim of this review is to integrate these recent developments in the context of cell cycle regulation and apoptotic cell death in neurons. We conclude that a variety of mechanisms exists in neuronal cells for G1/S and G2/M checkpoint regulation. These mechanisms, which are connected with the apoptotic machinery, can be modulated by environmental signals and the neuronal phenotype itself, thus resulting in a variety of outcomes ranging from cell death at the G1/S checkpoint to full proliferation of differentiated neurons.
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