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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 282, Issue 31, Pages 22856-22864Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M702973200
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG021045, R01 AG021045-05, R01 AG021045] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [MH38752, R56 MH038752, R01 MH038752-23, R01 MH038752] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS41962, R01 NS037768, R01 NS037768-08, R01 NS041962] Funding Source: Medline
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Mechanisms controlling the survival of neural precursor cells (NPCs) are critical during brain development, in adults for neuron replenishment, and after transplantation for neuron replacement. This investigation found that glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) promotes apoptotic signaling in cultured NPCs derived from embryonic mouse brain subjected to two common apoptotic conditions, trophic factor withdrawal and genotoxic stress. Trophic factor withdrawal activated GSK3 and the key apoptosis mediators Bax and caspase-3. Pharmacological inhibition of GSK3 activity produced dramatic reductions in the activation of Bax and caspase-3 and NPC death after trophic factor withdrawal. Trophic factor withdrawal-induced apoptosis was delayed in Bax knock-out NPCs, but GSK3 inhibitors provided additional protection. Genotoxic stress induced by camptothecin treatment of NPCs stabilized p53, which formed a complex with GSK3 beta and activated Bax and caspase-3. Camptothecin-induced activation of caspase-3 was reduced by GSK3 inhibitors in both bax (+/+) and bax (-/-) NPCs. Thus, NPCs are sensitive to loss of trophic factors and genotoxic stress, and inhibitors of GSK3 are capable of enhancing NPC survival.
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