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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages 37-45Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.1195
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cyclic AMP; CREB; MBP; PLP; oligodendrocytes
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS35097] Funding Source: Medline
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Our previous results support the idea that CREB (cyclic AMP-response element binding protein) may be a mediator of neuroligand and growth factor signals that, coupled to different signal transduction pathways, play different roles at specific stages of oligodendrocyte development. In the early stages, when cells are immature precursors, CREB may play a role as a mediator of protein kinase C (PKC)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways regulating cell proliferation. In contrast, at a later stage, when cells are already committed oligodendrocytes, CREB seems to play an important role as a mediator in the stimulation of myelin basic protein (MBP) expression by cyclic AMP (cAMP). In this study, we have investigated whether cAMP and CREB play a role in regulating the expression of all or on the other hand particular MBP isoforms. The results indicated that treatment of committed oligodendrocytes with the cAMP analogue db-cAMP results in a pattern of expression of MBP-related polypeptides that most closely resembles the pattern of MBPs observed in cerebra from adult animals. Experiments in which CREB expression was inhibited using a CREB antisense oligonucleotide, suggested that CREB is involved in the cAMP-dependent stimulation of all the MBP isoforms. In contrast, we have found that db-cAMP stimulates the expression of myelin proteolipid protein (PLP) in a process that occurs despite inhibition of CREB expression. These results support the idea that cAMP stimulates the maturation of oligodendrocytes and stress the fact multiple mechanisms may convey the action of this second messenger modulating oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination. (C) 2001 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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