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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 141, Issue 2, Pages 827-836Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.04.032
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7-nitroindazole; hippocampus; proliferation; MK-801; NMDA receptors
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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase, the major nitric oxide synthase isoform in the mammalian brain, is implicated in some developmental processes, including neuronal survival, precursor proliferation and differentiation. However, reports about the role of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus are conflicting. Here we show that 5-bromodeoxyuridine-labeled dividing progenitor cells in the dentate gyrus were significantly increased in mice receiving 7-nitroindazole, a selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, and in null mutant mice lacking neuronal nitric oxide synthase gene (nNOS(-/-)) 6 h and 4 weeks after 5-bromodeoxyuridine incorporation. The increase in 5-bromodeoxyurldine positive cells in 7-nitroindazole-treated mice was accompanied by activation of cyclic AMP response element binding protein phosphorylation in the dentate gyrus. Pretreatment with N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist MK-801 fully abolished the effects of 7-nitroindazole on neurogenesis and cyclic AMP response element binding protein phosphorylation. Furthermore, neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibition significantly enhanced the survival of newborn cells and the number of 5-bromodeoxyuridine positive/NeuN positive cells in the dentate gyrus. These results indicate that neuronal nitric oxide synthasederived nitric oxide suppresses neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus, in which N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor functions and cyclic AMP response element binding protein phosphorylation may be involved. (c) 2006 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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