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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 31, 期 29, 页码 10494-10505出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0148-11.2011
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP 86523, MOP 106666]
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario [NA7067]
To promote functional recovery after CNS injuries, it is crucial to develop strategies that enhance both neuronal survival and regeneration. Here, we report that caspase-6 is upregulated in injured retinal ganglion cells and that its inhibition promotes both survival and regeneration in these adult CNS neurons. Treatment of rat retinal whole mounts with Z-VEID-FMK, a selective inhibitor of caspase-6, enhanced ganglion cell survival. Moreover, retinal explants treated with this drug extended neurites on myelin. We also show that caspase-6 inhibition resulted in improved ganglion cell survival and robust axonal regeneration following optic nerve injury in adult rats. The effects of Z-VEID-FMK were similar to other caspase inhibitory peptides including Z-LEHD-FMK and Z-VAD-FMK. In searching for downstream effectors for caspase-6, we identified caspase-8, whose expression pattern resembled that of caspase-6 in the injured eye. We then showed that caspase-8 is activated downstream of caspase-6 in the injured adult retina. Furthermore, we investigated the role of caspase-8 in RGC apoptosis and regenerative failure both in vitro and in vivo. We observed that caspase-8 inhibition by Z-IETD-FMK promoted survival and regeneration to an extent similar to that obtained with caspase-6 inhibition. Our results indicate that caspase-6 and caspase-8 are components of a cellular pathway that prevents neuronal survival and regeneration in the adult mammalian CNS.
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