期刊
NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
卷 38, 期 8, 页码 1695-1703出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1071-7
关键词
proNGF; Neurogenesis; Glia; Dentate gyrus
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81070967, 81271338]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiang Su Province [BK2009296]
- Program granted for scientific innovation research of college graduate in Jangsu Province [CXLX11_0803]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [JKY2011016]
- Initial Fund of China Pharmaceutical University
Recent studies have shown that the precursor of nerve growth factor (proNGF) is highly elevated in aging brains and in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's Disease. proNGF accumulates in hippocampus which is an important neurogenic region related to learning and memory. However, it remains unclear whether proNGF has an influence on hippocampal neurogenesis. In this study, we demonstrated that the high-affinity receptor of proNGF, p75 neurotrophic factor (p75NTR), was expressed both on cells undergoing mitosis and postmitotic mature cells in mouse hippocampus. proNGF infusion into adult mouse hippocampus significantly reduced the density of BrdU-incorporating cells and the density of BrdU/Doublecortin double positive cells in the subgranular zone of hippocampus, indicating an inhibitory effect of proNGF on hippocampal neurogenesis. proNGF infusion also induced prominent cell apoptosis and activated residential astrocyte and microglia, which might further impair the hippocampal neurogenesis. These results implied that proNGF played a pivotal role in regulating the hippocampal neurogenesis and might account for the memory deficit and cognitive impairment.
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