期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 97, 期 1, 页码 222-233出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03739.x
关键词
apoptosis; embryo; neuregulin; neurotrophin; peroxynitrite; spinal cord
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [AG16582] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS42834, NS36761, NS37514] Funding Source: Medline
Neuregulins play a major role in the formation and stabilization of neuromuscular junctions, and are produced by both motor neurons and muscle. Although the effects and mechanism of neuregulins on skeletal muscle (e.g. regulation of acetylcholine receptor expression) have been studied extensively, the effects of neuregulins on motor neurons remain unknown. We report that neuregulin-1 beta (NRG beta 1) inhibited apoptosis of rat motor neurons for up to 7 days in culture by a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase-dependent pathway and synergistically enhanced motor neuron survival promoted by glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF). However, binding of neurotrophins, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF), to the p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)) abolished the neuregulin anti-apoptotic effect on motor neurons. Inhibitors of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) mitogen-activated protein kinase prevented motor neuron death caused by co-incubation of NRG beta 1 and BDNF or NGF, as well as by trophic factor deprivation. Motor neuron apoptosis resulting from both trophic factor deprivation and exposure to NRG beta 1 plus neurotrophins required the induction of neuronal nitric oxide synthase and peroxynitrite formation. Because motor neurons express both p75(NTR) and neuregulin erbB receptors during the period of embryonic programmed cell death, motor neuron survival may be the result of complex interactions between trophic and death factors, which may be the same molecules acting in different combinations.
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