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MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 109, 期 1-2, 页码 119-127出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00547-8
关键词
prion; rabies virus; Theiler's virus; GFAP-transgenic mice; nervous system
The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), a component of astroglial intermediate filaments, is regulated under developmental and pathological conditions. After surgical injury or viral infections, an increase in this protein reflects reactive gliosis in the brain. We analyzed the activation of the GFAP gene in transgenic mice using a prion and two different viruses (rabies and Theiler viruses). Inoculation of the transgenic mice with the C506M3 mouse prion strain resulted in activation of the GFAP-lacZ transgene. Expression of the GFAP transgene increased concomitantly with the expression of GFAP in astrocytes from the infected mice. In contrast, infection with rabies or Theiler's virus had no effect on the expression of the GFAP transgene, showing that the glial reactions to these infectious agents involved different mechanisms. These findings indicate that the activation of the endogenous GFAP gene as a consequence of viral infection could involve different regulatory pathways than activation as a result of prion infection. The first 2 kb upstream from the start codon of the GFAP gene seems to provide enough activation domains to produce efficient activation of the reporter gene in prion-infected mice. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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