期刊
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
卷 234, 期 1, 页码 174-187出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0245
关键词
neurogenic bHLH transcription factors; cerebellum; BDNF; neuronal apoptosis; microarray analysis
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [HD28834] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS36086] Funding Source: Medline
NeuroD2 is sufficient to induce cell cycle arrest and neurogenic differentiation in nonneuronal cells. To determine whether this bHLH transcription factor was necessary for normal brain development, we used homologous recombination to replace the neuroD2 coding region with a p-galactosidase reporter gene. The neuroD2 gene expressed the reporter in a subset of neurons in the central nervous system, including in neurons of the neocortex and hippocampus and cerebellum. NeuroD2(-/-)mice showed normal development until about day P14, when they began exhibiting ataxia and failure to thrive. Brain areas that expressed neuroD2 were smaller than normal and showed higher rates of apoptosis, Cerebella of neuroD2-null mice expressed reduced levels of genes encoding proteins that support cerebellar granule cell survival, including brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), Decreased levels of BDNF and higher rates of apoptosis in cerebellar granule cells of neuroDe(-/-)mice indicate that neuroD2 is necessary for the survival of specific populations of central nervous system neurons in addition to its known effects on cell cycle regulation and neuronal differentiation. (C) 2001 Academic Press.
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