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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 1-14出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2001.01356.x
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6-OHDA; c-Jun; excitotoxic lesion; GDNF; neuronal cell death; Parkinson's disease
This study was designed to determine whether induction and phosphorylation of the transcription factor c-Jun is associated with lesion-induced death of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta, and if this cellular response is modulated by glial-cell-line-derived neurotrophic factor. In adult rats, delayed dopaminergic neuron cell death induced by intrastriatal B-hydroxydopamine injection led to a marked increase in the number of both c-Jun- and phosphorylated cJun-immunoreactive nuclei in the substantia nigra pars compacta. The response was maximal before any significant loss of nigral neurons could be detected (on day 7 post lesion) and was confined to the dopaminergic neurons. Similarly, 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the striatal dopaminergic terminals or excitotoxic lesion of the striatal target neurons in neonatal rats resulted in an increased number of c-Jun- and phosphorylated cJun-immunoreactive nigral nuclei that preceded the loss of nigral dopaminergic neurons. By contrast, after an excitotoxic lesion of the striatal target neurons in the adult rat, resulting in atrophy but not cell death of the nigral dopaminergic neurons, no upregulation of either c-Jun or phosphorylated c-Jun was found. A single injection of 10 mug of glial-cell-line-derived-neurotrophic factor given at day 3 after the intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesion reduced the number of c-Jun- and phosphorylated c-Jun-immunoreactive nuclei in the substantia nigra and protected the dopaminergic neurons from the ensuing cell death. We conclude that c-Jun induction and phosphorylation! may be involved in the cellular events leading to death of nigral dopaminergic neurons in vivo and that this response can be modulated by glial-cell-line-derived-neurotrophic factor.
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