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NeuroD2 is necessary for development and survival of central nervous system neurons

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العنوان: NeuroD2 is necessary for development and survival of central nervous system neurons
المؤلفون: Olson, JM, Asakura, A, Snider, L, Hawkes, R, Strand, A, Stoeck, J, Hallahan, A, Pritchard, J, Tapscott, SJ
بيانات النشر: ACADEMIC PRESS INC
سنة النشر: 2001
المجموعة: The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace
مصطلحات موضوعية: neurogenic bHLH transcription factors, cerebellum, Bdnf, neuronal apoptosis, microarray analysis, Loop-Helix Protein, Cerebellar Granule Neurons, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, Neurotrophic Factor, Transcription Factors, Transient Expression, Determination Genes, Family, Mice, Growth
الوصف: 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.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0012-1606
Relation: HD28834; NS36086
الاتاحة: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:250329
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.83676504
قاعدة البيانات: BASE