p73 Is Required for Survival and Maintenance of CNS Neurons
| Autor: | Vladimir V. Rymar, Freda D. Miller, Christine D. Pozniak, Fanie Barnabé-Heider, Anna F. Lee, Abbas F. Sadikot |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Central Nervous System
Gene isoform Cell Survival Apoptosis Cell Count Biology Mice Cerebellum In Situ Nick-End Labeling medicine Animals Protein Isoforms Genes Tumor Suppressor ARTICLE Cerebral Cortex Mice Knockout Neurons Caspase 3 Tumor Suppressor Proteins General Neuroscience Nuclear Proteins Neurodegenerative Diseases Tumor Protein p73 Cortical neurons Motor neuron Olfactory bulb Peripheral Cortex (botany) DNA-Binding Proteins medicine.anatomical_structure nervous system Caspases Disease Progression Neuron Neuroscience Brain Stem |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Neuroscience. 22:9800-9809 |
| ISSN: | 1529-2401 0270-6474 |
| DOI: | 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09800.2002 |
| Popis: | Here, we show that the p53 family member, p73, is necessary for survival and long-term maintenance of CNS neurons, including postnatal cortical neurons. In p73-/- animals, cortical neuron number is normal at birth but decreases significantly by postnatal day 14 (P14)-P16 because of enhanced apoptosis. This decrease continues into adulthood, when p73-/- animals have approximately one-half as many cortical cells as their wild-type littermates. Cortical neurons express the DeltaNp73alpha protein, and overexpression of DeltaNp73 isoforms rescues cortical neurons from diverse apoptotic stimuli. Thus, DeltaNp73 isoforms are survival proteins in cortical neurons, and their deletion causes a gradual loss of cortical neurons in the weeks and months after birth. This decrease in CNS neuron number in p73-/- animals is not limited to the cortex; facial motor neuron number is decreased, and postnatal development of the olfactory bulb is greatly perturbed. These findings, together with our previous work showing that DeltaNp73 is essential for survival of peripheral sympathetic neurons (Pozniak et al., 2000), indicate that p73 isoforms are essential survival proteins in CNS as well as PNS neurons, and that they likely play a role not only during developmental cell death but also in the long-term maintenance of at least some adult neurons. |
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