Expression pattern of candidate cell death effector proteins Bax, Bcl-2, Bcl-X, and c-Jun in sensory and motor neurons following sciatic nerve transection in the rat

Brain Research
F GillardonM Zimmermann

Abstract

Numerous studies have demonstrated a prolonged expression of c-Jun transcription factor in neurons following axotomy, and it has been hypothesized that c-Jun may be causally involved in neuroregeneration in vivo. By contrast, there is growing evidence from in vitro studies that induction of c-Jun may be necessary for neuronal cell death induced by growth factor starvation. It has been demonstrated that protein levels of cell death repressor Bcl-2 and cell death promotor Bax determine the threshold for neuronal cell death and that their expression is dynamically modulated at the onset of neurodegeneration. In the present study, we investigated by double-immunolabeling methods activation of c-Jun transcription factor and expression of members of the Bcl-2 family of cell death effector proteins in axotomized neurons. Six days after transection of the sciatic nerve in young rats, when axotomized neurons start to degenerate, strong nuclear Jun immunostaining in spinal cord motoneurons was associated with intense cytoplasmic Bax labeling and signs of neuronal atrophy. Bcl-2 and Bcl-X proteins were present only at moderate to low levels. In situ end-labeling by terminal transferase revealed nuclear DNA fragmentation in scattered moton...Continue Reading

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