TRANSIENT UP-REGULATION OF NCAM MESSENGER-RNA IN ASTROCYTES IN RESPONSE TO ENTORHINAL CORTEX LESIONS AND ISCHEMIA

被引:51
作者
JUCKER, M
MONDADORI, C
MOHAJERI, H
BARTSCH, U
SCHACHNER, M
机构
[1] CIBA GEIGY LTD,DIV PHARMACEUT RES,BASEL,SWITZERLAND
[2] ETH ZURICH,DEPT NEUROBIOL,ZURICH,SWITZERLAND
来源
MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH | 1995年 / 28卷 / 01期
关键词
NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX LESION; NEURONAL SPROUTING; SYNAPTOGENESIS; REACTIVE ASTROCYTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; RAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/0169-328X(94)00206-T
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Axonal sprouting and synaptic reorganization play an important role in the adaptation of the CNS to injury. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this neuronal plasticity are poorly understood. In the present study we used in situ hybridization to examine the expression of NCAM mRNA in normal hippocampus, and in response to entorhinal cortex (EC) lesions and transient global ischemia. Both neurons and astrocytes were labeled by digoxygenin-tagged cRNA probes which recognize all three major NCAM isoforms of the adult CNS. In contrast, NCAM180-specific probes labeled only neurons in the hippocampus. After unilateral EC lesion, a transient and anatomically restricted upregulation of NCAM120/140 mRNA in reactive astrocytes in the denervated molecular layer of the dentate gyrus was observed. This increase was only present 2-4 days after the lesion whereas the GFAP mRNA increase was present up to 30 days postlesion. Following global ischemia a similar, transient increase of NCAM120/140 mRNA labeling of reactive astrocytes was observed; this increase was anatomically restricted to CA1, where neuronal loss occurred. Results suggest that the transient upregulation of NCAM120/140 mRNA in reactive astrocytes shortly after injury might be an important molecular mechanism in the cascade of events underlying neuronal plasticity in the adult CNS.
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