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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs)/stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) are a subgroup of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and important mediators of signal transduction from the cell surface to the nucleus. JNK phosphorylates the transcription factor c-Jun. c-Jun is one of the earliest and most consistent markers for neurons that respond to nerve-fiber transection. To elucidate the c-Jun metabolism after axotomy, we investigated the expression of JNKs mRNA and of JNKs and c-Jun proteins following vagus and hypoglossal nerve transection. We found that JNK 1, JNK 2 and JNK 3 mRNA were positive in the cytoplasm of neuronal and glial cells. JNK 1 and JNK 2 protein were distributed mainly in the cytoplasm of neurons and glial cells, while only JNK 3 immunoreactivity was observed intensely in the nuclei of neuronal cells. Activated JNK was also observed intensely in the nuclei of neuronal cells. In sham-operated animals, the cytoplasm of a few glial cells showed moderate immunoreactivity for activated JNK, while after axotomy the cytoplasm of all perineuronal microglial cells were stained intensely. Up-regulated c-Jun and phosphorylated c-Jun immunoreactivities were found in the nuclei of neuronal cells in the severed side of both the dorsal motor and hypoglossal nuclei. These results indicate that the principal activity of JNKs in neurons is contributed largely by JNK 3 under both normal and axotomized conditions, and that JNKs play an important role in signal transduction of perineuronal microglial cells after axotomy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0001-6322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
123-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Axotomy, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Hypoglossal Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 10, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 8, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12111354-Vagus Nerve
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of c-Jun N-terminal kinases after axotomy in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and the hypoglossal nucleus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Nara Medical University, Shijo-cho 840, Kashihara 634-0813, Japan. katsuyam@nmu-gw.naramed-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study