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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
We examined neuroprotective effects of an adenoviral vector encoding glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (AxCAhGDNF) on the lesioned adult rat motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus. After vagal nerve avulsion, AxCAhGDNF, AxCALacZ (adenovirus encoding beta-galactosidase gene) or PBS was inoculated into the jugular foramen. Four days after the avulsion and treatment with AxCALacZ, the animals expressed beta-galactosidase activity in the lesioned motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus. The animals avulsed and inoculated with AxCAhGDNF showed immunolabeling for GDNF in the nucleus ambiguus on the treated side and expression of virus-induced human GDNF mRNA transcripts in the brainstem tissue that contained the nucleus ambiguus of the treated side. The treatment with AxCAhGDNF after avulsion prevented the loss of lesioned motoneurons in the nucleus ambiguus, ameliorated the choline acetyltransferase immunoreactivity, and also suppressed the activity of nitric oxide synthase in these neurons. These results indicate that adenovirus-mediated GDNF gene transfer may prevent the degeneration of motoneurons in humans after either vagal nerve injury or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
962
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Choline O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Nootropic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Vagus Nerve, pubmed-meshheading:12543456-Vagus Nerve Injuries
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Adenoviral GDNF gene transfer prevents motoneuron loss in the nucleus ambiguus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo 1608582, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't