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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-22
pubmed:abstractText
The olfactory bulb (OB) is one of the few structures in the adult mammalian CNS that contains a continuous supply of newly generated neurons in the subventricular zone. Therefore, the balance between the supply of new cells and apoptosis in the OB might determine olfactory function. Lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha triggers the apoptotic cascade mediated by the TNF/TNF receptor (TNFR) pathway. The present study therefore examines the effect of the propagated innate immune reaction triggered by peripheral lipopolysaccharide on the OB of C3H/HeN mice. Within 2 h of an intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide, mRNA expression levels of the genes encoding IkappaB, TNF-alpha, and TNFR type 1 in the mouse OB were significantly enhanced. Double immunofluorescence microscopy confirmed that almost all TNF-alpha-immunopositive cells in the OB of the TNF-injected mice were located in the subependymal zone and that they overlapped cells immunostained with antibody against glial fibrillary acidic protein, but not with the antibody against F4/80, an antigenic marker of microglia. The number of TUNEL-positive cells identified exclusively in the granule cell layer was significantly increased in mice injected with lipopolysaccharide and sacrificed at 24 h thereafter. These results suggest that peripheral lipopolysaccharide causes disequilibrium between the supply and disappearance of the cells in the OB, which might lead to olfactory dysfunction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-8993
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
1039
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
116-29
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Peripheral lipopolysaccharide induces apoptosis in the murine olfactory bulb.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't