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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR), a member of the G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) gene superfamily, has been shown to mediate the effects of acetylcholine on differentiation and proliferation in the CNS. However, the mechanism or mechanisms whereby mAChRs regulate cell proliferation remain poorly understood. Here we show that in vitro bFGF-expanded neural progenitor cells dissociated from rat cortical neuroepithelium express muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype mRNAs. We demonstrate that stimulation of these mAChRs with carbachol, a muscarinic agonist, activated extracellular-regulated kinases (Erk1/2) and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3K). This, in turn, stimulated DNA synthesis in neural progenitor cells. MEK inhibitor PD98059 and PI-3K inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002 inhibited a carbachol-induced increase in DNA synthesis. These findings indicate that the activation of both PI-3 kinase and MEK signaling pathways via muscarinic receptors is involved in stimulating DNA synthesis in the neural progenitor cells during early neurogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intermediate Filament Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Muscarinic Agonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Muscarinic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/nestin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1569-79
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Muscarinic Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Receptors, Muscarinic, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11222647-Telencephalon
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Activation of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3K) and extracellular regulated kinases (Erk1/2) is involved in muscarinic receptor-mediated DNA synthesis in neural progenitor cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurochemistry, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article