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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-29
pubmed:abstractText
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) and PDGF receptors (PDGFRs) are widely expressed in the mammalian CNS, though their functional significance remains unclear. The corresponding null-knockout mutations are lethal. Here, we developed novel mutant mice in which the gene encoding the beta subunit of PDGFR (PDGFR-beta) was genetically deleted in CNS neurons to elucidate the role of PDGFR-beta, particularly in the post-natal stage. Our mutant mice reached adulthood without apparent anatomical defects. In the mutant brain, immunohistochemical analyses showed that PDGFR-beta detected in neurons and in the cells in the subventricular zone of the lateral ventricle in wild-type mice was depleted, but PDGFR-beta detected in blood vessels remained unaffected. The cerebral damage after cryogenic injury was severely exacerbated in the mutants compared with controls. Furthermore, TdT-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive neuronal cell death and lesion formation in the cerebral hemisphere were extensively exacerbated in our mutant mice after direct injection of NMDA without altered NMDA receptor expression. Our results clearly demonstrate that PDGFR-beta expressed in neurons protects them from cryogenic injury and NMDA-induced excitotoxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
98
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
588-600
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Brain Chemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Brain Damage, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Freezing, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Intermediate Filament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:16805849-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Mouse brains deficient in neuronal PDGF receptor-beta develop normally but are vulnerable to injury.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't