TY - JOUR
T1 - c-JUN, KROX-24, and c-FOS expression in hippocampal grafts placed in excitotoxic hippocampal lesions of the rat
AU - Aznar, S
AU - Tønder, N
AU - Bele, S
AU - Kiessling, M
AU - Zimmer, J
AU - Gass, P
PY - 1995/12
Y1 - 1995/12
N2 - Hippocampal transplants were examined for the expression of three specific immediate early gene encoded proteins in order to establish if grafted immature tissue maintains the basic molecular program necessary for gene transcription after grafting to excitotoxic (ibotenic acid-induced) lesions in adult host rat brains. The transplants were derived from newborn donor rats and were analyzed immunocytochemically for the presence of c-JUN, KROX-24, and c-FOS transcription factors 5 months after grafting. The expression and distribution patterns of these genes in the host hippocampus were identical to those in hippocampal neurons of normal untreated animals. c-JUN-, KROX-24-, and c-FOS-labeled neurons were also present in the transplants, where KROX-24 and c-FOS exhibited a distribution similar to host hippocampus. In contrast, c-JUN was more extensively expressed in the transplants, suggesting a molecular response to the grafting conditions and the actual graft-host brain interactions.
AB - Hippocampal transplants were examined for the expression of three specific immediate early gene encoded proteins in order to establish if grafted immature tissue maintains the basic molecular program necessary for gene transcription after grafting to excitotoxic (ibotenic acid-induced) lesions in adult host rat brains. The transplants were derived from newborn donor rats and were analyzed immunocytochemically for the presence of c-JUN, KROX-24, and c-FOS transcription factors 5 months after grafting. The expression and distribution patterns of these genes in the host hippocampus were identical to those in hippocampal neurons of normal untreated animals. c-JUN-, KROX-24-, and c-FOS-labeled neurons were also present in the transplants, where KROX-24 and c-FOS exhibited a distribution similar to host hippocampus. In contrast, c-JUN was more extensively expressed in the transplants, suggesting a molecular response to the grafting conditions and the actual graft-host brain interactions.
KW - Animals
KW - Brain Tissue Transplantation
KW - Gene Expression/genetics
KW - Genes, Immediate-Early/immunology
KW - Hippocampus/metabolism
KW - Male
KW - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/biosynthesis
KW - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/biosynthesis
KW - Rats
KW - Rats, Wistar
U2 - 10.1006/exnr.1995.1097
DO - 10.1006/exnr.1995.1097
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 7498410
SN - 0014-4886
VL - 136
SP - 205
EP - 211
JO - Experimental Neurology
JF - Experimental Neurology
IS - 2
ER -