RRC ID 40026
著者 Jeong YM, Jin TE, Choi JH, Lee MS, Kim HT, Hwang KS, Park DS, Oh HW, Choi JK, Korzh V, Schachner M, You KH, Kim CH.
タイトル Induction of clusterin expression by neuronal cell death in Zebrafish.
ジャーナル J Genet Genomics
Abstract Clusterin, a protein associated with multiple functions, is expressed in a wide variety of mammalian tissues. Although clusterin is known to be involved in neurodegenerative diseases, ageing, and tumorigenesis, a detailed analysis of the consequences of gain- or loss-of-function approaches has yet to be performed to understand the underlying mechanisms of clusterin functions. Since clusterin levels change in neurological diseases, it is likely that clusterin contributes to cell death and degeneration in general. Zebrafish was investigated as a model system to study human diseases. During development, zebrafish clusterin was expressed in the notochord and nervous system. Embryonic overexpression of clusterin by mRNA microinjection did not affect axis formation, whereas its knock-down by anti-sense morpholino treatment resulted in neuronal cell death. To analyze the function of clusterin in neurodegeneration, a transgenic zebrafish was investigated, in which nitroreductase expression is regulated under the control of a neuron-specific huC promoter which is active between the stages of early neuronal precursors and mature neurons. Nitroreductase turns metronidazole into a cytotoxic agent that induces cell death within 12 h. After metronidazole treatment, transgenic zebrafish showed neuron-specific cell death. Interestingly, we also observed a dramatic induction of clusterin expression in the brain and spinal cord in these fish, suggesting a direct or indirect role of clusterin in neuronal cell death and thus, more generally, in neurodegeneration.
巻・号 41(11)
ページ 583-9
公開日 2014-11-20
DOI 10.1016/j.jgg.2014.08.007
PII S1673-8527(14)00169-6
PMID 25434681
MeSH Amino Acid Sequence Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Cell Death Central Nervous System / embryology Central Nervous System / metabolism Central Nervous System / pathology Clusterin / genetics* Clusterin / physiology Gene Expression Humans Molecular Sequence Data Nerve Degeneration / etiology* Nerve Degeneration / genetics Nerve Degeneration / metabolism Nerve Degeneration / pathology Neurons / metabolism Neurons / pathology Notochord / embryology Notochord / metabolism Zebrafish / embryology Zebrafish / genetics* Zebrafish / metabolism Zebrafish Proteins / genetics* Zebrafish Proteins / physiology
IF 5.065
引用数 1
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ゼブラフィッシュ Tg(huC:GVP)