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Papel del factor de transcripción CREB en supervivencia y plasticidad de neuronas hipocampales.Role of CREB-dependent transcription in the control of hippocampal neurons survival and plasticity


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Título :
Papel del factor de transcripción CREB en supervivencia y plasticidad de neuronas hipocampales.Role of CREB-dependent transcription in the control of hippocampal neurons survival and plasticity
Autor :
Jančić, Dragana
Tutor:
Barco Guerrero, Ángel
Departamento:
Instituto de Neurociencias
Fecha de publicación:
2008-10
URI :
http://hdl.handle.net/11000/751
Resumen :
Usando el sistema de expresión prosencefálico regulado por tetraciclina (sistema tetO/CaMKII-tTA) para producir ratones transgénicos dobles, hemos investigado los efectos en supervivencia y plasticidad neural de un aumento o redución de la expresión génica dependiente de CREB. Los ratones que expre...  Ver más
Using the forebrain-specific tetracycline-regulated gene expression system (tetO/CaMKII-tTA system) to produce double-transgenic mice, we compared the effects of enhanced versus reduced CREB-dependent gene expression in the survival and plasticity of CA1 pyramidal neurons. Mice expressing a constitutively active form of CREB (VP16-CREB) are more prone to kindling and spontaneously develop epileptic attacks. On the contrary, mice with reduced CREB-dependent gene expression (ACREB) were more resistant to proconvulsive drugs and needed higher doses of these drugs to induce immediately early gene expression. In agreement with this result, electrophysiological studies showed increased excitability of VP16-CREB neurons of the CA1 hippocampal subfield, whereas the excitability of these neurons was decreased in A-CREB mice. Interestingly, both strains show significant loss of pyramidal neurons in the CA1 area when transgene expression was turn on for a prolonged period of time. However, the neurodegenerative process triggered by each of these CREB variants differed in the mechanism and the time course of cell death. Our study describes how enhanced versus reduced CREB-driven transcription lead to opposite levels of neuronal excitability, but both can eventually result in CA1 neuronal loss. This suggests that CREB–dependent gene expression can regulate the responsiveness of the hippocampal circuit to external stimuli. Moreover, our results indicate that only fine-tuned regulation of CREB-dependent gene expression can sustain the survival of CA1 pyramidal neurons.
Palabras clave/Materias:
Neurociencias
Neuronas hipocampanales
Neuronas
Área de conocimiento :
CDU: Fisiología . Neurología. Neuropatología. Sistema nervioso
Tipo de documento :
info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
Derechos de acceso:
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Aparece en las colecciones:
Tesis doctorales - Ciencias de la Salud