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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
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.
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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
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