Overexpression of a Hu-bcl-2 transgene in Lurcher mutant mice delays Purkinje cell death |
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Authors: | H Zanjani L Rondi-Reig M Vogel JC Martinou N Delhaye-Bouchaud J Mariani |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire de neurobiologie du développement, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | Cerebellar Purkinje cells in the heterozygous Lurcher mutant undergo cell autonomous degeneration beginning in the second week of postnatal development and becoming almost total around 30-45 days. The Lurcher mutation was recently identified as gain-of-function defect in the delta 2 glutamate receptor causing a constitutive current leak, suggesting that +/Lc Purkinje cells die by an excitotoxic mechanism. In previous studies we have shown that overexpression of bcl-2, a key regulator of cell death, in the heterozygous Lurcher mutant does not prevent +/Lc Purkinje cell death. To investigate further the mechanisms of +/Lc Purkinje cell death, we have crossed +/Lc mutants with a second line of Hu-bcl-2 transgenics (NSE73a) that shows an earlier onset of transgene expression and higher expression levels. Analysis of eight +/Lc-NSE73a mutants (4 at 2 months and 4 at 5-6 months) showed that Hu-bcl-2 overexpression delayed, but ultimately could not prevent +/Lc Purkinje cell death. |
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