Sequestration of cAMP response element-binding proteins by transcription factor decoys causes collateral elaboration of regenerating Aplysia motor neuron axons

AUTOR(ES)

Dash, Pramod K.

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences

RESUMO

Axonal injury increases intracellular Ca2+ and cAMP and has been shown to induce gene expression, which is thought to be a key event for regeneration. Increases in intracellular Ca2+ and/or cAMP can alter gene expression via activation of a family of transcription factors that bind to and modulate the expression of CRE (Ca2+/cAMP response element) sequence-containing genes. We have used Aplysia motor neurons to examine the role of CRE-binding proteins in axonal regeneration after injury. We report that axonal injury increases the binding of proteins to a CRE sequence-containing probe. In addition, Western blot analysis revealed that the level of ApCREB2, a CRE sequence-binding repressor, was enhanced as a result of axonal injury. The sequestration of CRE-binding proteins by microinjection of CRE sequence-containing plasmids enhanced axon collateral formation (both number and length) as compared with control plasmid injections. These findings show that Ca2+/cAMP-mediated gene expression via CRE-binding transcription factors participates in the regeneration of motor neuron axons.

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