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Abstract #49029 Published in IGR 14-1
Differential effects of unfolded protein response pathways on axon injury-induced death of retinal ganglion cells
Hu Y; Park KK; Yang L; Wei X; Yang Q; Cho KS; Thielen P; Lee AH; Cartoni R; Glimcher LH; Chen DF; He ZNeuron 2012; 73: 445-452
Loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) accounts for visual function deficits after optic nerve injury, but how axonal insults lead to neuronal death remains elusive. By using an optic nerve crush model that results in the death of the majority of RGCs, we demonstrate that axotomy induces differential activation of distinct pathways of the unfolded protein response in axotomized RGCs. Optic nerve injury provokes a sustained CCAAT/enhancer binding homologous protein (CHOP) upregulation, and deletion of CHOP promotes RGC survival. In contrast, IRE/XBP-1 is only transiently activated, and forced XBP-1 activation dramatically protects RGCs from axon injury-induced death. Importantly, such differential activations of CHOP and XBP-1 and their distinct effects on neuronal cell death are also observed in RGCs with other types of axonal insults, such as vincristine treatment and intraocular pressure elevation, suggesting a new protective strategy for neurodegeneration associated with axonal damage.
F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Children's Hospital and Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. yanghu@temple.edu
Full articleClassification:
3.6 Cellular biology (Part of: 3 Laboratory methods)
11.8 Neuroprotection (Part of: 11 Medical treatment)
2.13 Retina and retinal nerve fibre layer (Part of: 2 Anatomical structures in glaucoma)
5.1 Rodent (Part of: 5 Experimental glaucoma; animal models)