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- Title
Expressions of Forkhead Class Box O 3a on Crushed Rat Sciatic Nerves and Differentiated Primary Schwann cells.
- Authors
Qiuhong Wang; Youhua Wang; Zhengming Zhou; Xiang Lu; Yi Cao; Yonghua Liu; Meijuan Yan; Fei He; Xia Pan; Xiaoli Qian; Yuhong Ji; Huiguang Yang
- Abstract
Forkhead box-containing protein, class O 3 a (FOXO3a), an Akt downstream target, plays an important role in peripheral nervous system. FOXO3a shares the ability to be inhibited and translocated from the nucleus on phosphorylation by proteins such as Akt/PKB in the PI3K signaling pathway. To elucidate the expression and possible function of FOXO3a in lesion and repair, we performed an acute sciatic nerve crush model and studied differential expressions of FOXO3a. We observed that expressions of FOXO3a in Schwann cells (SCs) of the peripheral nervous system and cAMP-induced differentiation were dynamically regulated. Western blot analysis showed FOXO3a level significantly decreased post injury. Moreover, Immunofluorescence double labeling suggested the changes were striking especially in SCs. In vitro, Western blot analysis showed that the expression of FOXO3a was decreased in cAMP-induced differentiated primary SCs. The FOXO3a siRNA-transfected SCs treated by cAMP promote differentiation of SCs through the PI3K/Akt pathway. The results indicate that FOXO3a plays an important role during differentiation of SCs.
- Subjects
SCIATIC nerve; FORKHEAD transcription factors; PERIPHERAL nervous system; PHOSPHORYLATION; LABORATORY rats
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology, 2011, Vol 31, Issue 4, p509
- ISSN
0272-4340
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10571-010-9644-3