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- Title
Disruption of CREB function in brain leads to neurodegeneration.
- Authors
Mantamadiotis, Theo; Lemberger, Thomas; Bleckmann, Susanne C.; Kern, Heidrun; Kretz, Oliver; Villalba, Ana Martin; Tronche, François; Kellendonk, Christoph; Gau, Daniel; Kapfhammer, Josef; Otto, Christiane; Schmid, Wolfgang; Schütz, Günther
- Abstract
Control of cellular survival and proliferation is dependent on extracellular signals and is a prerequisite for ordered tissue development and maintenance. Activation of the cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB) by phosphorylation has been implicated in the survival of mammalian cells. To define its roles in the mouse central nervous system, we disrupted Creb1 in brain of developing and adult mice using the Cre/IoxP system. Mice with a Crem[sup -/-] background and lacking Creb in the central nervous system during development show extensive apoptosis of postmitotic neurons. By contrast, mice in which both Creb1 and Crem are disrupted in the postnatal forebrain show progressive neurodegeneration in the hippocampus and in the dorsolateral striatum. The striatal phenotype is reminiscent of Huntington disease and is consistent with the postulated role of CREB-mediated signaling in polyglutamine-triggered diseases.
- Subjects
NEURODEGENERATION; PHOSPHORYLATION
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2002, Vol 31, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng882