Mcl-1 regulates the survival of adult neural precursor cells

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• 作者：Craig D. Malone^a ; S.M. Mahmudul Hasan^a ; R. Brian Roome^a ; Jieying Xiong^a ; Michael Furlong^a ; Joseph T. Opferman^b ; Jacqueline L. Vanderluit^a ; ^{j.vanderluit@mun.ca}
• 关键词：Bcl-2 ; B cell lymphoma 2 ; Bcl-xL ; B cell lymphoma X large fragment ; CKO ; conditional knockout ; BrdU ; Bromodeoxyuridine ; Cre ; Cre recombinase ; CMV ; cytomegalovirus ; Dcx ; Doublecortin ; DIV ; days in vitro ; FGF-2 ; fibroblast growth factor 2 ; GFAP ; glial fibri
• 刊名：Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：173_10447431
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：49
• 期：4
• 页码：439-447
• 文件大小：1139 K

摘要

Since the discovery of neural precursor cells (NPCs) in the adult mammalian brain, there has been a lot of excitement surrounding the potential for regeneration in the adult brain. For instance, many studies have shown that a significant number of NPCs will migrate to a site of injury and differentiate into all of the neural lineages. However, one of the main challenges affecting endogenous neural regeneration is that many of the NPCs that migrate to the injury site ultimately undergo apoptosis. Therefore, we sought to determine whether myeloid cell leukemia-1 (Mcl-1), an anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein, would promote the survival of adult NPCs by impeding apoptosis. To do this, we first confirmed that Mcl-1 is endogenously expressed within the adult NPC population using BrdU labeling assays. Next, we conditionally deleted Mcl-1 in adult NPCs using cre/lox technology and expressed Cre from the NPC-specific promoter Nestin. In vitro, cells that had Mcl-1 conditionally deleted had a 2-fold increase in apoptosis when compared to controls. In vivo, we used electroporation to conditionally delete Mcl-1 in adult NPCs and assessed apoptosis at 72 h. after electroporation. As in our in vitro results, there was a 2-fold increase in apoptosis when Mcl-1 was conditionally deleted. Finally, we found that Mcl-1 over-expression reduced the endogenous rate of adult NPC apoptosis 2-fold in vitro. Collectively, these results demonstrate that Mcl-1 is crucial for the survival of adult NPCs and may be a promising target for future neural regeneration therapies.