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Ekdahl, Christine T.Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine
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Caspase-mediated death of newly formed neurons in the adult rat dentate gyrus following status epilepticus
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2002-10-30
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Wiley,2002
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:3d6966d1-5167-46c3-ba94-fa3a1643ab21
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https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/110460URI
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https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02202.xDOI
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A large proportion of cells that proliferate in the adult dentate gyrus under normal conditions or in response to brain insults exhibit only short-term survival. Here, we sought to determine which cell death pathways are involved in the degeneration of newly formed neurons in the rat dentate gyrus following 2 h of electrically induced status epilepticus. We investigated the role of three families of cysteine proteases, caspases, calpains, and cathepsins, which can all participate in apoptotic cell death. Status epilepticus increased the number of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-positive proliferated cells in the subgranular zone of the dentate gyrus. At the time of maximum cell proliferation, immunohistochemical analyses revealed protein expression of active caspase-cleaved poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) in approximately 66% of the BrdU-positive cells, while none of them expressed cathepsin B or the 150-kDa calpain-produced fodrin breakdown product. To evaluate the importance of cysteine proteases in regulating survival of the newly formed neurons, we administered intracerebroventricular infusions of a caspase inhibitor cocktail (zVAD-fmk, zDEVD-fmk and zLEHD-fmk) over a 2-week period, sufficient to allow for neuronal differentiation, starting 1 week after the epileptic insult. Increased numbers of cells double-labelled with BrdU and neuron-specific nuclear protein (NeuN) marker were detected in the subgranular zone and granule cell layer of the caspase inhibitor-treated rats. Our data indicate that caspase-mediated cell death pathways are active in progenitor cell progeny generated by status epilepticus and compromise survival during neuronal differentiation.
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Mohapel, PaulLund University,Lunds universitet,Wallenberg Neurocentrum, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Wallenberg Neuroscience Centre, Lund,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)neur-pmo
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Weber, Ekkehard
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Bahr, Ben
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Blomgren, Klas
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Lindvall, OlleLund University,Lunds universitet,Neurologi, Lund,Sektion IV,Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Lund,Medicinska fakulteten,Neurology, Lund,Section IV,Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund,Faculty of Medicine(Swepub:lu)neur-oli
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Neurologi, LundSektion IV
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In:European Journal of Neuroscience: Wiley16:8, s. 1463-14711460-95680953-816X
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