Activation of cell-survival signal Akt by GDNF in normal rat brain

G. Jin; N. Omori; F. Li; K. Sato; I. Nagano; Y. Manabe; M. Shoji; K. Abe

doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03521-7

Activation of cell-survival signal Akt by GDNF in normal rat brain

G. Jin, N. Omori, F. Li, K. Sato, I. Nagano, Y. Manabe, M. Shoji, K. Abe

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Abstract

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) activates protein kinase Akt/PKB by phosphorylation (p-Akt) which plays key roles in cell survival. In the current study, we investigated a temporal expression of p-Akt by immunohistochemical analysis after a topical application of GDNF to normal cerebral hemisphere of rats. Although p-Akt immunoreactivity was weakly present in the sham control neural cells, GDNF application greatly enhanced it at 3 h, which lasted until 1 day. These results indicate that p-Akt is expressed in neuronal cells under physiological conditions, and that topical application of GDNF greatly enhanced the phosphorylation of Akt in normal rat brain.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-433
Number of pages	5
Journal	Brain Research
Volume	958
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03521-7
Publication status	Published - Dec 27 2002

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Keywords

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
Phospho-Akt
Rat

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Neuroscience(all)
Molecular Biology
Clinical Neurology
Developmental Biology

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Jin, G., Omori, N., Li, F., Sato, K., Nagano, I., Manabe, Y., Shoji, M., & Abe, K. (2002). Activation of cell-survival signal Akt by GDNF in normal rat brain. Brain Research, 958(2), 429-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03521-7

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