title: Prolonged expression of Fos-related antigens, Jun B and TrkB in dopamine-denervated striatal neurons.
abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that striatal dopamine-denervation leads to a long-term increase in Fos-related antigen(s) (FRA's) in striatal neurons. Because Fos-family proteins bind to DNA by dimerizing to Jun-family proteins we investigated the expression of Jun B protein 2 weeks and 1 month after striatal dopamine-denervation, produced by medial forebrain bundle transection. We also investigated the effects of this lesion on TrkB-immunoreactivity in the striatum. FRA's (as previously reported) and Jun B were expressed in striatal neurons following dopamine-denervation, and in addition, there was an increase in expression of TrkB in the striatum on the dopamine-denervated side. These results show that striatal dopamine depletion leads to a long-term up-regulation of FRA's and Jun B in the striatum, and this may be related to other biochemical changes previously reported to occur in striatal neurons (e.g.: D2-dopamine receptor up-regulation) after dopamine depletion. In addition, FRA and Jun B expression may induce increased production of TrkB after dopamine-denervation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dragunow
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Waldvogel
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Faull
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D008297:Male; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000276:immunology; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D011494:Protein Kinases; D004298:Dopamine