title: Immunolocalization of NAIP in the human brain and spinal cord.
abstract: The neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein (NAIP) is known to have anti-apoptotic functions, and its gene is often mutated in severe cases of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a disease characterized by motor neuron degeneration. In this study, we examined the distribution of the endogenous NAIP protein in normal human spinal cord and brain tissue by using a polyclonal antibody against NAIP. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that NAIP is strongly expressed in anterior horn and motor cortex neurons of normal brains, and it is not altered in the remaining motor neurons of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). NAIP is also located in human fetal neurons and in adult choroid plexus cells. These results suggest that the anti apoptotic molecule NAIP may be important in motor neurons, but it specifically does not appear to be altered in ALS.
authors.affiliation: Montreal Neurological Institute, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pari
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berrada
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Verge
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karpati
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nalbantoglu
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000870:Anterior Horn Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051616:Neuronal Apoptosis-Inhibitory Protein; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D016612:Paraffin Embedding; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014161:Transduction, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C496800:NAIP protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051616:Neuronal Apoptosis-Inhibitory Protein