title: Expression of the fibroblast growth factor-2 isoforms and the FGF receptor 1-4 transcripts in the rat model system of Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 occurs in different isoforms representing different translation products of a single mRNA. We have previously shown that the high molecular weight FGF-2 isoforms (21, 23 kD) stimulated survival- and neurite-promoting activities and protective effects on cultured embryonic dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra (Neuroscience 100 (2000) 73). In this study the expression of FGF-2 isoforms in the striatum and substantia nigra was analyzed by Western blot in adult intact rats and following complete unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion. In intact rats, all three FGF-2 isoforms (18, 21, 23 kD) are expressed. Neurotoxin-mediated lesion of nigral DA neurons revealed no change of the FGF-2 isoform expression pattern in the nigrostriatal system. Additionally, the FGF receptors 1, 2 and 3 are expressed in these tissues and displayed no alterations after 6-OHDA injection as demonstrated by RT-PCR. The presence of all three FGF-2 isoforms and the FGFR 1-3, together with the previous demonstrated neurotrophic effects of FGF-2 on dopaminergic neurons, suggest a physiological function of the FGF-2 isoforms in the nigrostriatal system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroanatomy, Hannover Medical School, OE 4140, Carl-Neuberg-Str.1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. claus.peter@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Claus
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Timmer
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grothe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western / Q000379:methods; D002452:Cell Count / Q000379:methods; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000633:toxicity; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; D051498:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3; D051499:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013565:Sympatholytics / Q000633:toxicity; D013997:Time Factors; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D013565:Sympatholytics; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016627:Oxidopamine; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; C496350:Fgfr1 protein, rat; C496356:Fgfr2 protein, rat; C496373:Fgfr4 protein, rat; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; D051498:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3; D051499:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 4