Abstract:
:The aetiology of the sporadic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is poorly understood although abnormalities in glutamate and glycine transport have been implicated which both could contribute to a neurodegenerative process mediated through the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. In this study we have used in situ hybridization to investigate whether any changes in the expression of NMDA receptors, the glycine transporter or glutamate-mediated injury responses are detectable in ALS. Two immediate early genes were investigated as markers of neuronal injury responses, c-jun and zif-268, both constitutively expressed in the spinal cord. Levels of c-jun mRNA were most abundant in intermediate grey and layer IX of the ventral horn containing motor neurones. This pattern was markedly changed in ALS with large increases (2-3 fold) in c-jun mRNA occurring in dorsal and ventral horn. The marked increase in c-jun mRNA was also substantiated by slot blot analysis of tissue homogenates of spinal cord and a parallel induction of zif-268 mRNA was also seen. NMDA receptor NR-1 mRNA was widely distributed in control spinal cord with the highest concentrations occurring in layers IX, X, intermediate grey and dorsal horn. The ALS cases showed a selective decrease in the level of NR-1 mRNA in the ventral region (50%) whilst no significant decrease was detected in the dorsal region. Quantitation of tissue homogenates with dorsal and ventral regions combined also yielded a significant decrease of 40% which supports the analysis from in situ hybridization densitometry.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Brain Resjournal_title
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Virgo L,de Belleroche Jdoi
10.1016/0006-8993(95)00052-rsubject
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1995-04-03 00:00:00pages
196-204issue
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