Pre-Injection of Small Interfering RNA (siRNA) Promotes c-Jun Gene Silencing and Decreases the Survival Rate of Axotomy-Injured Spinal Motoneurons in Adult Mice

Brachial plexus injury is a common clinical peripheral nerve trauma. A series of genes in motoneurons were activated in the corresponding segments of the spinal cord after brachial plexus roots axotomy. The spatial and temporal expression of these genes directly affects the speed of motoneuron axon regeneration and precise target organ reinnervation. In a previous study, we observed the overexpression of c-Jun in motoneurons of the spinal cord ventral horn after brachial plexus injury in rats. However, the relevance of c-Jun expression with respect to the fate of axotomy-induced branchial plexus injury in adult mice remains unknown. In the present study, we explored the function of c-Jun in motoneuron recovery after axotomy. We pre-injected small interfering RNA (siRNA) to knockdown c-Jun expression in mice and examined the effects of the overexpression of c-Jun in motoneurons after the axotomy of the brachial plexus in vivo. Axotomy induced c-Jun overexpression in the ventral horn motoneurons of adult mice from 3 to 14 days after injury. In addition, the pre-injection of siRNA transiently inhibited c-Jun expression and decreased the survival rate of axotomy-injured motoneurons. These findings indicate that the axotomy-induced overexpression of c-Jun plays an important role in the survival of ventral horn motoneurons in adult mice. In addition, the pre-injection of c-Jun siRNA through the brachial plexus stem effectively adjusts c-Jun gene expression at the ipsilateral side.

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ErratumIn: J Mol Neurosci. 2024 Feb 29;74(1):27. - PMID 38421552

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

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Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 65(2018), 3 vom: 04. Juli, Seite 400-410

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Ying-Qin [VerfasserIn]
Song, Fa-Huan [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Ke [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Guang-Yin [VerfasserIn]
Zilundu, Prince Last Mudenda [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Ying-Ying [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Rao [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Ling, Ze-Min [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Li-Hua [VerfasserIn]

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Axotomy
C-Jun
EC 2.7.11.24
JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
Journal Article
Mice
Motoneurons
SiRNA

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Date Completed 30.10.2018

Date Revised 01.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: J Mol Neurosci. 2024 Feb 29;74(1):27. - PMID 38421552

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12031-018-1098-y

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NLM286350513