Expression of c-Jun N-terminal kinases after axotomy in the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and the hypoglossal nucleus

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Abstract
c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs)/stress-activated protein kinases (SAPKs) are a subgroup of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs), and important mediators of signal transduction from the cell surface to the nucleus. JNK phosphorylates the transcription factor c-Jun. c-Jun is one of the earliest and most consistent markers for neurons that respond to nerve-fiber transection. To elucidate the c-Jun metabolism after axotomy, we investigated the expression of JNKs mRNA and of JNKs and c-Jun proteins following vagus and hypoglossal nerve transection. We found that JNK 1, JNK 2 and JNK 3 mRNA were positive in the cytoplasm of neuronal and glial cells. JNK 1 and JNK 2 protein were distributed mainly in the cytoplasm of neurons and glial cells, while only JNK 3 immunoreactivity was observed intensely in the nuclei of neuronal cells. Activated JNK was also observed intensely in the nuclei of neuronal cells. In sham-operated animals, the cytoplasm of a few glial cells showed moderate immunoreactivity for activated JNK, while after axotomy the cytoplasm of all perineuronal microglial cells were stained intensely. Up-regulated c-Jun and phosphorylated c-Jun immunoreactivities were found in the nuclei of neuronal cells in the severed side of both the dorsal motor and hypoglossal nuclei. These results indicate that the principal activity of JNKs in neurons is contributed largely by JNK 3 under both normal and axotomized conditions, and that JNKs play an important role in signal transduction of perineuronal microglial cells after axotomy.
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Authors Katsuya Masui;Eiji Yamada;Tatsuo Shimokawara;Kenji Mishima;Yasunori Enomoto;Hiroshi Nakajima;Takafumi Yoshikawa;Toshisuke Sakaki;Kunio Ichijima;Katsuya Masui;Eiji Yamada;Tatsuo Shimokawara;Kenji Mishima;Yasunori Enomoto;Hiroshi Nakajima;Takafumi Yoshikawa;Toshisuke Sakaki;Kunio Ichijima;
Journal acta neuropathologica
Year 2002
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doi:10.1007/s00401-002-0519-7
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00401-002-0519-7
Keywords
pathology neurosciences

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