Differential gene expression in proximal and distal nerve segments of rats with sciatic nerve injury during Wallerian degeneration
Nan Jiang
Huaiqin Li
Yi Sun
Dexin Yin
Qin Zhao
Shusen Cui
Dengbing Yao
摘要：Wallerian degeneration is a subject of major interest in neuroscience. A large number of genes are differentially regulated during the distinct stages of Wallerian degeneration: transcription factor activation, immune response, myelin cell differentiation and dedifferentiation. Although gene expression responses in the distal segment of the sciatic nerve after peripheral nerve injury are known, differences in gene expression between the proximal and distal segments remain unclear. In the present study in rats, we used microarrays to analyze changes in gene expression, biological processes and signaling pathways in the proximal and distal segments of sciatic nerves under-going Wallerian degeneration. More than 6,000 genes were differentially expressed and 20 types of expression tendencies were identiifed, mainly between proximal and distal segments at 7-14 days after injury. The differentially expressed genes were those involved in cell differentiation, cytokinesis, neuron differentiation, nerve development and axon regeneration. Furthermore, 11 biological processes were represented, related to responses to stimuli, cell apoptosis, inlfammato-ry response, immune response, signal transduction, protein kinase activity, and cell proliferation. Using real-time quantitative PCR, western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry, microarray data were veriifed for four genes: aquaporin-4, interleukin 1 receptor-like 1, matrix metallopro-teinase-12 and periaxin. Our study identiifes differential gene expression in the proximal and distal segments of a nerve during Wallerian degeneration, analyzes dynamic biological changes of these genes, and provides a useful platform for the detailed study of nerve injury and repair during Wallerian degeneration.
机标关键词：Wallerian degenerationperipheral nerve injurydifferential gene expressioncell differentiationbiological processesdifferentially expressed genescell proliferationaxon regeneration
资助基金：This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, (No.81370982,31170946)Key Program, Grant (No.81130080)
论文发表日期：2014-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：9( 1186-1194 )
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