TY - CHAP
T1 - Chapter 26 Role of Akt and Erk Signaling in the Neurogenesis Following Brain Ischemia
AU - Shioda, Norifumi
AU - Han, Feng
AU - Fukunaga, Kohji
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Generation of the neural precursors persists throughout life in the forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) and the hippocampal subgranular zone (SGZ) in rodent and human brains. In addition, newborn granule cells in the hippocampal DG are important for learning and memory formation. Brain injuries such as seizure and trauma could trigger the endogenous programs for neurogenesis in the adult brain. Although brain ischemia also stimulates the proliferation of neural progenitor cells in SVZ and SGZ, the most neural progenitor cells are dead within a few days after generation. In addition, there is no therapeutic agent to promote the neurogenesis following brain injury in the adult brain. We found that intraperitoneal administration of vanadium compounds, a stimulator of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathways markedly enhances the brain ischemia-induced neurogenesis and promotes the migration of newborn cells. Thus, vanadium compounds are potential therapeutic agents to enhance the ischemia-induced neurogenesis through PI3K/Akt and ERK activation.
AB - Generation of the neural precursors persists throughout life in the forebrain subventricular zone (SVZ) and the hippocampal subgranular zone (SGZ) in rodent and human brains. In addition, newborn granule cells in the hippocampal DG are important for learning and memory formation. Brain injuries such as seizure and trauma could trigger the endogenous programs for neurogenesis in the adult brain. Although brain ischemia also stimulates the proliferation of neural progenitor cells in SVZ and SGZ, the most neural progenitor cells are dead within a few days after generation. In addition, there is no therapeutic agent to promote the neurogenesis following brain injury in the adult brain. We found that intraperitoneal administration of vanadium compounds, a stimulator of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathways markedly enhances the brain ischemia-induced neurogenesis and promotes the migration of newborn cells. Thus, vanadium compounds are potential therapeutic agents to enhance the ischemia-induced neurogenesis through PI3K/Akt and ERK activation.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)85026-5
DO - 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)85026-5
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 19607982
AN - SCOPUS:67650079547
SN - 9780123748935
T3 - International Review of Neurobiology
SP - 375
EP - 387
BT - International Review of Neurobiology - 85
A2 - Bagetta, G.
A2 - Sakurada, T.
A2 - Sakurada, S.
A2 - Corasaniti, M.T.
ER -