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标题：Transgenic ablation of doublecortin-expressing cells suppresses adult neurogenesis and worsens stroke outcome in mice
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作者：Kunlin Jin ; Xiaomei Wang ; Lin Xie 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2010
卷号：107
期号：17
页码：7993-7998
DOI：10.1073/pnas.1000154107
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Injury stimulates neurogenesis in the adult brain, but the role of injury-induced neurogenesis in brain repair and recovery is uncertain. One strategy for investigating this issue is to ablate neuronal precursors and thereby prevent neurogenesis, but this is difficult to achieve in a specific fashion. We produced transgenic mice that express herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) under control of the promoter for doublecortin (Dcx), a microtubule-associated protein expressed in newborn and migrating neurons. Treatment for 14 days with the antiviral drug ganciclovir (GCV) depleted Dcx-expressing and BrdU-labeled cells from the rostral subventricular zone and dentate gyrus, and abolished neurogenesis and associated neuromigration induced by focal cerebral ischemia. GCV treatment of Dcx-TK transgenic, but not WT, mice also increased infarct size and exacerbated postischemic sensorimotor behavioral deficits measured by rotarod, limb placing, and elevated body swing tests. These findings provide evidence that injury-induced neurogenesis contributes to stroke outcome and might therefore be a target for stroke therapy.