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The Journal of Neuroscience, January 15, 1999, 19(2):664-673
A Role for MAPK/ERK in Sympathetic Neuron Survival:
Protection against a p53-Dependent, JNK-Independent Induction of
Apoptosis by Cytosine Arabinoside
Christopher N. G.
Anderson and
Aviva
M.
Tolkovsky
Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, CB2
1QW, United Kingdom
The antimitotic nucleoside cytosine arabinoside (araC) causes
apoptosis in postmitotic neurons for which two mechanisms have been
suggested: (1) araC directly inhibits a trophic factor-maintained signaling pathway required for survival, effectively mimicking trophic
factor withdrawal; and (2) araC induces apoptosis by a p53-dependent
mechanism distinct from trophic factor withdrawal. In rat sympathetic
neurons, we found that araC treatment for 12 hr induced ~25%
apoptosis without affecting NGF-maintained signaling; there was neither
reduction in the activity of mitogen actived protein
kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK) or
protein kinase B/Akt, a kinase implicated in NGF-mediated survival, nor
was there c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation or c-Jun N-terminal
phosphorylation, events implicated in apoptosis induced by NGF
withdrawal. However, araC treatment, but not NGF-withdrawal, elevated
expression of p53 protein before and during apoptosis. Additionally,
araC-induced apoptosis was suppressed in sympathetic neurons from p53
null mice. Although MAPK/ERK activity is not necessary for NGF-induced
survival, it protected against toxicity by araC, because inhibition of
the MAPK pathway by PD98059 resulted in a significant increase in the
rate of apoptosis induced by araC in the presence of NGF. Consistent
with this finding, ciliary neurotrophic factor, which does not cause
sustained activation of MAPK/ERK, did not protect against araC
toxicity. Our data show that, in contrast to NGF deprivation, araC
induces apoptosis via a p53-dependent, JNK-independent mechanism,
against which MAPK/ERK plays a substantial protective role. Thus, NGF
can suppress apoptotic mechanisms in addition to those caused by its
own deprivation.
Key words:
superior cervical ganglion neurons; MAPK/ERK; PKB/Akt; JNK; c-Jun phosphorylation; p53; CNTF; PD98059; signal transduction; DNA damage
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/192664-10$05.00/0
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