Role of Nogo-A in Neuronal Survival in the Reperfused Ischemic Brain
Open Access
- 20 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
- Vol. 30 (5), 969-984
- https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.2009.268
Abstract
Nogo-A is an oligodendroglial neurite outgrowth inhibitor, the deactivation of which enhances brain plasticity and functional recovery in animal models of stroke. Nogo-A's role in the reperfused brain tissue was still unknown. By using Nogo-A−/− mice and mice in which Nogo-A was blocked with a neutralizing antibody (11C7) that was infused into the lateral ventricle or striatum, we show that Nogo-A inhibition goes along with decreased neuronal survival and more protracted neurologic recovery, when deactivation is constitutive or induced 24 h before, but not after focal cerebral ischemia. We show that in the presence of Nogo-A, RhoA is activated and Rac1 and RhoB are deactivated, maintaining stress kinases p38/MAPK, SAPK/JNK1/2 and phosphatase-and-tensin homolog (PTEN) activities low. Nogo-A blockade leads to RhoA deactivation, thus overactivating Rac1 and RhoB, the former of which activates p38/MAPK and SAPK/JNK1/2 via direct interaction. RhoA and its effector Rho-associated coiled-coil protein kinase2 deactivation in turn stimulates PTEN, thus inhibiting Akt and ERK1/2, and initiating p53-dependent cell death. Our data suggest a novel role of Nogo-A in promoting neuronal survival by controlling Rac1/RhoA balance. Clinical trials should be aware of injurious effects of axonal growth-promoting therapies. Thus, Nogo-A antibodies should not be used in the very acute stroke phase.Keywords
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