| Literature DB >> 23223235 |
Wenbin Wang1, Yung-Wei Pan, Tomasz Wietecha, Junhui Zou, Glen M Abel, Chay T Kuo, Zhengui Xia.
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Prolactin-stimulated adult neurogenesis in the subventricular zone (SVZ) and olfactory bulb (OB) mediates several reproductive behaviors including mating/pregnancy, dominant male pheromone preference in females, and paternal recognition of offspring. However, downstream signaling mechanisms underlying prolactin-induced adult neurogenesis are completely unknown. We report here for the first time that prolactin activates extracellular signal-regulated kinase 5 (ERK5), a MAP kinase that is specifically expressed in the neurogenic regions of the adult mouse brain. Knockdown of ERK5 by retroviral infection of shRNA attenuates prolactin-stimulated neurogenesis in SVZ-derived adult neural stem/progenitor cells (aNPCs). Inducible erk5 deletion in adult neural stem cells of transgenic mice inhibits neurogenesis in the SVZ and OB following prolactin infusion or mating/pregnancy. These results identify ERK5 as a novel and critical signaling mechanism underlying prolactin-induced adult neurogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 23223235 PMCID: PMC3554929 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.401091
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157