Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (Oct 2017)
Conditional Deletion of PDK1 in the Forebrain Causes Neuron Loss and Increased Apoptosis during Cortical Development
- Congyu Xu,
- Linjie Yu,
- Jinxing Hou,
- Rosemary J. Jackson,
- He Wang,
- Chaoli Huang,
- Tingting Liu,
- Qihui Wang,
- Xiaochuan Zou,
- Richard G. Morris,
- Richard G. Morris,
- Tara L. Spires-Jones,
- Tara L. Spires-Jones,
- Tara L. Spires-Jones,
- Zhongzhou Yang,
- Zhenyu Yin,
- Yun Xu,
- Guiquan Chen
Affiliations
- Congyu Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Linjie Yu
- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Jinxing Hou
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Rosemary J. Jackson
- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- He Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Chaoli Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Tingting Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Qihui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Xiaochuan Zou
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Richard G. Morris
- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Richard G. Morris
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Instituto de Neurociencias, Alicante, Spain
- Tara L. Spires-Jones
- Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Tara L. Spires-Jones
- Centre for Dementia Prevention, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Tara L. Spires-Jones
- Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Zhongzhou Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Zhenyu Yin
- Department of Geriatrics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Yun Xu
- Department of Neurology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
- Guiquan Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Model Animal Research Center, Ministry of Education (MOE) Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2017.00330
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11
Abstract
Decreased expression but increased activity of PDK1 has been observed in neurodegenerative disease. To study in vivo function of PDK1 in neuron survival during cortical development, we generate forebrain-specific PDK1 conditional knockout (cKO) mice. We demonstrate that PDK1 cKO mice display striking neuron loss and increased apoptosis. We report that PDK1 cKO mice exhibit deficits on several behavioral tasks. Moreover, PDK1 cKO mice show decreased activities for Akt and mTOR. These results highlight an essential role of endogenous PDK1 in the maintenance of neuronal survival during cortical development.
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