Differential expression of proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families in the brain of mice

  • Authors:
    • Se H. Min
    • Dae Y. Hwang
    • Tae S. Kang
    • Jin H. Hwang
    • Chae H. Lim
    • Su H. Lee
    • Hwa J. Lim
    • Su J. Seo
    • Yhun Y. Sheen
    • Sang G. Paik
    • Jung S. Cho
    • Yong K. Kim
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  • Published online on: August 1, 2003     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.12.2.181
  • Pages: 181-183
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Abstract

Apoptosis is an important process in the variety of different biological system including cell death and embryonic development. Inappropriate apoptosis is implicated in many human diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Central component of the machinery of apoptosis program in neurons of patients with Alzheimer's disease includes proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families. We examined whether endogenous protein levels of caspases and Bcl-2 families are expressed in a differential manner during the embryonic and postnatal development of BDF1 strain. Here, all four proteins with caspases-3, -9, Bcl-2 and Bax were highly expressed between embryonic day 19 and 1 week age of early postnatal development, but thereafter the expression dramatically declined. These patterns are needed to compare the proteins in the brains of APPsw-transgenic mice that are expected to be expressed highly in the brain of adult mice. Thus, the results are useful to understand fundamentally the mechanisms of the apoptotic changes during the embryonic and postnatal development of Alzheimer's model mice.

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Min SH, Hwang DY, Kang TS, Hwang JH, Lim CH, Lee SH, Lim HJ, Seo SJ, Sheen YY, Paik SG, Paik SG, et al: Differential expression of proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families in the brain of mice. Int J Mol Med 12: 181-183, 2003
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Min, S.H., Hwang, D.Y., Kang, T.S., Hwang, J.H., Lim, C.H., Lee, S.H. ... Kim, Y.K. (2003). Differential expression of proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families in the brain of mice. International Journal of Molecular Medicine, 12, 181-183. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.12.2.181
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Min, S. H., Hwang, D. Y., Kang, T. S., Hwang, J. H., Lim, C. H., Lee, S. H., Lim, H. J., Seo, S. J., Sheen, Y. Y., Paik, S. G., Cho, J. S., Kim, Y. K."Differential expression of proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families in the brain of mice". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 12.2 (2003): 181-183.
Chicago
Min, S. H., Hwang, D. Y., Kang, T. S., Hwang, J. H., Lim, C. H., Lee, S. H., Lim, H. J., Seo, S. J., Sheen, Y. Y., Paik, S. G., Cho, J. S., Kim, Y. K."Differential expression of proteins of caspases and Bcl-2 families in the brain of mice". International Journal of Molecular Medicine 12, no. 2 (2003): 181-183. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.12.2.181