Flood D G, Reaume A G, Gruner J A, Hoffman E K, Hirsch J D, Lin Y G, Dorfman K S, Scott R W
Department of Molecular Biology, Cephalon, Inc., West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
Am J Pathol. 1999 Aug;155(2):663-72. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65162-0.
The role of oxidative damage in neurodegenerative disease was investigated in mice lacking cytoplasmic Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD), created by deletion of the SOD1 gene (SOD1(-/-)). SOD1(-/-) mice developed a chronic peripheral hindlimb axonopathy. Mild denervation of muscle was detected at 2 months, and behavioral and physiological motor deficits were present at 5-7 months of age. Ventral root axons were shrunken but were normal in number. The somatosensory system in SOD1(-/-) mice was mildly affected. SOD1(-/-) mice expressing Cu/Zn SOD only in brain and spinal cord were generated using transgenic mice expressing mouse SOD1 driven by the neuron-specific synapsin promoter. Neuron-specific expression of Cu/Zn SOD in SOD1(-/-) mice rescued motor neurons from the neuropathy. Therefore, Cu/Zn SOD is not required for normal motor neuron survival, but is necessary for the maintenance of normal neuromuscular junctions by hindlimb motor neurons.
通过缺失SOD1基因(SOD1(-/-))构建缺乏细胞质铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)的小鼠,研究氧化损伤在神经退行性疾病中的作用。SOD1(-/-)小鼠出现慢性外周后肢轴索性神经病。2个月时检测到轻度肌肉去神经支配,5至7个月大时出现行为和生理运动缺陷。腹根轴突萎缩但数量正常。SOD1(-/-)小鼠的体感系统受到轻度影响。使用由神经元特异性突触素启动子驱动表达小鼠SOD1的转基因小鼠,培育出仅在脑和脊髓中表达铜锌SOD的SOD1(-/-)小鼠。SOD1(-/-)小鼠中铜锌SOD的神经元特异性表达使运动神经元免受神经病变影响。因此,正常运动神经元存活不需要铜锌SOD,但后肢运动神经元维持正常神经肌肉接头需要铜锌SOD。