Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul 133-791, Korea.
Exp Neurobiol. 2010 Jun;19(1):39-48. doi: 10.5607/en.2010.19.1.39. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
SRG3 (SWI3-related gene) is a core subunit of mouse SWI/SNF complex and is known to play a critical role in stabilizing the SWI/SNF complex by attenuating its proteasomal degradation. SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex is reported to act as an important endogenous regulator in the proliferation and differentiation of mammalian neural stem cells. Because limited expression of SRG3 occurs in the brain and thymus during mouse embryogenesis, it was hypothesized that the altered SRG3 expression level might affect the process of adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Due to the embryonic lethality of homozygous knockout mice, this study focuses on dissecting the effect of overexpressed SRG3 on adult hippocampal neurogenesis. The BrdU incorporation assay, immunostaing with neuronal markers for each differentiation stage, and imunoblotting analysis with intracellular molecules involved in survival in adult hippocampal neurogenesis found no alteration, suggesting that the overexpression of SRG3 protein in mature neurons had no effect on the entire process of adult hippocampal neurogenesis including proliferation, differentiation, and survival.
SRG3(SWI3 相关基因)是小鼠 SWI/SNF 复合物的核心亚基,已知通过减弱其蛋白酶体降解来稳定 SWI/SNF 复合物。报道称,SWI/SNF 染色质重塑复合物在哺乳动物神经干细胞的增殖和分化中起重要的内源性调节作用。由于在小鼠胚胎发生过程中,SRG3 在大脑和胸腺中的表达有限,因此假设改变的 SRG3 表达水平可能会影响成年海马神经发生的过程。由于纯合敲除小鼠的胚胎致死性,本研究重点在于剖析过表达 SRG3 对成年海马神经发生的影响。BrdU 掺入测定、各分化阶段的神经元标志物免疫染色和涉及成年海马神经发生中存活的细胞内分子的免疫印迹分析均未发现改变,表明成熟神经元中 SRG3 蛋白的过表达对包括增殖、分化和存活在内的整个成年海马神经发生过程没有影响。