Differentially expressed genes in rat dorsal root ganglia following peripheral nerve injury

Neuroreport. 2001 Oct 29;12(15):3401-5. doi: 10.1097/00001756-200110290-00050.

Abstract

Ordered differential display PCR was used to identify differentially expressed genes in rat dorsal root ganglia at 7 days following chronic constriction injury (CCI) of the sciatic nerve. Fourteen differentially displayed cDNA bands were isolated, cloned and verified by RT-PCR. The four mRNAs were increased, which included mRNAs encoding heat shock protein 27, fatty acid binding protein, apolipoprotein D and one novel gene. Six down-regulated clones were microtubule-associated protein 1B, protein tyrosine phosphatase alpha, Kv1.2 channel, myelin protein SR13, medium-sized neurofilament protein, and one novel gene. Our results show that many differentially regulated genes after CCI may play a role in nerve degeneration and/or regeneration and provide a molecular framework for understanding the peripheral mechanism underlying neuropathic pain.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Apolipoproteins / genetics
  • Apolipoproteins D
  • Base Sequence / physiology
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics
  • Down-Regulation / genetics
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
  • Ganglia, Spinal / injuries
  • Ganglia, Spinal / metabolism*
  • Ganglia, Spinal / physiopathology
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation / physiology*
  • HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Heat-Shock Proteins*
  • Kv1.2 Potassium Channel
  • Male
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins / genetics
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myelin Proteins / genetics
  • Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Neuralgia / genetics*
  • Neuralgia / metabolism
  • Neuralgia / physiopathology
  • Neurofilament Proteins / genetics
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / genetics*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / metabolism
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Potassium Channels / genetics
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated*
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Up-Regulation / genetics

Substances

  • Apolipoproteins
  • Apolipoproteins D
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Fabp7 protein, rat
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7
  • Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins
  • HSP27 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Hspb1 protein, rat
  • Kcna2 protein, rat
  • Kv1.2 Potassium Channel
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins
  • Myelin Proteins
  • Neoplasm Proteins
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Neurofilament Proteins
  • Pmp22 protein, mouse
  • Pmp22 protein, rat
  • Potassium Channels
  • Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated
  • RNA, Messenger
  • microtubule-associated protein 1B
  • neurofilament protein M
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases