RGD Reference Report - Distribution of bone morphogenetic protein and bone morphogenetic protein receptor transcripts in the rodent nervous system and up-regulation of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II in hippocampal dentate gyrus in a rat model of global cerebral ischemia. - Rat Genome Database

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Distribution of bone morphogenetic protein and bone morphogenetic protein receptor transcripts in the rodent nervous system and up-regulation of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II in hippocampal dentate gyrus in a rat model of global cerebral ischemia.

Authors: Charytoniuk, DA  Traiffort, E  Pinard, E  Issertial, O  Seylaz, J  Ruat, M 
Citation: Charytoniuk DA, etal., Neuroscience. 2000;100(1):33-43.
RGD ID: 5129486
Pubmed: PMID:10996456   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Bone morphogenetic proteins belong to the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily and act through serine/threonine kinase type I and type II receptors such as bone morphogenetic protein receptor type I and type II. In order to further understand the roles that these factors exert in the nervous system, we have examined the expression pattern of seven bone morphogenetic proteins and bone morphogenetic protein receptor type I and II transcripts in the brain and spinal cord of rodent. Whereas bone morphogenetic protein receptor type I expression was low in rat brain, in situ hybridization studies performed with specific digoxigenin-labelled riboprobes revealed the presence of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II-positive cells throughout the brain, with a notable localization in dopaminergic cells of the substantia nigra. Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II transcripts were also expressed by large motoneuron-like cells located in the ventral horn of the spinal cord and by sensory neurons of dorsal root ganglia. In addition, we observed a significant up-regulation of bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II in the granule cells of the dentate gyrus 48 h after transient global cerebral ischemia in rat suggesting that modulation of this receptor intervenes during neuronal plasticity or repair that occur upon brain injury. Among the potential ligands for this receptor, bone morphogenetic protein-6 and bone morphogenetic protein-7 were expressed in meninges and the choroid plexus, while bone morphogenetic protein-4-expressing cells were spatially and temporally regulated in myelinated structures during development and in the adult suggesting its expression in oligodendrocytes. These data clearly indicate that besides their roles in bone and embryonic tissues, bone morphogenetic proteins and their receptors may have also important functions in adult neural tissues.

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TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Reperfusion Injury  ISOBmpr2 (Rattus norvegicus)5129486; 5129486mRNA:increased expression:dentate gyrus and granule cellRGD 
Reperfusion Injury  IEP 5129486mRNA:increased expression:dentate gyrus and granule cellRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Bmpr2  (bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Bmpr2  (bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
BMPR2  (bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2)


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