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Programmed Cell Death in Neurons: Focus on the Pathway of Nerve Growth Factor Deprivation-Induced Death of Sympathetic Neurons

Mohanish Deshmukh and Eugene M. Johnson Jr.
Molecular Pharmacology June 1997, 51 (6) 897-906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.51.6.897
Mohanish Deshmukh
Department of Neurology and Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Eugene M. Johnson Jr.
Department of Neurology and Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
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Extensive programmed cell death (PCD) occurs in the developing nervous system. Neuronal death occurs, at least in part, because neurons are produced in excess during development and compete with each other for the limited amounts of the survival-promoting trophic factors secreted by target tissues. Neuronal death is apoptotic and utilizes components that are conserved in other PCD pathways. In this review, we discuss the mechanism of trophic factor-dependent neuronal cell death by focusing on the pathway of nerve growth factor (NGF) deprivation-induced sympathetic neuronal death. We describe the biochemical and genetic events that occur in NGF-deprived sympathetic neurons undergoing PCD. Participation of the Bcl-2 family of proteins and the interleukin-1β-converting enzyme family of proteases (caspases) in this and other models of neuronal death is also examined. The order and importance of these components during NGF deprivation-induced sympathetic neuronal death are discussed.

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    • Accepted March 12, 1997.
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Programmed Cell Death in Neurons: Focus on the Pathway of Nerve Growth Factor Deprivation-Induced Death of Sympathetic Neurons

Mohanish Deshmukh and Eugene M. Johnson
Molecular Pharmacology June 1, 1997, 51 (6) 897-906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.51.6.897

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Programmed Cell Death in Neurons: Focus on the Pathway of Nerve Growth Factor Deprivation-Induced Death of Sympathetic Neurons

Mohanish Deshmukh and Eugene M. Johnson
Molecular Pharmacology June 1, 1997, 51 (6) 897-906; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.51.6.897
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