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Hseng-Kuang Hsu Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Pei-Lin Shao Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Ke-Li Tsai Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Huei-Chuan Shih Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Tzu-Ying Lee Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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Chin Hsu Department of Physiology, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 807, Taiwan
School of Nursing, Mei-Ho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan

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The present study was designed to identify possible signaling pathways, which may play a role in prevention of neuronal apoptosis in the sexually dimorphic nucleus of the preoptic area (SDN-POA) after physiological activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. Gene response to the blockage of the NMDA receptor by an antagonist (dizocilpine hydrogen maleate; MK-801) was screened after suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). The results showed that dfferential screening after SSH detected the presence of some neurotrophic genes (RNA binding motif protein 3 (RBM3), α-tubulin) as well as apoptosis-related genes (Bcl-2, cytochrome oxidase subunit II, cytochrome oxidase subunit III) in the SDN-POA of male rats, which were down-regulated by blocking the NMDA receptor. The RT-PCR products of the aforementioned genes in MK-801-treated males were significantly less than that in untreated males. In particular, the expression of Bcl-2 mRNA, including Bcl-2 protein, in male rats were significantly suppressed by MK-801 treatment. Moreover, the binding activity of nuclear factor κB (NFκB) was significantly higher in male rats than in females, but significantly diminished by blocking the NMDA receptor with MK-801 in male rats. No significant difference in cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) binding activity was observed among untreated male, MK-801-treated male, untreated female and MK-801-treated female groups. These results suggest that genes regulated by NMDA receptor activation might participate in neuronal growth and/or anti-apoptosis, and support an important signaling pathway of NFκB activation and its target gene, Bcl-2, in preventing neuronal apoptosis in the SDN-POA of male rats during sexual development.

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