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Vallejo J, Cochain C, Zernecke A, Ley K. Heterogeneity of immune cells in human atherosclerosis revealed by scRNA-Seq. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 117:2537-2543. [PMID: 34343272 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Immune cells in atherosclerosis include T, B, natural killer (NK) and NKT cells, macrophages, monocytes, dendritic cells (DCs), neutrophils and mast cells. Advances in single cell RNA sequencing (sRNA-Seq) have refined our understanding of immune cell subsets. Four recent studies have used scRNA-Seq of immune cells in human atherosclerotic lesions and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), some including cell surface phenotypes revealed by oligonucleotide-tagged antibodies, which confirmed known and identified new immune cell subsets and identified genes significantly upregulated in PBMCs from HIV+ subjects with atherosclerosis compared to PBMCs from matched HIV+ subjects without atherosclerosis. The ability of scRNA-Seq to identify cell types is greatly augmented by adding cell surface phenotype using antibody sequencing. In this review we summarize the latest data obtained by scRNA-Seq on plaques and human PBMCs in human subjects with atherosclerosis.
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- Jenifer Vallejo
- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, USA
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- Institute of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany.,Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Biomedicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
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- Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, California, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, California, USA
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Astrocytes in primary culture express receptors for monoamine and peptide neurotransmitters. The cells also exhibit uptake sites for amino acid neurotransmitters. New data is presented, demonstrating interactions between the second messenger systems for vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and α- and β-adrenoceptors. Stimulation of these monoamine receptors modulates GABA and glutamate uptake into the cells, which indicates that astrocytes have the capacity to supervise and regulate synaptic transmission. Morphine affects astrocytes directly, probably by interaction with α2 receptors, and indirectly by drug-induced ionic changes in the synaptic region, followed by changes in neurotransmission and protein synthesis. Modulation of astroglial specific functions or metabolism might be one way to affect functional neuronal disturbances, including an approach toward understanding the underlying cellular mechanisms, e.g. tolerance.
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- Lars Rönnbäck
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Kleiderman S, Gutbier S, Ugur Tufekci K, Ortega F, Sá JV, Teixeira AP, Brito C, Glaab E, Berninger B, Alves PM, Leist M. Conversion of Nonproliferating Astrocytes into Neurogenic Neural Stem Cells: Control by FGF2 and Interferon-γ. Stem Cells 2016; 34:2861-2874. [PMID: 27603577 DOI: 10.1002/stem.2483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Conversion of astrocytes to neurons, via de-differentiation to neural stem cells (NSC), may be a new approach to treat neurodegenerative diseases and brain injuries. The signaling factors affecting such a cell conversion are poorly understood, and they are hard to identify in complex disease models or conventional cell cultures. To address this question, we developed a serum-free, strictly controlled culture system of pure and homogeneous "astrocytes generated from murine embryonic stem cells (ESC)." These stem cell derived astrocytes (mAGES), as well as standard primary astrocytes resumed proliferation upon addition of FGF. The signaling of FGF receptor tyrosine kinase converted GFAP-positive mAGES to nestin-positive NSC. ERK phosphorylation was necessary, but not sufficient, for cell cycle re-entry, as EGF triggered no de-differentiation. The NSC obtained by de-differentiation of mAGES were similar to those obtained directly by differentiation of ESC, as evidenced by standard phenotyping, and also by transcriptome mapping, metabolic profiling, and by differentiation to neurons or astrocytes. The de-differentiation was negatively affected by inflammatory mediators, and in particular, interferon-γ strongly impaired the formation of NSC from mAGES by a pathway involving phosphorylation of STAT1, but not the generation of nitric oxide. Thus, two antagonistic signaling pathways were identified here that affect fate conversion of astrocytes independent of genetic manipulation. The complex interplay of the respective signaling molecules that promote/inhibit astrocyte de-differentiation may explain why astrocytes do not readily form neural stem cells in most diseases. Increased knowledge of such factors may provide therapeutic opportunities to favor such conversions. Stem Cells 2016;34:2861-2874.
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- Susanne Kleiderman
- Department of Biology, The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology, The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
- Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
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- Institute/Department of Physiological Chemistry, Research Group Adult Neurogenesis and Cellular Reprogramming, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Complutense University, Avenue Puerta de Hierro, Institute of Neurochemistry (IUIN), Spain and Health Research Institute of the Hospital Clinico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- IBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras, Portugal
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- IBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras, Portugal
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- IBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Institute/Department of Physiological Chemistry, Research Group Adult Neurogenesis and Cellular Reprogramming, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- IBET, Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Kleiderman S, Sá JV, Teixeira AP, Brito C, Gutbier S, Evje LG, Hadera MG, Glaab E, Henry M, Sachinidis A, Alves PM, Sonnewald U, Leist M. Functional and phenotypic differences of pure populations of stem cell-derived astrocytes and neuronal precursor cells. Glia 2015; 64:695-715. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.22954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2015] [Revised: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 11/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Susanne Kleiderman
- The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Av. da República 2780-157 Oeiras Portugal
- IBET; Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica; Apartado 12 2780-901 Oeiras Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Av. da República 2780-157 Oeiras Portugal
- IBET; Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica; Apartado 12 2780-901 Oeiras Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Av. da República 2780-157 Oeiras Portugal
- IBET; Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica; Apartado 12 2780-901 Oeiras Portugal
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- The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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- Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen; Allégaten 41 5007 Bergen Norway
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- Department of Pharmacy; College of Health Sciences; Mekelle University, Tigray Ethiopia
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg; Belvaux L-4366 Luxembourg
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine, Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology and Center for Molecular Medicine, Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne; Cologne Germany
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Av. da República 2780-157 Oeiras Portugal
- IBET; Instituto de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica; Apartado 12 2780-901 Oeiras Portugal
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences; Copenhagen Denmark
- Department of Neuroscience; Norwegian University of Science and Technology; Faculty of Medicine; Trondheim Norway
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- The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Chair of in-Vitro Toxicology and Biomedicine/Alternatives to Animal Experimentation; University of Konstanz; Konstanz Germany
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Pinkernelle J, Fansa H, Ebmeyer U, Keilhoff G. Prolonged minocycline treatment impairs motor neuronal survival and glial function in organotypic rat spinal cord cultures. PLoS One 2013; 8:e73422. [PMID: 23967343 PMCID: PMC3742532 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Background Minocycline, a second-generation tetracycline antibiotic, exhibits anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects in various experimental models of neurological diseases, such as stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal cord injury. However, conflicting results have prompted a debate regarding the beneficial effects of minocycline. Methods In this study, we analyzed minocycline treatment in organotypic spinal cord cultures of neonatal rats as a model of motor neuron survival and regeneration after injury. Minocycline was administered in 2 different concentrations (10 and 100 µM) at various time points in culture and fixed after 1 week. Results Prolonged minocycline administration decreased the survival of motor neurons in the organotypic cultures. This effect was strongly enhanced with higher concentrations of minocycline. High concentrations of minocycline reduced the number of DAPI-positive cell nuclei in organotypic cultures and simultaneously inhibited microglial activation. Astrocytes, which covered the surface of the control organotypic cultures, revealed a peripheral distribution after early minocycline treatment. Thus, we further analyzed the effects of 100 µM minocycline on the viability and migration ability of dispersed primary glial cell cultures. We found that minocycline reduced cell viability, delayed wound closure in a scratch migration assay and increased connexin 43 protein levels in these cultures. Conclusions The administration of high doses of minocycline was deleterious for motor neuron survival. In addition, it inhibited microglial activation and impaired glial viability and migration. These data suggest that especially high doses of minocycline might have undesired affects in treatment of spinal cord injury. Further experiments are required to determine the conditions for the safe clinical administration of minocycline in spinal cord injured patients.
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- Josephine Pinkernelle
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Jayakumar AR, Liu M, Moriyama M, Ramakrishnan R, Forbush B, Reddy PVB, Norenberg MD. Na-K-Cl Cotransporter-1 in the mechanism of ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:33874-82. [PMID: 18849345 PMCID: PMC2590687 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804016200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Brain edema and the consequent increase in intracranial pressure and brain herniation are major complications of acute liver failure (fulminant hepatic failure) and a major cause of death in this condition. Ammonia has been strongly implicated as an important factor, and astrocyte swelling appears to be primarily responsible for the edema. Ammonia is known to cause cell swelling in cultured astrocytes, although the means by which this occurs has not been fully elucidated. A disturbance in one or more of these systems may result in loss of ion homeostasis and cell swelling. In particular, activation of the Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC1) has been shown to be involved in cell swelling in several neurological disorders. We therefore examined the effect of ammonia on NKCC activity and its potential role in the swelling of astrocytes. Cultured astrocytes were exposed to ammonia (NH(4)Cl; 5 mm), and NKCC activity was measured. Ammonia increased NKCC activity at 24 h. Inhibition of this activity by bumetanide diminished ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling. Ammonia also increased total as well as phosphorylated NKCC1. Treatment with cyclohexamide, a potent inhibitor of protein synthesis, diminished NKCC1 protein expression and NKCC activity. Since ammonia is known to induce oxidative/nitrosative stress, and antioxidants and nitric-oxide synthase inhibition diminish astrocyte swelling, we also examined whether ammonia caused oxidation and/or nitration of NKCC1. Cultures exposed to ammonia increased the state of oxidation and nitration of NKCC1, whereas the antioxidants N-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester and uric acid all significantly diminished NKCC activity. These agents also reduced phosphorylated NKCC1 expression. These results suggest that activation of NKCC1 is an important factor in the mediation of astrocyte swelling by ammonia and that such activation appears to be mediated by NKCC1 abundance as well as by its oxidation/nitration and phosphorylation.
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- Arumugam R Jayakumar
- Department of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Miami School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
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Kempermann G, Knoth R, Gebicke-Haerter PJ, Stolz BJ, Volk B. Cytochrome P450 in rat astrocytes in vivo and in vitro: intracellular localization and induction by phenytoin. J Neurosci Res 1994; 39:576-88. [PMID: 7891393 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490390509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cytochrome P450IIB1,2 (nomenclature according to Nelson et al., DNA Cell Biol 12:1-51, 1993 and Volk et al., Neuroscience 42:215-235, 1991) immunoreactivity (P450-IR) is associated with astrocytes both in vivo and in vitro. Although they are unevenly distributed throughout the brain with a preference for phylogenetically elder parts, no significant differences between astrocytes prepared from different brain regions were observed in astrocyte cultures. The percentage of strongly immunoreactive astrocytes decreased from 40% after 7 days in culture to 15% after 21 days. Essentially all astrocytes have a low but significant P450-IR within this interval. Preembedding immunoelectron microscopy revealed peroxidase reaction products on the endoplasmic reticulum and on the outer membranes of mitochondrial and nuclear envelopes. Phenytoin (1 microM) added to the medium for 7 days significantly (1.22-fold) increased the amount of total P450 in astrocyte homogenates as measured by spectrophotometry. Considerably more immunoreactive cells (1.5-fold) were found in treated cultures than in controls.
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- G Kempermann
- Department of Neuropathology, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Eriksson PS, Hansson E, Rönnbäck L. Delta and kappa opiate receptors in primary astroglial cultures from rat cerebral cortex. Neurochem Res 1990; 15:1123-6. [PMID: 1982460 DOI: 10.1007/bf01101714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects of mu, delta, and kappa receptor-agonists on forskolin stimulated cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) formation were examined in astroglial enriched primary cultures from the cerebral cortex of newborn rats. Intracellular cAMP accumulation was quantified by radioimmunoassay. Morphine was used as a mu-receptor agonist, D-Ala-D-Leu-Enkephalin (DADLE) as a delta-receptor agonist and dynorphin 1-13 (Dyn) as a kappa-receptor agonist. Basal cAMP levels were unaffected by either the opiate agonists or the antagonists used. In the presence of the cAMP stimulator forskolin, morphine had no significant effect on the cytoplasmic cAMP levels. DADLE caused a dose related inhibition of the forskolin stimulated cAMP accumulation. The effects of this delta receptor stimulation was blocked with the selective antagonist ICI 174.864. In the presence of Dyn, the forskolin stimulated cAMP accumulation was inhibited in a dose related manner. This kappa receptor stimulation was blocked with the selective antagonist MR 2266. Co-administration of DADLE and Dyn resulted in a non additive inhibition of the forskolin stimulated accumulation of cAMP. These findings indicate that astroglial enriched cultures from the cerebral cortex of rats express delta and kappa-receptors co-localized on the same population of cells, and that these receptors are inhibitory coupled to adenylate cyclase.
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- P S Eriksson
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
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Hansson E, Rönnbäck L. Regulation of amino acid uptake into astrocytes: One way to modulate neuronal activity. Amino Acids 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-2262-7_50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Asou H, Hirano S, Kohsaka S. Changes in ganglioside composition and morphological features during the development of cultured astrocytes from rat brain. Neurosci Res 1989; 6:369-75. [PMID: 2725993 DOI: 10.1016/0168-0102(89)90030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Changes in ganglioside content over a period of days were examined in astrocytes obtained via cell passage from rat cerebral cortex. Thin-layer chromatography revealed that, in the astrocytes, ganglioside GM1 was absent, the predominant ganglioside being GM3. Also, an increased GD3 content in long-term astrocyte cultures was detected. The morphological features of astrocytes were also studied using immunoperoxidase staining. Astroglial features were characterized by high levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and vimentin, which are the major intermediate-filament proteins present in astrocytes at an early culture stage. In long-term-cultured (greater than 7 months) astrocytes, vimentin and GFAP were increased in process-bearing cells. Ganglioside GD3 recognized by R24 monoclonal antibody was also expressed in these cells. These results suggest that the increase of ganglioside GD3 in long-term-cultured astrocytes may be related to the appearance of multistellate cells showing strong reactivity against GFAP and vimentin during development over a specified period in culture.
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- H Asou
- Department of Physiology, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Hansson E, Rönnbäck L. Astroglial Receptors as Putative Targets for Neurotoxic Agents. Altern Lab Anim 1989. [DOI: 10.1177/026119298901600311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Astrocytes respond to neurotoxins and play a crucial role in metabolic and structural nerve tissue dysfunction in diseases, such as epilepsy, degenerative diseases, hepatic encephalopathy, and in other toxic states. The cells make up part of the blood/brain barrier, thus being “aware of” blood-borne substances which can penetrate into the nervous tissue. The cells also extend processes into the synaptic regions and probably regulate neuronal activity.Cells respond to changes in their environment by means of specific receptors that detect incoming signals and translate the information into a form that can be recognised by intracellular effector systems. Aspects of astrocyte receptors for neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, receptor interactions, second messenger systems and automodulation of genes after receptor activation are summarised as a basis for studies on the evaluation of the effects of neurotoxic substances and drugs.
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- Elisabeth Hansson
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 33031, S-400 33 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 33031, S-400 33 Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 33031, S-400 33 Göteborg, Sweden
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Cholewinski AJ, Wilkin GP. Astrocytes from forebrain, cerebellum, and spinal cord differ in their responses to vasoactive intestinal peptide. J Neurochem 1988; 51:1626-33. [PMID: 2902198 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1988.tb01133.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Astrocytes from cortex, cerebellum, and spinal cord responded to isoproterenol and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) with increases in intracellular cyclic AMP levels. The response to VIP was as great as that to isoproterenol in cortical astrocytes (180-fold and 185-fold, respectively), and the effect of VIP in combination with isoproterenol was partially additive. Spinal cord astrocytes also responded to VIP and isoproterenol with equal potency (seven- to ninefold and eight- to 13-fold, respectively), but the level of response was much smaller than in cortex. Spinal cord astrocytes were synergistic in their response to VIP and isoproterenol. The response to VIP was lowest in cerebellar astrocytes (only threefold), and no additivity was observed when VIP was added together with isoproterenol. A small response to alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) was also observed in cortex and cerebellum, but not in spinal cord. Somatostatin inhibited the response to isoproterenol in cortex and cerebellum, but had no effect in spinal cord. The results from the above study show that astrocytes obtained from these three regions of the rat CNS express quite different responses to VIP and alpha-MSH and further point to possible astrocyte heterogeneity.
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- A J Cholewinski
- Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, England
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Cholewinski AJ, Hanley MR, Wilkin GP. A phosphoinositide-linked peptide response in astrocytes: evidence for regional heterogeneity. Neurochem Res 1988; 13:389-94. [PMID: 2839790 DOI: 10.1007/bf00972490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A phosphoinositide-linked peptide response in cultured rat astrocytes was studied by measuring the accumulation of [3H]inositol phosphates in the presence of lithium. Cultures derived from cortex, cerebellum and spinal cord each showed a unique pattern or degree of stimulation to a panel of neuropeptides. Cortical and cerebellar astrocytes were similar, responding to bradykinin, oxytocin, vasopressin, eledoisin and neurokinin beta, whereas spinal cord astrocytes were stimulated by substance P, bradykinin, eledoisin, and neurokinins alpha and beta. These observations are evidence in favour of regional specialisations of astrocytes which may respond uniquely to peptides released by particular populations of neurons.
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Morphine gives rise to a cascade of events in the nervous system affecting, among others, neurotransmitter metabolism. Tolerance develops for various effects shortly after administration of the drug. Also, physical dependence develops and can be demonstrated by precipitation of withdrawal reactions. Biochemical events in nervous tissue have been extensively studied during morphine treatment. This overview will focus upon brain protein metabolism since macromolecular events might be of importance for development of long-term effects, such as tolerance and physical dependence. Both dose- and time-dependent changes in brain protein synthesis and the syntheses of specific proteins have been demonstrated after morphine treatment, although methodological considerations are important. Different experimental models (animal and tissue culture models) are presented. It might be interesting to note that astroglial protein synthesis and the secretion of proteins to the extracellular medium are both changed after morphine treatment, these having been evaluated in astroglial enriched primary cultures and in brain tissue slices. The possibility is suggested that proteins released from astroglial cells participate in the communication with other cells, including via synaptic regions, and that such communication might of significance in modifying the synaptic membranes during morphine intoxication.
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- L Rönnbäck
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
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Devon RM, Juurlink BH. Structural complexity of primary cultures of astrocytes as revealed by transverse sections. Glia 1988; 1:151-5. [PMID: 2976034 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440010207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The tissue architecture of low-, medium-, and high-density primary mouse astroglial cultures was examined in horizontal and transverse planes using the electron microscope. It was found that the low-density (colony) cultures consisted of a true monolayer, whereas the medium- and high-density (confluent) cultures consisted of anywhere from two to seven overlapping sheets enclosing a substantial intercellular space. The presence of these multiple overlapping sheets in confluent astrocyte cultures should therefore be taken into consideration when interpreting data of cell-membrane-related phenomena such as ion fluxes.
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- R M Devon
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Rönnback L, Hansson E. A Model for Cellular Neurotoxicology. Altern Lab Anim 1987. [DOI: 10.1177/026119298701400316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A model system for cellular neurotoxicology involving the use of primary cultures from various brain regions, is presented. Morphine affected protein synthesis in astroglial enriched cultures dose-dependently showing increases and decreases with time. A differential sensitivity to morphine was considered probably to be due to the cellular heterogeneity and specialisation found even in small brain regions.
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- L. Rönnback
- Institute of Neurobiology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
- Department of Neurology, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
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Juurlink BH, Devon RM. Procedure for establishing oligodendroglial cells in primary cultures based on developmental parameters. Int J Dev Neurosci 1987; 5:327-36. [PMID: 3503508 DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(87)90008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We have established cultures using dissociated cells obtained from the neopallium of mouse pups at several different stages of development. The cellular composition of these cultures changed from more than 95% astrocytes when cultures were established from the neopallium of neonates to more than 90% oligodendrocytes when cultures were established from the neopallium of 2-week-old pups. The oligodendrocytic nature of the cells was established on morphological bases as well as the presence of an oligodendrocytic marker, galactocerebroside.
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- B H Juurlink
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Kuriyama K, Ohkuma S, Taguchi J, Hashimoto T. Alcohol, acetaldehyde and salsolinol-induced alterations in functions of cerebral GABA/benzodiazepine receptor complex. Physiol Behav 1987; 40:393-9. [PMID: 2889235 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(87)90067-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Effects of alcohol (ethanol) and acetaldehyde on the metabolism and function of primary cultured GABAergic neurons and that of salsolinol, a condensation product of acetaldehyde with dopamine, on cerebral GABA/benzodiazepine (BZP) receptor complex were investigated. In vitro addition of acetaldehyde induced a significant reduction not only on the content of GABA but also on the basal and GABA-activated [3H]flunitrazepam ([3H]FLN) bindings in primary cultured neurons. In contrast, alcohol exhibited only suppressive effects on [3H]FLN binding as well as on the enhancement of [3H]FLN binding by GABA. On the other hand, salsolinol showed a significant stimulatory effect on [3H]FLN binding to cerebral particulate fractions obtained from alcohol-untreated mice in the presence of NaCl. Although a similar activation of cerebral [3H]FLN binding by salsolinol was found in alcohol-treated mice, this activation was significantly weaker in alcohol-withdrawn mice than those found in alcohol-untreated as well as alcohol-inhaled mice. These results strongly suggest that acetaldehyde may have more important pathophysiological roles than those of alcohol in the exhibition of neurotoxicity during alcohol intake. The present results also suggest that salsolinol may have a modulatory role on cerebral benzodiazepine receptor and the decreased capacity of such a modulating mechanism may be involved in the exhibition of alcohol withdrawal syndrome, possibly by decreasing the function of endogenous ligands for benzodiazepine receptor in the brain.
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Affiliation(s)
- K Kuriyama
- Department of Pharmacology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
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