Abstract
The astrocytes prepared by 1 week secondary culture after 1 month primary culture of rat brain cells (M/W cells) synthesized and secreted apolipoprotein E (apoE) and cholesterol more than the astrocytes prepared by conventional 1 week primary and 1 week secondary culture (W/W cells) (Ueno, S., J. Ito, Y. Nagayasu, T. Furukawa, and S. Yokoyama. 2002. An acidic fibroblast growth factor-like factor secreted into the brain cell culture medium upregulates apoE synthesis, HDL secretion and cholesterol metabolism in rat astrocytes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1589: 261-272). M/W cells also highly expressed fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1) mRNA. FGF-1 was identified in the cell lysate of both cell types, but M/W cells released more of it into the medium. Immunostaining of FGF-1 and apoE revealed that both localized in the cells that produce glial fibrillary acidic protein. The conditioned media of M/W cells and FGF-1 stimulated W/W cells to release apoE and cholesterol to generate more HDL. Pretreatment with a goat anti-FGF-1 antibody or heparin depleted the stimulatory activity of M/W cell-conditioned medium. The presence of the anti-FGF-1 antibody in the medium suppressed apoE secretion by M/W cells. Differential inhibition of signaling pathways suggested that FGF-1 stimulates apoE synthesis via the phosphoinositide 3-OH kinase for PI3K/Akt pathway. Thus, astrocytes release FGF-1, which promotes apoE-HDL production by an autocrine mechanism. These results are consistent with our in vivo observation that astrocytes produce FGF-1 before the increase of apoE in the postinjury lesion of the mouse brain (Tada, T., J. Ito, M. Asai, and S. Yokoyama. 2004. Fibroblast growth factor 1 is produced prior to apolipoprotein E in the astrocytes after cryo-injury of mouse brain. Neurochem. Int. 45: 23-30).
Highlights
The astrocytes prepared by 1 week secondary culture after 1 month primary culture of rat brain cells (M/W cells) synthesized and secreted apolipoprotein E and cholesterol more than the astrocytes prepared by conventional 1 week primary and 1 week secondary culture (W/W cells)
We previously reported that fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1)-like factor is secreted by 4 week primary cultured rat brain cells into the culture medium and enhances the production and secretion of apolipoprotein E (apoE) and cholesterol/phospholipid in W/W cells [39]
We hypothesized that FGF-1 is one of the trigger factors for the production and release of apoE and apoE-HDL in astrocytes after brain injury and that it is released by astrocytes themselves to carry this reaction in an autocrine manner
Summary
The astrocytes prepared by 1 week secondary culture after 1 month primary culture of rat brain cells (M/W cells) synthesized and secreted apolipoprotein E (apoE) and cholesterol more than the astrocytes prepared by conventional 1 week primary and 1 week secondary culture (W/W cells) An acidic fibroblast growth factor-like factor secreted into the brain cell culture medium upregulates apoE synthesis, HDL secretion and cholesterol metabolism in rat astrocytes. The conditioned media of M/W cells and FGF-1 stimulated W/W cells to release apoE and cholesterol to generate more HDL. The presence of the anti-FGF-1 antibody in the medium suppressed apoE secretion by M/W cells. Astrocytes release FGF-1, which promotes apoE-HDL production by an autocrine mechanism. These results are consistent with our in vivo observation that astrocytes produce FGF-1 before the increase of apoE in the postinjury lesion of the mouse brain Astrocytes produce and secrete FGF-1, which promotes the production of apoE-HDL in a manner of autocrine action.
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