Abstract
Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)-B plays a neuroprotective role in brain damages, including ischemic stroke. It has been suggested recently that PDGF receptor β (PDGFRβ) expressed in brain pericytes as well as in neurons and astrocytes may mediate the neuroprotective role of PDGF-B. The aims of this study were to elucidate the roles of PDGFRβ signaling in brain pericytes after ischemic stroke. In a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model, PDGFRβ expression was induced specifically in the pericytes in peri-infarct areas and its level was gradually increased. PDGF-B induced marked phosphorylation of Akt in cultured brain pericytes. Consistently, PDGF-B was upregulated in endothelial cells in per-infarct areas and Akt was strongly phosphorylated in the PDGFRβ-expressing pericytes in periinfarct areas after MCAO. In the cultured pericytes, PDGF-B induced cell growth and anti-apoptotic responses through Akt. Furthermore, PDGF-B significantly increased the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT- 3) through Akt in the pericytes. Thus, the PDGFRβ-Akt signaling in brain pericytes may play various important roles leading to neuroprotection after ischemic stroke.
Keywords: angiogenesis, blood brain barrier, endothelial cells, microvascular, PI3K, Cell Signaling Technology, qPCR RT kit, LightCycler, SYBR, neurotrophic factor, Apoptosis, cell growth, ischemic stroke, neuroprotection, neurotrophins, pericyte, PDGF-B, PDGF receptor β
Current Neurovascular Research
Title: PDGF Receptor β Signaling in Pericytes Following Ischemic Brain Injury
Volume: 9 Issue: 1
Author(s): Koichi Arimura, Tetsuro Ago, Masahiro Kamouchi, Kuniyuki Nakamura, Koji Ishitsuka, Junya Kuroda, Hiroshi Sugimori, Hiroaki Ooboshi, Tomio Sasaki and Takanari Kitazono
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Keywords: angiogenesis, blood brain barrier, endothelial cells, microvascular, PI3K, Cell Signaling Technology, qPCR RT kit, LightCycler, SYBR, neurotrophic factor, Apoptosis, cell growth, ischemic stroke, neuroprotection, neurotrophins, pericyte, PDGF-B, PDGF receptor β
Abstract: Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF)-B plays a neuroprotective role in brain damages, including ischemic stroke. It has been suggested recently that PDGF receptor β (PDGFRβ) expressed in brain pericytes as well as in neurons and astrocytes may mediate the neuroprotective role of PDGF-B. The aims of this study were to elucidate the roles of PDGFRβ signaling in brain pericytes after ischemic stroke. In a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model, PDGFRβ expression was induced specifically in the pericytes in peri-infarct areas and its level was gradually increased. PDGF-B induced marked phosphorylation of Akt in cultured brain pericytes. Consistently, PDGF-B was upregulated in endothelial cells in per-infarct areas and Akt was strongly phosphorylated in the PDGFRβ-expressing pericytes in periinfarct areas after MCAO. In the cultured pericytes, PDGF-B induced cell growth and anti-apoptotic responses through Akt. Furthermore, PDGF-B significantly increased the expression of nerve growth factor (NGF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT- 3) through Akt in the pericytes. Thus, the PDGFRβ-Akt signaling in brain pericytes may play various important roles leading to neuroprotection after ischemic stroke.
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Arimura Koichi, Ago Tetsuro, Kamouchi Masahiro, Nakamura Kuniyuki, Ishitsuka Koji, Kuroda Junya, Sugimori Hiroshi, Ooboshi Hiroaki, Sasaki Tomio and Kitazono Takanari, PDGF Receptor β Signaling in Pericytes Following Ischemic Brain Injury, Current Neurovascular Research 2012; 9 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720212799297100
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720212799297100 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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