REGULATION BY INTERLEUKIN-1 OF NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR SECRETION AND NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION IN RAT PRIMARY ASTROGLIAL CULTURES
REGULATION BY INTERLEUKIN-1 OF NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR SECRETION AND NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR MESSENGER-RNA EXPRESSION IN RAT PRIMARY ASTROGLIAL CULTURES
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb08197.x
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发表时间:
1991-02-01
影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
WISE, BC
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作者:
CARMANKRZAN, M;VIGE, X;WISE, BC
Primary cultures of neonatal rat cortical astrocytes contain low cellular levels (about 2 pg/mg of protein) of nerve growth factor (NGF), but secrete significant amounts of NGF into the culture medium (about 540 pg of NGF/mg of cell protein/38-h incubation). Incubation of astrocytes with interleukin-1 (IL-1) increased the cellular content of NGF and the amount secreted by about threefold. In comparison, cerebellar astrocytes secreted significant amounts of NGF, and the secretion was also stimulated by IL-1. The stimulatory action of IL-1 on astrocytes prepared from cortex was dose- and time-dependent. Concentrations of IL-1 causing half-maximal and maximal stimulation of NGF secretion were 1 and 10 U/ml, respectively. Maximal NGF secretion induced by IL-1 (10 U/ml) was seen following 38 h of incubation. The basal secretion of NGF was reduced by about 50% under Ca2+-free conditions; however, the percent stimulation of NGF secretion by IL-1 was the same in the absence or presence of Ca2+. The stimulatory action of IL-1 was specific, because other glial growth factors and cytokines were almost ineffective in stimulating NGF secretion from cortial astroglial cells. IL-1 treatment also increased cellular NGF mRNA content twofold. The results indicate that IL-1 specifically triggers a cascade of events, independent of cell growth, which regulate NGF mRNA content and NGF secretion by astrocytes.