Neuronal production of lipocalin-2 as a help-me signal for glial activation.
Neuronal production of lipocalin-2 as a help-me signal for glial activation.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.114.005733
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发表时间:
2014-07
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Lo EH
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作者:
Xing C;Wang X;Cheng C;Montaner J;Mandeville E;Leung W;van Leyen K;Lok J;Wang X;Lo EH
We explored the hypothesis that injured neurons release lipocalin-2 as a help-me signal. In vivo lipocalin-2 responses were assessed in rat focal cerebral ischemia and human stroke brain samples using a combination of ELISA and immunostaining. In vitro, microglia and astrocytes were exposed to lipocalin-2 and various markers and assays of glial activation were quantified. Functional relevance of neuron-to-glia lipocalin-2 signaling was examined by transferring conditioned media from lipocalin-2-activated microglia and astrocytes onto neurons to see whether activated glia could protect neurons against oxygen-glucose deprivation and promote neuroplasticity. In human stroke samples and rat cerebral ischemia, neuronal expression of lipocalin-2 was significantly increased. In primary cell cultures, exposing microglia and astrocytes to lipocalin-2 resulted in glial activation. In microglia, lipocalin-2 converted resting ramified shapes into a long-rod morphology with reduced branching, increased interleukin-10 release, and enhanced phagocytosis. In astrocytes, lipocalin-2 upregulated GFAP, BDNF and thrombospondin-1. Conditioned media from lipocalin-2-treated astrocytes upregulated synaptotagmin, and conditioned media from lipocalin-2-treated microglia upregulated synaptophysin and PSD95 and protected neurons against oxygen-glucose deprivation. These findings provide proof-of-concept that lipocalin-2 is released by injured neurons as a “help-me” distress signal that activates microglia and astrocytes into potentially pro-recovery phenotypes.