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NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 350, Issue -, Pages 146-157Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.03.026
Keywords
pericyte; thrombin; cell signaling; permeability; in vitro BBB model
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [25460236, 26460113, 24790102, 26860177]
- Central Research Institute of Fukuoka University [141104, 136005]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- Takeda Science Foundation, Japan
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26460113, 26860177, 24790102, 25460236] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Thrombin, an essential component in the coagulation cascade, participates in the pathogenesis of brain diseases, such as ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease through blood brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction. It is thought that the thrombin-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 axis is an important process in the pathogenesis of neurovascular disease, such as BBB dysfunction. We recently reported that brain pericytes are the most MMP-9-releasing cells in response to thrombin stimulation among the BBB constituting cells. This thrombin-induced MMP-9 release is partially due to protease-activated receptor (PAR1), one of the specific thrombin receptors. Then, we evaluated the intracellular signaling pathways involved in MMP-9 release and the contribution of thrombin-reactive brain pericytes to BBB dysfunction. PKC activator evoked MMP-9 release from brain pericytes. The thrombin-induced MMP-9 release was inhibited by U0126, LY294002, Go6976, and Go6983. However, Go6976 decreased phosphorylation levels of PKC theta and Akt, and Go6983 decreased phosphorylation levels of PKC delta and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK). Additionally, treatment of pericytes with thrombin or PAR1-activating peptide stimulated PKC delta/theta signaling. These substances impaired brain endothelial barrier function in the presence of brain pericytes. Brain pericytes function through two independent downstream signaling pathways via PAR1 activation to release MMP-9 in response to thrombin the PKC theta-Akt pathway and the PKC delta-ERK1/2 pathway. These pathways participate in PAR1-mediated MMP-9 release from pericytes, which leads to BBB dysfunction. Brain pericytes and their specific signaling pathways could provide novel therapeutic targets for thrombin induced neurovascular diseases. (C) 2017 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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