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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS
Volume 1780, Issue 4, Pages 709-715Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.12.014
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heparanase; microglial cell; migration
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Heparanase, a matrix-degrading enzyme that cleaves heparan sulfate side chains from heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPGs), has been shown to facilitate cell invasion, migration, and extravasation of metastatic tumor cells or immune cells. In this study, the expression and functions of heparanase were investigated using rat primary cultured microglia, the resident macrophages in the brain. The microglia were found to express heparanase mRNA and protein. Microglia treated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were activated, expressed induced nitric oxide synthase and elevated the expression of heparanase. Heparanase has two molecular weights: a 65 kDa latent form and an active 50 kDa. Both forms were expressed by LPS-treated activated rnicroglia; however, untreated rnicroglia primarily expressed the latent form. Cell lysates from microglia actually degraded Matrigel containing HSPG. Heparanase was colocalized with the actin cytoskeleton in microglial leading edges or ruffled membranes. Microglia transmigrated through a Matrigel-coated pored membrane. This process was inhibited by SF-4, a specific heparanase inhibitor, in a concentration-dependent manner. Degraded HSPG was generated when microglia transmigrated through the coated membrane, and this was also inhibited by SF-4. The results suggest the involvement of heparanase in the migration or invasion of microglia or brain macrophages across basement membrane around brain vasculature. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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