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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 141-147Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9744-8
Keywords
Amyloid-beta peptide; Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts; MMP-2 expression; Brain endothelial cells
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- Ministry of Education and Key laboratory of Chinese Internal Medicine
- National Basic Research Program [2005CB523311]
- National significant science and technology special projects [2009ZX0950214]
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The pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) include formation of extracellular amyloid-beta peptide (A beta) and inflammatory responses. Numerous studies have reported that cerebral microvascular A beta deposition promotes neuroinflammation in AD. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are involved in the cleavage of extracellular matrix proteins and regulation of growth factors, receptors, and adhesion molecules. Relatively little is known about the involvement of MMPs as inflammatory mediators in the pathological processes of AD. In this study, we explored the signaling pathway of MMP-2 up-regulation by A beta in brain endothelial cells (BECs) of mice. Using Western blots, we found that inhibitors of extracellular-signal-regulated kinases (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) significantly decreased A beta-induced MMP-2 expression in BECs. Furthermore, antibody neutralization of the receptor for advanced glycation endproducts effectively blocked A beta-induced activation of ERK and JNK and their contribution to elevated MMP-2 expression in BECs. Our results suggest that increased MMP-2 expression induced by the interaction of A beta with RAGE in BECs may contribute to enhanced vascular inflammatory stress in A beta-related vascular disorders, such as cerebral amyloid angiopathy and AD. This study offers new insights into neuroinflammation in the progression of AD.
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