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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 4256-4265Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-133454
Keywords
adult neuronal cell lines; neuroendocrinology; proglucagon; signal transduction
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- Canadian Institutes for Health Research
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Canada Research Chairs Program
- Ontario Graduate Studentship
- Banting and Best Diabetes Centre Studentships
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The distinct lack of cell lines derived from the adult brain is evident. Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) triggers neurogenesis in primary culture from adult mouse hypothalamus, as detected by bromodeoxyuridine and Ki67 immunostaining. Using SV-40 T-antigen, we immortalized dividing neurons and generated clonal cell lines expressing neuropeptides and receptors involved in neuroendocrine function. We hypothesized that proglucagon-derived peptides may be the mechanistic downstream effectors of CNTF due to documented neuroprotective and proliferative effects. Indeed, proglucagon gene expression was induced by CNTF, and exposure of primary cells to glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1) agonist, exendin-4, induced cell proliferation. Intracerebroventricular injection of CNTF into adult mice caused increased expression of proglucagon peptide in the hypothalamus. Using a specific GLP-1-receptor antagonist, we found that neurogenesis was significantly attenuated and primary culture from GLP-1-receptor-knockout mice lacked CNTF-mediated neuronal proliferation, thus linking the induction of neurogenesis in the hypothalamus to GLP-1-receptor signaling.-Belsham, D. D., Fick, L. J., Dalvi, P. S., Centeno, M.-L., Chalmers, J. A., Lee, P. K. P., Wang, Y., Drucker, D. J., Koletar, M. M. Ciliary neurotrophic factor recruitment of glucagon-like peptide-1 mediates neurogenesis allowing immortalization of adult murine hypothalamic neurons. FASEB J. 23, 4256-4265 (2009). www.fasebj.org
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