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HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
卷 140, 期 1, 页码 81-91出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1110-0
关键词
Astrocytes; Intermediate filaments; Nanofilaments; Stroke; Oxidative stress; Oxygen-glucose deprivation
资金
- Swedish Medical Research Council [11548]
- AFA Research Foundation
- ALF Goteborg [11392]
- Sten A. Olsson Foundation for Research and Culture
- Soderberg Foundations
- Hjarnfonden
- Swedish Stroke Foundation
- Swedish Society for Medical Research
- Free Mason Foundation
- Amlov's Foundation
- E. Jacobson's Donation Fund
- NanoNet COST Action [BM1002]
- EU FP 7 Program EduGlia [237956]
- EU FP 7 Program TargetBraIn [279017]
As a response to central nervous system injury, astrocytes become reactive. Two cellular hallmarks of reactive gliosis are hypertrophy of astrocyte processes and upregulation of intermediate filament (nanofilament) proteins glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), vimentin, nestin, and synemin. Astrocytes in mice devoid of GFAP and vimentin (GFAP (-/-) Vim (-/-)) do not form cytoplasmic intermediate filaments. GFAP (-/-) Vim (-/-) mice develop larger infarcts after ischemic stroke (Li et al. in J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 28(3):468-481, 2008). Here, we attempted to analyze the underlying mechanisms using oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD), an in vitro ischemia model, examining a potential link between astrocyte intermediate filaments and reactive oxygen species (ROS). We observed a reorganization of the intermediate filament network in astrocytes exposed to OGD. ROS accumulation was higher in GFAP (-/-) Vim (-/-) than wild-type astrocytes when exposed to OGD followed by reperfusion or when exposed to hydrogen peroxide. These results indicate that the elimination of ROS is impaired in the absence of the intermediate filament system. Compared to wild-type astrocytes, GFAP (-/-) Vim (-/-) astrocytes exposed to OGD and reperfusion exhibited increased cell death and conferred lower degree of protection to cocultured neurons. We conclude that the astrocyte intermediate filament system is important for the cell response to oxidative stress induced by OGD followed by reperfusion.
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