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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 457, 期 4, 页码 532-537出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.01.016
关键词
Pericyte; Hypothalamus; Neuron; Insulin signaling; Insulin receptor; Neurovascular unit
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [26860177, 25460236, 26460113]
- Central Research Institute of Fukuoka University [141104, 136005]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26460113, 25460236, 26860177] Funding Source: KAKEN
Insulin signaling in the hypothalamus plays an important role in food intake and glucose homeostasis. Hypothalamic neuronal functions are modulated by glial cells; these form an extensive network connecting the neurons and cerebral vasculature, known as the neurovascular unit (NVU). Brain pericytes are periendothelial accessory structures of the blood brain barrier and integral members of the NVU. However, the interaction between pericytes and neurons is largely unexplored. Here, we investigate whether brain pericytes could affect hypothalamic neuronal insulin signaling. Our immunohistochemical observations demonstrated the existence of pericytes in the mouse hypothalamus, exhibiting immunoreactivity of platelet-derived growth factor receptor 13 (a pericyte marker), and laminin, a basal lamina marker. We then exposed a murine hypothalamic neuronal cell line, GT1-7, to conditioned medium obtained from primary cultures of rat brain pericytes. Pericyte-conditioned medium (PCM), but not astrocyte- or aortic smooth muscle cell-conditioned medium, increased the insulin-stimulated phosphorylation of Akt in GT1-7 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. PCM also enhanced insulin-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor 13 without changing its expression or localization in cytosolic or plasma membrane fractions. These results suggest that pericytes, rather than astrocytes, increase insulin sensitiVity in hypothalamic neurons by releasing soluble factors under physiological conditions in the NVU. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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