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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
卷 33, 期 1, 页码 19-30出版社
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-012-9867-6
关键词
Astrocyte; Glutathione; Cysteinylglycine; Homocysteine; Inflammation; Alzheimer's disease
资金
- UWS
- Alzheimer's Australia
Neurons rely on glutathione (GSH) and its degradation product cysteinylglycine released by astrocytes to maintain their antioxidant defences. This is particularly important under conditions of inflammation and oxidative stress, as observed in many neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). The effects of inflammatory activation on intracellular GSH content and the extracellular thiol profile (including cysteinylglycine and homocysteine) of astrocytes were investigated. U373 astroglial cells exposed to IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha for up to 96 h showed a dose-dependent increase in IL-6 release, indicative of increasing pro-inflammatory cellular activation. With increasing concentrations of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha (0.01-1 ng/ml), an increase in both intracellular and extracellular GSH levels was observed, followed by a return to control levels in response to higher concentrations of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. Extracellular levels of cysteinylglycine decreased in response to all concentrations of IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha. In contrast, levels of the neurotoxic thiol homocysteine increased in a dose-dependent manner to IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha-induced activation. Our results suggest that chronically activated astrocytes in the brain might fail to adequately maintain GSH substrate delivery to neurons, thus promoting neuronal vulnerability. They might also explain the elevated levels of homocysteine found in the brains and serum of patients with AD.
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