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- Title
Astrocytes treated by lysophosphatidic acid induce axonal outgrowth of cortical progenitors through extracellular matrix protein and epidermal growth factor signaling pathway.
- Authors
de Sampaio e Spohr, Tania Cristina Leite; Dezonne, Rômulo Sperduto; Rehen, Stevens Kastrup; Gomes, Flávia Carvalho Alcantara
- Abstract
J. Neurochem. (2011) 119, 113-123. Abstract Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) plays important roles in many biological processes, such as brain development, oncogenesis and immune functions, via its specific receptors. We previously demonstrated that LPA-primed astrocytes induce neuronal commitment of cerebral cortical progenitors (). In the present study, we analyzed neurite outgrowth induced by LPA-treated astrocytes and the molecular mechanism underlying this event. LPA-primed astrocytes increase neuronal differentiation, arborization and neurite outgrowth of developing cortical neurons. Treatment of astrocytes with epidermal growth factor (EGF) ligands yielded similar results, suggesting that members of the EGF family might mediate LPA-induced neuritogenesis. Furthermore, treatment of astrocytes with LPA or EGF ligands led to an increase in the levels of the extracellular matrix molecule, laminin (LN), thus enhancing astrocyte permissiveness to neurite outgrowth. This event was reversed by pharmacological inhibitors of the MAPK signaling pathway and of the EGF receptor. Our data reveal an important role of astrocytes and EGF receptor ligands pathway as mediators of bioactive lipids action in brain development, and implicate the LN and MAPK pathway in this process.
- Subjects
ASTROCYTES; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; EPIDERMAL growth factor; LIGANDS (Biochemistry); CELL proliferation
- Publication
Journal of Neurochemistry, 2011, Vol 119, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07421.x