| Literature DB >> 12103440 |
Kayvon Salimi1, Karma Moser, Birgit Zassler, Markus Reindl, Norbert Embacher, Christine Schermer, Carla Weis, Josef Marksteiner, Makoto Sawada, Christian Humpel.
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Microglial activation and proliferation occur in nearly all forms of brain injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) on proliferation and/or survival in a GMIR1 rat microglial cell line, which proliferates in response to granulocyte-macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF). Endogenous GDNF and its receptor, GFRalpha-1, were detected in GMIR1 cells by ELISA and immunohistochemistry/Western blot, respectively. Recombinant GDNF strongly enhanced GMIR1 cell numbers and BrdU-incorporation, an effect inhibited by GDNF blocking antibodies. Inhibition of cAMP/cGMP dependent protein kinase enhanced the GDNF-induced GMIR1 cell number. The results suggest that GDNF has synergistic survival promoting effects on microglia potentially via autocrine mechanisms.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12103440 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-0102(02)00036-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neurosci Res ISSN: 0168-0102 Impact factor: 3.304