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Lysophosphatidylcholine induces glial cell activation: Role of rho kinase

✍ Scribed by Abdullah Md. Sheikh; Atsushi Nagai; Jae K. Ryu; James G. McLarnon; Seung U. Kim; Junichi Masuda

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
426 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0894-1491

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Abstract

Lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC), a major phospholipid component of atherogenic oxidized LDL, is implicated in atherosclerosis and, recently, in neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the immunomodulatory functions of LPC in the central nervous system (CNS) using both an in vivo rat model, and in vitro culture systems of human primary astrocytes and a microglia cell line, HMO6. Compared with PBS injection, 20 nmol LPC‐injection into the rat striatum increased astrocyte and microglial accumulation and elevated iNOS expression; concomitantly a time‐dependent decrease in number of neurons was exhibited. In vitro studies on astrocytes and HMO6 cells showed that LPC increased the gene expression of proinflammatory factors IL‐1β, COX‐2, and GM‐CSF. LPC also induced chemotactic responses in HMO6 cells. Inhibition of rho kinase by fasudil, Y27632, or expressing a dominant negative form of rho kinase inhibited the LPC‐induced IL‐1β mRNA expression in both astrocytes and HMO6. Moreover, intraperitoneal fasudil injection inhibited the LPC‐induced microglial accumulation and iNOS expression and also was effective in protecting against neuronal loss. Silencing G2A, a specific receptor for LPC, inhibited proinflammatory gene expression and HMO6 migration. Overall, our results indicate that LPC induced considerable neuroinflammatory reactivity in glia mediated by rho kinase‐dependent pathways with inhibition of these pathways conferring significant extents of neuroprotection. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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