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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
Schwann cells play a major role in promoting nerve survival and regeneration after injury. Their activities include providing neurotrophic factors and increasing the production of extracellular matrix components and cell surface adhesion molecules to promote axon regeneration. Following nerve transection, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is up-regulated by Schwann cells at the injury site. LIF receptors are also up-regulated at the nerve injury site, but their cellular localization and function have not been fully characterized. We demonstrate that Schwann cells express mRNAs for LIF and the LIF receptor components LIF receptor subunit beta and glycoprotein 130 in vitro. We also show that although LIF is not required for the genesis of Schwann cells, it can potentiate the survival of differentiated Schwann cells in the context of neuregulin support. Not only does exogenous LIF promote survival under these conditions, but addition of the soluble LIF receptor (LIF binding protein) and anti-LIF antibodies significantly reduced cell survival, suggesting that LIF exerts autocrine effects. These results suggest that Schwann cell survival following nerve injury is potentially modulated by LIF.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
73
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
96-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Growth Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Interleukin-6, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Leukemia Inhibitory Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Lymphokines, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Receptors, Cytokine, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Receptors, OSM-LIF, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Schwann Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10386959-Sciatic Nerve
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Leukemia inhibitory factor is an autocrine survival factor for Schwann cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't