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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-24
pubmed:abstractText
Stanniocalcin (STC) is a glycoprotein hormone originally found in bony fish, in which it regulates calcium/phosphate homeostasis and protects against hypercalcemia. The recently characterized human STC shows about 70% homology with fish STC. We previously reported a constitutive expression of STC in terminally differentiated neurons. Here, we show that exposure of human neural-crest-derived cell line Paju to hypercalcemic culture medium induced expression of STC. Treatment of Paju cells with recombinant human STC increased their uptake of inorganic phosphate. Paju cells expressing STC by cDNA transfection displayed increased resistance to ischemic challenge and to elevated intracellular free calcium induced by treatment with thapsigargin. An up-regulated and redistributed expression of STC was observed in neurons surrounding the core of acute infarcts in human and rat brains. Given that mobilization and influx of calcium is considered a main neurotoxic mechanism following ischemia, our results suggest that the altered expression of STC contributes to the protection of cerebral neurons against hypoxic/ischemic damage. Manipulation of the STC expression may therefore offer a therapeutic approach to limit the injury after ischemic brain insults.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3637-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Stanniocalcin: A molecular guard of neurons during cerebral ischemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't