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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Vascular endothelial growth factor is an angiogenic peptide that binds to tyrosine kinase receptors on target cells to activate signal transduction pathways involving phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase and the serine-threonine protein kinase, Akt. To determine whether this signaling pathway is activated in cerebral ischemia, we examined the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors 1 and 2, and phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-activated phospho-Akt, in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus following transient global cerebral ischemia in the rat. Western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry demonstrated induction of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 and 2 expression, and of anti-phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-immunoprecipitated phospho-Akt, in vulnerable regions of the cortex and hippocampus after 15 min of global ischemia and 4-72 h of reperfusion. These findings demonstrate that vascular endothelial growth factor receptors and receptor-coupled signal transduction pathways are induced in ischemic brain in vivo, and could therefore participate in endogenous neuroprotective responses to ischemia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
713-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Ischemic Attack, Transient, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Receptors, Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:11036205-Signal Transduction
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of vascular endothelial growth factor receptors and phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase/Akt signaling by global cerebral ischemia in the rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Buck Center for Research in Aging, PO Box 638, CA 94948-0638, Novato, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.