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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
Neural stem cell differentiation and the determination of lineage decision between neuronal and glial fates have important implications in the study of developmental, pathological, and regenerative processes. Although small molecule chemicals with the ability to control neural stem cell fate are considered extremely useful tools in this field, few were reported. AICAR is an adenosine analog and extensively used to activate AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), a metabolic "fuel gauge" of the biological system. In the present study, we found an unrecognized astrogliogenic activity of AICAR on not only immortalized neural stem cell line C17.2 (C17.2-NSC), but also primary neural stem cells (NSCs) derived from post-natal (P0) rat hippocampus (P0-NSC) and embryonic day 14 (E14) rat embryonic cortex (E14-NSC). However, another AMPK activator, Metformin, did not alter either the C17.2-NSC or E14-NSC undifferentiated state although both Metformin and AICAR can activate the AMPK pathway in NSC. Furthermore, overexpression of dominant-negative mutants of AMPK in C17.2-NSC was unable to block the gliogenic effects of AICAR. We also found AICAR could activate the Janus kinase (JAK) STAT3 pathway in both C17.2-NSC and E14-NSC but Metformin fails. JAK inhibitor I abolished the gliogenic effects of AICAR. Taken together, these results suggest that the astroglial differentiation effect of AICAR on neural stem cells was acting independently of AMPK and that the JAK-STAT3 pathway is essential for the gliogenic effect of AICAR.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AICA ribonucleotide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aminoimidazole Carboxamide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoglycemic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Janus Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Metformin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Multienzyme Complexes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribonucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/STAT3 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/STAT3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Stat3 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Stat3 protein, rat
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6201-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18077446-AMP-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Aminoimidazole Carboxamide, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Hypoglycemic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Janus Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Metformin, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Ribonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-STAT3 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18077446-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
AICAR induces astroglial differentiation of neural stem cells via activating the JAK/STAT3 pathway independently of AMP-activated protein kinase.
pubmed:affiliation
National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't