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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
IGF-1 is an important factor for myelin synthesis and hence possesses therapeutic potential in treating demyelinating disease such as multiple sclerosis. However, IGF-1 poorly crosses the blood-brain barrier. In this study, we investigated the effects of the sex steroid progesterone and the glucocorticoid dexamethasone on regulation of the IGF-system in glial cells. By means of quantitative PCR analysis, we demonstrate that progesterone upregulates IGF-1, the type 1 IGF receptor and IGFBP-2 in primary rat astrocytes and both IGF-1 and IGFBP-6 in OLN-93 oligodendroglial progenitor cells. In contrast, dexamethasone showed a negative effect on expression of IGF-1, the type 1 IGF receptor and the respective IGF binding proteins in both cell types. In oligodendrocytes, the differentiation marker CNPase was positively regulated by progesterone and negatively regulated by dexamethasone. Further, oligodendroglial cell migration was enhanced approximately 4-fold by progesterone. This study implicates progesterone as a positive regulator of IGF-system in glial cells and demonstrates a further biological function of progesterone in oligodendrocyte biology, namely stimulation of progenitor cell migration. Dexamethasone, on the other hand, is a negative regulator of the IGF-system in glial cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
468
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
178-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19853640-2',3'-Cyclic-Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 6, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Oligodendroglia, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Progesterone, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Receptor, IGF Type 1, pubmed-meshheading:19853640-Stem Cells
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Progesterone and dexamethasone differentially regulate the IGF-system in glial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands. d.chesik@med.umcg.nl
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't