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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta) can induce dopaminergic axonal sprouting in the denervated striatum of parkinsonian animals. In order to determine whether IL-1 beta effects on dopaminergic axonal sprouting are mediated by the induction of astroglial-derived dopaminergic neurotrophic factors, effects of IL-1 beta treatment on acidic and basic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF and bFGF) and glial cell line-derived growth factor (GDNF) gene expression were examined in primary striatal astrocyte cultures and after in vivo administration. We found a selective induction of bFGF mRNA synthesis but not aFGF or GDNF mRNA after IL-1 beta treatment both in vitro and in vivo. This suggests that bFGF may be the putative endogenous dopaminergic neurotrophic factor mediating lesion-induced plasticity of dopamine neurons. In addition, to determine why recovery from injury becomes reduced with age, we examined whether there was an aging-associated decline in the ability of IL-1 beta to induce the synthesis of neurotrophic factors in middle-aged animals compared to young mice. Interestingly, IL-1 beta stimulated a greater induction in bFGF mRNA levels in the middle-aged mice compared to young mice. These results suggest that the regulation of bFGF and possibly its receptor signaling efficacy may vary as the brain ages.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0014-4886
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
348-59
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Aging, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Fibroblast Growth Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Interleukin-1, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9398477-RNA, Messenger
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of astroglial-derived dopaminergic neurotrophic factors by interleukin-1 beta in the striatum of young and middle-aged mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Fishberg Research Center for Neurobiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.