Ito Sachiko, Sawada Makoto, Haneda Masataka, Fujii Satoshi, Oh-Hashi Kentaro, Kiuchi Kazutoshi, Takahashi Masahide, Isobe Ken-Ichi
Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, 36-3 Gengo, Morioka-cho, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan.
FEBS Lett. 2005 Mar 28;579(9):1995-2000. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.02.048.
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by numerous amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) plaques surrounded by microglia. Here we report that Abeta induces the proliferation of the mouse microglial cell line Ra2 by increasing the expression of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). We examined signal cascades for Abeta-induced M-CSF mRNA expression. The induction of M-CSF was blocked by a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3-kinase) inhibitor (LY294002), a Src family tyrosine kinase inhibitor (PP1) and an Akt inhibitor. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that Abeta enhanced NF-kappaB binding activity to the NF-kappaB site of the mouse M-CSF promoter, which was blocked by LY294002. These results indicate that Abeta induces M-CSF mRNA expression via the PI3-kinase/Akt/NF-kappaB pathway.
阿尔茨海默病的特征是存在众多被小胶质细胞包围的β淀粉样肽(Aβ)斑块。在此我们报告,Aβ通过增加巨噬细胞集落刺激因子(M-CSF)的表达来诱导小鼠小胶质细胞系Ra2的增殖。我们研究了Aβ诱导M-CSF mRNA表达的信号级联反应。M-CSF的诱导被磷脂酰肌醇3激酶(PI3激酶)抑制剂(LY294002)、Src家族酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(PP1)和Akt抑制剂所阻断。电泳迁移率变动分析表明,Aβ增强了NF-κB与小鼠M-CSF启动子的NF-κB位点的结合活性,而这被LY294002所阻断。这些结果表明,Aβ通过PI3激酶/Akt/NF-κB途径诱导M-CSF mRNA表达。