单位:[1]Department of Neurology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China华中科技大学同济医学院附属同济医院神经科[2]Key Laboratory of Neurological Diseases (HUST), Ministry of Education of China, Wuhan 430030, China
Microglia are immunocompetent cells in the central nervous system that take up tissue debris and pathogens. Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) has been identified as an important regulator of uptake, proliferation, secretion, and differentiation in a number of cell types. Although ROCK plays critical roles in the microglial secretion of inflammatory factors, migration, and morphology, its effects on microglial uptake activity have not been well characterized. In the present study, we found that treatment of BV2 microglia and primary microglia with the ROCK inhibitors Y27632 and fasudil increased uptake activity and was associated with morphological changes. Furthermore, western blots showed that this increase in uptake activity was mediated through the extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling cascade, indicating the importance of ROCK in regulating microglial uptake activity.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [81471200, 81000521]; National Basic Research Development Program of ChinaNational Basic Research Program of China [2011CB504403]
第一作者单位:[1]Department of Neurology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China
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通讯机构:[1]Department of Neurology,Tongji Hospital,Tongji Medical College,Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030,China
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Fu Peicai,Tang Ronghua,Yu Zhiyuan,等.Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitors Promote Microglial Uptake Via the ERK Signaling Pathway[J].NEUROSCIENCE BULLETIN.2016,32(1):83-91.