• J. Neurosci. Res. · Sep 2006

    Comparative Study

    Amyloid beta up-regulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor production from astrocytes: rescue from amyloid beta-related neuritic degeneration.

    • Nobuyuki Kimura, Masaki Takahashi, Tomoko Tashiro, and Keiji Terao.
    • Laboratory of Disease Control, Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. kimura@nibio.go.jp
    • J. Neurosci. Res. 2006 Sep 1;84(4):782-9.

    AbstractAstrocytes, the most abundant type of glia in the brain, are considered to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathologies. In a cell culture study, we have previously shown that astroglial responses against amyloid beta (Abeta) occur before obvious neuronal damage could be detected, suggesting the possibility that astrocytes might be an attractive therapeutic target for treating AD. In the present study, we investigated astroglial gene expression changes in response to Abeta to elucidate further the role of astrocytes in Abeta toxicity. By using real-time PCR and ELISA analyses, we found that Abeta rapidly induced astrocytes to produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Abeta42 was more effective than Abeta40 in increasing astroglial BDNF production. Moreover, BDNF treatment rescued the neuronally differentiated human neuroblastoma cells from neuritic degeneration caused by Abeta toxicity. This is the first study to demonstrate that astrocytes are capable of increasing the production of a particular neurotrophic factor in response to Abeta. Our findings also identify BDNF as a potential therapeutic agent for preventing Abeta-related neuritic degeneration.

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