title: Increased glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor expression in glia after mechanical lesion of the rat brain.
abstract: Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1)(7-36) amide, a member of the glucagon and related peptides family, and its receptor have an anatomically specific expression in the brain. Furthermore, the GLP-1 receptor is expressed in both neurons and glia. Because after a penetrating injury a large population of astrocytes become activated and augment their expression of numerous substances, we have used in situ hybridization to determine whether the expression of the GLP-1 receptor increases in response to a penetrating injury. We have found that GLP-1 receptor expression increases dramatically along the border of the injury. Furthermore, this expression can be colocalized to glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and non-GFAP mRNA containing cells, suggesting that at least part of this increase is due to an increase in GLP-1 receptor expression in glial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychobiology, Instituto Cajal C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain. chowen@cajal.csic.es
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Chowen
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: de Fonseca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: García-Segura
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blázquez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000235:genetics; D005934:Glucagon; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D000067757:Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; C000593835:Glp1r protein, rat; D000067757:Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018027:Receptors, Glucagon; C055453:glucagon-like peptide 1 (7-36)amide; D004763:Glucagon-Like Peptides; D052216:Glucagon-Like Peptide 1; D005934:Glucagon