title: Dynamic expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor after cerebral ischemia.
abstract: The aim of this study was to understand the possible involvement of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in rat brain ischemic injury by examining the expression and the cellular location of GDNF with molecular biological and morphological techniques. Expression of GDNF mRNA and protein was first increased as early as 2h after ischemia-reperfusion in peri-infarct cerebral cortex and striatum; it then declined, and showed a second increase at 72 h. Double staining confirmed that the earlier peak of GDNF expression was of neuronal origin and the later peak of glial origin. Considering the neurotrophic characteristics of GDNF, our findings suggest that elevated endogenous GDNF expression may have important roles in protection of ischemic injured neuronal cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Shanghai Medical University, Shanghai, PR China.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism*; D002452:Cell Count; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000378:metabolism*; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2 / Q000378:metabolism; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D016167:Integrin alphaXbeta2; D016177:Macrophage-1 Antigen; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase