title: Endothelin-1 stimulates glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor expression in cultured rat astrocytes.
abstract: Effects of endothelin-1 (ET-1) on glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) production in cultured astrocytes were examined. Treatment of cultured astrocytes with ET-1 (100 nM) increased mRNA levels of GDNF in 1-6h. The effect of ET-1 was inhibited by BQ788, an ET(B) receptor antagonist, but not by FR139317, an ET(A) receptor antagonist. ET-1 stimulated release of GDNF into culture medium. Dexamethasone (1 microM) and pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC, 100 microM), which inhibit activation of NFkappaB, prevented the increases in GDNF mRNA by H(2)O(2). In contrast, the effect of ET-1 was not affected by dexamethasone and PDTC. The increase of astrocytic GDNF mRNA by ET-1 was inhibited by BAPTA/AM (30 microM) and PD98059 (50 microM), but not by calphostin C, staurosporine, and cyclosporine A. These results suggest that ET-1 stimulated expression of astrocytic GDNF through ET(B) receptor-mediated increases in cytosolic Ca(2+) and ERK activation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Medicinal Pharmacology, Yamada-Oka 1-6, Suita 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsujikawa
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: Akemichi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019332:Endothelin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D019332:Endothelin-1; C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044023:Receptor, Endothelin B; D017466:Receptors, Endothelin