title: Intracellular trafficking in neurones and glia of fibroblast growth factor-2, fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 and heparan sulphate proteoglycans in the injured adult rat cerebral cortex.
abstract: The potent gliogenic and neurotrophic fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 signals through a receptor complex comprising high-affinity FGF receptor (FGFR)1 with heparan sulphate proteoglycans (HSPGs) as co-receptors. We examined the intracellular dynamics of FGF-2, FGFR1 and the HSPGs syndecan-2 and -3, glypican-1 and -2, and perlecan in neurones and glia in and around adult rat cerebral wounds. In the intact cerebral cortex, FGF-2 and FGFR1 mRNA and protein were constitutively expressed in astrocytes and neurones respectively. FGF-2 protein was localized exclusively to astrocyte nuclei. After injury, expression of FGF-2 mRNA was up-regulated only in astrocytes, whereas FGFR1 mRNA expression was increased in both glia and neurones, a disparity indicating that FGF-2 may act as a paracrine and autocrine factor for neurones and glia respectively. FGF-2 protein localized to both cytoplasm and nuclei of injury-responsive neurones and glia. There was weak or no staining of HSPGs in the normal cerebral neuropil and glia nuclei, with a few immunopositive neurones. Specific HSPGs responded to injury by differentially co-localizing with trafficked intracellular FGF-2 and FGFR1. The spatiotemporal dynamics of FGF-2-FGFR1-HSPG complex formation implies a role for individual HSPGs in regulating FGF-2 storage, nuclear trafficking and cell-specific injury responses in CNS wounds.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Neuroscience Group, Division of Medical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. w.leadbeater@bham.ac.uk
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Leadbeater
authors.forename: A-M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Logaras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berry
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Logan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000293:injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000378:metabolism*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport; D051381:Rats; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1 / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; C496350:Fgfr1 protein, rat; D051496:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1