title: Autotaxin (NPP-2) in the brain: cell type-specific expression and regulation during development and after neurotrauma.
abstract: Autotaxin is a secreted cell motility-stimulating exo-phosphodiesterase with lysophospholipase D activity that generates bioactive lysophosphatidic acid. Lysophosphatidic acid has been implicated in various neural cell functions such as neurite remodeling, demyelination, survival and inhibition of axon growth. Here, we report on the in vivo expression of autotaxin in the brain during development and following neurotrauma. We found that autotaxin is expressed in the proliferating subventricular and choroid plexus epithelium during embryonic development. After birth, autotaxin is mainly found in white matter areas in the central nervous system. In the adult brain, autotaxin is solely expressed in leptomeningeal cells and oligodendrocyte precursor cells. Following neurotrauma, autotaxin is strongly up-regulated in reactive astrocytes adjacent to the lesion. The present study revealed the cellular distribution of autotaxin in the developing and lesioned brain and implies a function of autotaxin in oligodendrocyte precursor cells and brain injuries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cellular Biochemistry, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. n.savaskan@nki.nl
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Savaskan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kotter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lubec
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Meeteren
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Moolenaar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitsch
authors.forename: A U
authors.initials: AU
authors.lastname: Bräuer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000378:metabolism*; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000378:metabolism; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011755:Pyrophosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D011755:Pyrophosphatases; D000099189:Lysophospholipase D; C032881:lysophosphatidic acid