| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07823.x |
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| Author | Search for: Jiang, S.X.1; Search for: Slinn, J.1; Search for: Aylsworth, A.1; Search for: Hou, S.T.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | lipopolysaccharide; tumor necrosis factor; vimentin; animal cell; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; brain infarction size; brain ischemia; cell activation; cell isolation; gene deletion; gene expression regulation; gene overexpression; immunofluorescence; in vitro study; in vivo study; microglia; mouse; neuroprotection; neurotoxicity; protein analysis; protein expression; protein function; signal transduction; Blotting, Western; Brain; Brain Ischemia; Cell Separation; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; In Situ Nick-End Labeling; Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery; Ischemic Attack, Transient; Lipopolysaccharides; Macrophage Activation; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; Microglia; Microscopy, Confocal; Nervous System Diseases; Plasmids; Reperfusion Injury; Tetracycline; Vimentin |
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| Abstract | Microglia are the 'immune cells' of the brain and their activation plays a vital role in the pathogenesis of many neurodegenerative diseases. Activated microglia produce high levels of pro-inflammatory factors, such as TNFα, causing neurotoxicity. Here we show that vimentin played a key role in controlling microglia activation and neurotoxicity during cerebral ischemia. Deletion of vimentin expression significantly impaired microglia activation in response to LPS in vitro and transient focal cerebral ischemia in vivo. Reintroduction of the functional vimentin gene back into vimentin knockout microglia restored their response to LPS. More importantly, impairment of microglia activation significantly protected brain from cerebral ischemia-induced neurotoxicity. Collectively, we demonstrate a previously unknown function of vimentin in controlling microglia activation. Microglia activation plays an important role in many neurodegenerative diseases. Here we show that impaired vimentin expression significantly reduced microglia activation in response to LPS in vitro and cerebral ischemia in vivo. These studies demonstrate a unknown function of vimentin in controlling microglia activation and neurotoxicity during cerebral ischemia. © 2012 National Research Council Canada & The Authors. Journal of Neurochemistry © 2012 International Society for Neurochemistry. |
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| Publication date | 2012 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21269505 |
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| Record identifier | 23ce368c-8f5d-4fc9-8fdf-b75ee8a7cbf9 |
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| Record created | 2013-12-12 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-21 |
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