Store-Operated Ca2+ Channels Blockers Inhibit Lipopolysaccharide Induced Astrocyte Activation |
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Authors: | Jian-Hua Li Shen-Ting Zhao Cui-Ying Wu Xiong Cao Miao-Ru Peng Shu-Ji Li Xiao-Ai Liu Tian-Ming Gao |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Physiology, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China 2. Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China
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Abstract: | The destruction of calcium homeostasis is an important factor leading to neurological diseases. Store-operated Ca2+ (SOC) channels are essential for Ca2+ homeostasis in many cell types. However, whether SOC channels are involved in astrocyte activation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) still remains unknown. In this study, we used LPS as an exogenous stimulation to investigate the role of SOC channels in astrocyte activation. Using calcium imaging technology, we first found that SOC channels blockers, 1-[h-[3-(4-methoxyphenyl)propoxy]-4-methoxyphenethyl]-1H-imidazole (SKF-96365) and 2-aminoethyldiphenyl borate (2-APB), inhibited LPS induced [Ca2+]i increase, which prompted us to speculate that SOC channels may be involved in LPS induced astrocyte activation. Further experiments confirmed our speculation shown as SOC channels blockers inhibited LPS induced astrocyte activation characterized as cell proliferation by MTS and BrdU assay, raise in glial fibrillary acidic protein expression by immunofluorescence and Western Blot and secretion of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 1β (IL-1β) by ELISA. So, our studies showed that SOC channels are involved in LPS-induced astrocyte activation. |
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