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1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 regulates the synthesis of nerve growth factor in primary cultures of glial cells

Neveu, Isabelle, Naveilhan, Philippe, Jehan, Fre´de´ric, Baudet, Christel, Wion, Didier, De Luca, Hector F., Brachet, Philippe·1994·Molecular Brain Research

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The effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2 D3) on nerve growth factor (NGF) synthesis was investigated in primary cultures of astrocytes prepared from brain of neonatal rats. 1,25-(OH)2 D3 elicited a dose-dependent increase of NGF mRNA with a maximal effect at 10(-7) M, which persisted for at least 48 h. Northern blot analysis revealed an expression of the vitamin D3 receptor (VDR) gene in primary glial cells. Treatment of cells with 1,25-(OH)2 D3 led to an increase in the VDR mRNA levels. Similar results were obtained in C6 glioma cells. Exposure of primary glial cells to 10(-8) M 1,25-(OH)2 D3 caused only a 2-fold increase of the levels of cell-secreted NGF after 3 days of treatment. However, a 5-fold increase was observed three days after a second addition of vitamin D3. Likewise, a pretreatment with lower doses of hormone such as 10(-10) M or 10(-9) M enhanced the responsiveness of the cells to a 24 h treatment with 10(-8) M hormone. It appears, therefore, that the duration of the treatment influences the level of synthesis of NGF, possibly as a consequence of the increase of the VDR gene expression. The specificity of 1,25-(OH)2 D3 is supported by the fact that a concentration of 10(-7) M of an another vitamin D3 metabolite, 24,25-(OH)2 D3, had no effect on NGF synthesis. Several lines of evidence indicate that astrocytes constitute the major cell type responsive to 1,25-(OH)2 D3 in primary cultures of glial cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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  • Vitamin D analogues upregulate NGF in cultured glial cells and embryonic hippocampal cells.

    “Vitamin D analogues have been shown to upregulate NGF in cultured glial cell and embryonic hippocampal cells [177,178], to decrease the percentage of cultured hippocampal cells undergoing mitosis [178], and to decrease BDNF and concommitantly to improve memory in postmenopausal women [179].”

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Authors
Neveu, I., Naveilhan, P., Jehan, F., Baudet, C., Wion, D., De Luca, H. F., & Brachet, P.
Affiliations
Inserm (FR)
Corresponding author
Brachet, Philippe
Venue
Molecular Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1994-07
Volume
24
Issue
1-4
Pages
70-76
ISSN
0169-328X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2072586872
Cited by
241
References
57
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3.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
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  • Molecular Brain Research (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nerve injury and regeneration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
Keywords
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, vitamin D receptor, nerve growth factor, NGF synthesis, astrocytes, glial cells, NGF mRNA, C6 glioma cells, microglia, oligodendrocytes, meningeal fibroblasts, hormone responsiveness, treatment duration, 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, neurotrophic factors, neonatal rat brain, vitamin D
MeSH terms
Animals, Animals, Newborn, Astrocytes, Brain, Calcitriol, Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Glioma, Kinetics, Nerve Growth Factors, RNA, Messenger, Time Factors, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Blotting, Northern, 24,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D 3, Gene Expression, Receptors, Calcitriol, Rats

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