Expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor mRNAs according to Administration of Geneticin in Hypoxic Neuron Cell Culture
Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology
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: 162-169, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
Recently, Geneticin (G418) were known to exert neuroprotective effects in the hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) brain injury, but the mechanism is still unclear. The roles of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and FGF receptor (FGFR) ware not well known in the H-I brain injury. We investigated the neuroprotective effects of systemically administrated Geneticin through the regulation of FGFR following the H-I brain injuryMETHODS:
The cortical neuron cell culture of Spague-Dawley (SD) rat embryo brain (E18) was done in a hypoxic incubator. The cultured cells were divided three groups a normoxia group, a hypoxia group, and an Geneticin-treated group. After verifying the desired amount of cellular injury in the hypoxia group, the Geneticin-treated group (after an H-I insult) was further divided into two groups. This produced four final groups normoxia, hypoxia, and Geneticin-treated groups before H-I insult and a Geneticin-treated group after HI insult. The expression of FGFR-2 and FGFR-3 mRNA was measured using Northern blotting.RESULTS:
The expression of FGFR-2 and FGFR-3 mRNA was notably increased in the hypoxic group compared to the normoxic group. In both Geneticin-treated groups before and after a hypoxic insult, the expression of FGFR-2 and FGFR-3 mRNA was decreased.CONCLUSION:
It suggests that FGFR has an important role in hypoxic brain injury. Geneticin appears to exert a protective effect through down regulation of the expression of FGFR mRNA. However, more experiments are needed in order to demonstrate the usefulness of Geneticin as a preventative and rescue treatment for H-I brain injuries of neonatal brain.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Brain
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Brain Injuries
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RNA, Messenger
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Down-Regulation
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Cells, Cultured
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Blotting, Northern
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Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor
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Neuroprotective Agents
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Cell Culture Techniques
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Embryonic Structures
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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