Abstract
The intravenous injection of the serine protease, tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA), has shown to benefit stroke patients by promoting early reperfusion. However, it has recently been suggested that t-PA activity, in the cerebral parenchyma, may also potentiate excitotoxic neuronal death. The present study has dealt with the role of the t-PA inhibitor, PAI-1, in the neuroprotective activity of the cytokine TGF-β1 and focused on the transduction pathway involved in this effect. We demonstrated that PAI-1, produced by astrocytes, mediates the neuroprotective activity of TGF-β1 against N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated excitotoxicity. This t-PA inhibitor, PAI-1, protected neurons against NMDA-induced neuronal death by modulating the NMDA-evoked calcium influx. Finally, we showed that the activation of the Smad3-dependent transduction pathway mediates the TGF-β-induced up-regulation of PAI-1 and subsequent neuroprotection. Overall, this study underlines the critical role of the t-PA/PAI-1 axis in the regulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 634-644 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2002 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors were supported by grants from the CNRS and the University of Caen. The following authors received doctoral bursaries: F.D. (Regional council of Lower-Normandy); O.N (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique-CEA); M.F. (Centre National de la Recherche scientifique—CNRS); S.L. (Regional council of Lower-Normandy); and C.A. (French Ministry of Education and Research).
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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Keywords
- Calcium
- Excitotoxicity
- NMDA
- PAI-1
- Smad
- TGF
- t-PA
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