• Neuroscience · Aug 2020

    Reactive astrocytes display pro-inflammatory adaptability with modulation of Notch-PI3K-AKT signaling pathway under inflammatory stimulation.

    • Ying-Ying Cheng, Yin-Xiu Ding, Gan-Lan Bian, Liang-Wei Chen, Xin-Yi Yao, Ye-Bin Lin, Zhe Wang, and Bei-Yu Chen.
    • Department of Orthopedics, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, PR China; Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan 750004, PR China.
    • Neuroscience. 2020 Aug 1; 440: 130-145.

    AbstractAstrocytes are major glial cells critical in assisting the function of the central nervous system (CNS), but the functional changes and regulation mechanism of reactive astrocytes are still poorly understood in CNS diseases. In this study, mouse primary astrocytes were cultured, and inflammatory insult was performed to observe functional changes in astrocytes and the involvement of Notch-PI3K-AKT signaling activation through immunofluorescence, PCR, Western blot, CCK-8, and inhibition experiments. Notch downstream signal Hes-1 was clearly observed in the astrocytes, and Notch signal inhibitor GSI dose-dependently decreased the cleaved Notch-l level without an influence on cell viability. Inflammatory insult of lipopolysaccharide plus interferon-γ (LPS+IFNγ) induced an increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines, that is, iNOS, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF, at the protein and mRNA levels in activated astrocytes, which was reduced or blocked by GSI treatment. The cell viability of the astrocytes did not show significant differences among different groups. While an increase in MyD88, NF-кB, and phosphor-NF-кB was confirmed, upregulation of PI3K, AKT, and phosphor-AKT was observed in the activated astrocytes with LPS+IFNγ insult and was reduced by GSI treatment. Inhibitor experiments showed that inhibition of Notch-PI3K-AKT signaling activation reduced the pro-inflammatory cytokine production triggered by LPS+IFNγ inflammatory insult. This study showed that the reactive astrocytes displayed pro-inflammatory adaptability through Notch-PI3K-AKT signaling activation in response to inflammatory stimulation, suggesting that the Notch-PI3K-AKT pathway in reactive astrocytes may serve as a promising target against CNS inflammatory disorders.Copyright © 2020 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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