Objective To examine the effect of neuropeptide Y （NPY） on TGF-β1 production in RAW264.7 macrophages. Methods Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） was used to detect TGF-β1 production. Cell counting kit 8 ...Objective To examine the effect of neuropeptide Y （NPY） on TGF-β1 production in RAW264.7 macrophages. Methods Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） was used to detect TGF-β1 production. Cell counting kit 8 （CCK-8） was used to assay the viability of RAW264.7 cells. Western blot was used to detect the phosphorylation of PI3K p85. Results NPY treatment could promote TGF-β1 production and rapid phosphorylation of PI3K p85 in RAW264.7 cells via Y1 receptor. The elevated TGF-β 1 production induced by NPY could be abolished by wortrnannin pretreatment. Conclusion NPY may elicit TGF-β production in RAW264.7 cells via Y1 receptor, and the activated PI3K pathway may account for this effect.展开更多
Objective Tyro-3 and Axl receptors are expressed in brain in a region-specific manner and their bioactivities in the central nervous system remain still elusive.The aim of the present study was to investigate their fu...Objective Tyro-3 and Axl receptors are expressed in brain in a region-specific manner and their bioactivities in the central nervous system remain still elusive.The aim of the present study was to investigate their functions in neuronal differentiation.Methods PC12 cells overexpressing Tyro-3 or Axl were established by transfection with full-length CMV-Tyro3-eCFP or CMV-Axl-eGFP plasmid,respectively.CMV-eGFP plasmid served as a control vector.After that,the fluorescence intensity and distributions of green fluorescent protein （GFP） and cyan fluorescent protein （CFP） in the cells with or without nerve growth factor （NGF） treatment were real-time monitored.Results Expressions of Tyro-3 and Axl receptors were under the regulation of NGF and associated with neuronal differentiation.This was not observed in CMV-eGFP-transfected PC12 cells.Besides,confocal microscopy revealed that NGF affected intracellular localization of full-length Axl-eGFP and Tyro-3eCFP in PC12 cells.Moreover,the development of outgrowth of differentiated PC12 cells under stimulation of NGF was promoted by overexpression of Tyro-3 or Axl.Conclusion Expressions of Tyro-3 and Axl receptors are under the regulation of NGF and are involved in NGF-induced neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells.展开更多
文摘Objective To examine the effect of neuropeptide Y （NPY） on TGF-β1 production in RAW264.7 macrophages. Methods Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） was used to detect TGF-β1 production. Cell counting kit 8 （CCK-8） was used to assay the viability of RAW264.7 cells. Western blot was used to detect the phosphorylation of PI3K p85. Results NPY treatment could promote TGF-β1 production and rapid phosphorylation of PI3K p85 in RAW264.7 cells via Y1 receptor. The elevated TGF-β 1 production induced by NPY could be abolished by wortrnannin pretreatment. Conclusion NPY may elicit TGF-β production in RAW264.7 cells via Y1 receptor, and the activated PI3K pathway may account for this effect.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Development Program of China(No.2006CB500700)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 30900421/c090201)
文摘Objective Tyro-3 and Axl receptors are expressed in brain in a region-specific manner and their bioactivities in the central nervous system remain still elusive.The aim of the present study was to investigate their functions in neuronal differentiation.Methods PC12 cells overexpressing Tyro-3 or Axl were established by transfection with full-length CMV-Tyro3-eCFP or CMV-Axl-eGFP plasmid,respectively.CMV-eGFP plasmid served as a control vector.After that,the fluorescence intensity and distributions of green fluorescent protein （GFP） and cyan fluorescent protein （CFP） in the cells with or without nerve growth factor （NGF） treatment were real-time monitored.Results Expressions of Tyro-3 and Axl receptors were under the regulation of NGF and associated with neuronal differentiation.This was not observed in CMV-eGFP-transfected PC12 cells.Besides,confocal microscopy revealed that NGF affected intracellular localization of full-length Axl-eGFP and Tyro-3eCFP in PC12 cells.Moreover,the development of outgrowth of differentiated PC12 cells under stimulation of NGF was promoted by overexpression of Tyro-3 or Axl.Conclusion Expressions of Tyro-3 and Axl receptors are under the regulation of NGF and are involved in NGF-induced neuronal differentiation of PC12 cells.
