| Project/Area Number |
17591085
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Pediatrics
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| Research Institution | Osaka University |
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Principal Investigator |
TANIIKE Masako Osaka University, The Research center for Child Mental Development, Specially Appinted Professor, 子どものこころの分子統御機構研究センター, 特任教授(常勤) (30263289)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKAI Norio Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学系研究科, 講師 (30314313)
WADA Kazuko Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant, 医学系研究科, 助手 (30294094)
ARAHORI Hitomi Osaka University Hospital, Perinatal center, Part-time Residfent, 医学部附属病院, 非常勤医員 (40379186)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Keywords | Demyelination / Prostaglandin D2 / Neuroinflammation / Microglia / Astrocyte / Prostaglandin D synthase / Neuropathology / Apoptois / 脱髄 |
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| Research Abstract |
Prostaglandin (PG) D2 is well known as an inflammatory mediator. The biological actions of PGD_2 are elicited through binding to DP_1 or DP_2 receptor. Hematopoi_etic PGD synthase (HPGDS) is responsible for the production of PGD_2,and is expressed in microglia in CNS. (Mohri et al.2003). The twitcher mouse (GALC^<twi/twi>) is an authentic animal model of human globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe's disease) resulting from the deficiency of galactosylceramidase. In this model, the demyelination is caused by the apoptosis of oligodendrocytes (OLs) after postnatal day (PND) 30,and is always accompanied by the activation of microglia and gliosis throughout the brain. In this study, we found that HPGDS expression was progressively upregulated in activated microglia in the GALC^<twi/twi> brain. This upregulation was accompanied by the induction of the DP_1 receptor in hypertrophic astrocytes located close to HPGDS^+ microglia. Using primary culture of glial cells, we demonstrated that activated microglia produced large amount of PGD_2 by HPGDS and that astrocytes expressed both DP_1 and DP_2 receptors and were activated by PGD_2. Furthermore, by using HPGDS- or DP_1-deficient GALC^<twi/twi> mice and GALC^<twi/twi> mice treated with an HPGDS-inhibitor, we found that the blockade of the HPGDS/PGD_2/DP signaling pathway resulted in the suppression of gliosis and oligodendroglial apoptosis. This is the first example of a PGD_2-mediated microglia/astrocyte interaction in neuroinflammation.
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