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Direct stimulation of adult neural stem cells in vitro and neurogenesis in vivo by vascular endothelial growth factor.
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Schänzer, Anne (författare)
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Wachs, Frank-Peter (författare)
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Wilhelm, Daniel (författare)
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Acker, Till (författare)
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- Cooper-Kuhn, Christiana M, 1971 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap,Institute of Clinical Neurosciences
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Beck, Heike (författare)
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Winkler, Jürgen (författare)
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Aigner, Ludwig (författare)
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Plate, Karl H (författare)
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- Kuhn, Hans-Georg, 1961 (författare)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap,Institute of Clinical Neurosciences
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- 2004
- 2004
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland). - 1015-6305. ; 14:3, s. 237-48
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Abstract
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- Hypoxia as well as global and focal ischemia are strong activators of neurogenesis in the adult mammalian central nervous system. Here we show that the hypoxia-inducible vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor VEGFR-2/Flk-1 are expressed in clonally-derived adult rat neural stem cells in vitro. VEGF stimulated the expansion of neural stem cells whereas blockade of VEGFR-2/Flk-1-kinase activity reduced neural stem cell expansion. VEGF was also infused into the lateral ventricle to study changes in neurogenesis in the ventricle wall, olfactory bulb and hippocampus. Using a low dose (2.4 ng/d) to avoid endothelial proliferation and changes in vascular permeability, VEGF stimulated adult neurogenesis in vivo. After VEGF infusion, we observed reduced apoptosis but unaltered proliferation suggesting a survival promoting effect of VEGF in neural progenitor cells. Strong expression of VEGFR-2/Flk-1 was detected in the ventricle wall adjacent to the choroid plexus, a site of significant VEGF production, which suggests a paracrine function of endogenous VEGF on neural stem cells in vivo. We propose that VEGF acts as a trophic factor for neural stem cells in vitro and for sustained neurogenesis in the adult nervous system.These findings may have implications for the pathogenesis and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Animals
- Apoptosis
- drug effects
- Blood-Brain Barrier
- drug effects
- Brain
- drug effects
- Cell Survival
- drug effects
- Female
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Nick-End Labeling
- Injections
- Intraventricular
- Neurons
- drug effects
- Rats
- Rats
- Inbred F344
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Stem Cells
- drug effects
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
- pharmacology
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
- biosynthesis
- drug effects
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Wilhelm, Daniel
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Acker, Till
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Beck, Heike
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Winkler, Jürgen
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Aigner, Ludwig
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Plate, Karl H
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