PMID- 18264755 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081210 LR - 20211203 IS - 0272-4340 (Print) IS - 0272-4340 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 6 DP - 2008 Sep TI - Endoplasmic reticulum stress upregulates the chondroitin sulfate level which thus prevents neurite extension in C6 glioma cells and primary cultured astrocytes. PG - 857-66 LID - 10.1007/s10571-008-9262-5 [doi] AB - Chondroitin sulfate (CS), which is known to be a neurite-preventing molecule, is a major component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the central nervous system (CNS). The CS expression is upregulated around damaged areas. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress causes neuronal cell death in numerous neurodegenerative diseases. However, the effects of ER stress on glial cells remain to be clarified. The present study examined whether direct ER stress to glial cells can upregulate CS expression in C6 glioma cells and primary cultured mouse astrocytes, and also whether the expression of CS prevents neurite extension. ER stressors tunicamycin (TM) and thapsigargin (TG) significantly increased CS expression in both C6 cells and primary cultured astrocytes, while NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) did not significantly alter the CS expression. The dosage of TM and TG treatment used in this study did not significantly induce cell death but upregulated the ER chaperone molecule Grp78 in C6 glioma cells and primary astrocytes. The ECM of glial cells exposed to ER stress prevented neurite extension in primary cultured mouse cortical neurons, and chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) treatment diminished the inhibitory effect on neurite extension. These findings suggest that direct ER stress to glial cells increases the CS expression, which thus prevents neurite extension. FAU - Natori, Takamitsu AU - Natori T AD - Department of Epigenetic Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan. FAU - Nagai, Kaoru AU - Nagai K LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20080209 PL - United States TA - Cell Mol Neurobiol JT - Cellular and molecular neurobiology JID - 8200709 RN - 0 (Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP) RN - 0 (Hspa5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Nitric Oxide Donors) RN - 11089-65-9 (Tunicamycin) RN - 169D1260KM (Nitroprusside) RN - 67526-95-8 (Thapsigargin) RN - 9007-28-7 (Chondroitin Sulfates) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/metabolism/*ultrastructure MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chondroitin Sulfates/*biosynthesis MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum/*metabolism MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP MH - Glioma MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neurites/*physiology MH - Neurons/ultrastructure MH - Nitric Oxide Donors/pharmacology MH - Nitroprusside/pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Thapsigargin/pharmacology MH - Tunicamycin/pharmacology EDAT- 2008/02/12 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/17 09:00 CRDT- 2008/02/12 09:00 PHST- 2007/10/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/01/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/02/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/02/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10571-008-9262-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2008 Sep;28(6):857-66. doi: 10.1007/s10571-008-9262-5. Epub 2008 Feb 9.