PMID- 25218309 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150209 LR - 20220129 IS - 1090-2430 (Electronic) IS - 0014-4886 (Linking) VI - 263 DP - 2015 Jan TI - Increased neurotrophic factor levels in ventral mesencephalic cultures do not explain the protective effect of osteopontin and the synthetic 15-mer RGD domain against MPP+ toxicity. PG - 1-7 LID - S0014-4886(14)00288-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.09.005 [doi] AB - The synthetic 15-mer arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) domain of osteopontin (OPN) is protective in vitro and in vivo against dopaminergic cell death and this protective effect may be mediated through interaction with integrin receptors to regulate neurotrophic factor levels. We now examine this concept in rat primary ventral mesencephalic (VM) cultures. 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) exposure reduced tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cell number and activated glial cells as shown by increased glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), oxycocin-42 (OX-42) and ectodermal dysplasia 1 (ED-1) immunoreactivity. Both OPN and the RGD domain of OPN were equally protective against MPP+ toxicity in VM cultures and both increased glial-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels. The effects of OPN and the RGD domain were accompanied by a decrease in numbers of activated microglia but with no change in astrocyte number. However, full-length OPN and the RGD domain of OPN remained protective against MPP+ toxicity in the presence of a GDNF neutralising antibody. This suggests that increased GDNF levels do not underlie the protective effect observed with OPN. Rather, OPN's protective effect may be mediated through decreased glial cell activation. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Broom, Lauren AU - Broom L AD - Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK. Electronic address: lbroom@bidmc.harvard.edu. FAU - Jenner, Peter AU - Jenner P AD - Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK. FAU - Rose, Sarah AU - Rose S AD - Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Group, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, School of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK. LA - eng GR - G-0804/PUK_/Parkinson's UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140916 PL - United States TA - Exp Neurol JT - Experimental neurology JID - 0370712 RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - 0 (Neurotoxins) RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 106441-73-0 (Osteopontin) RN - 78VO7F77PN (arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Female MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Mesencephalon MH - Nerve Growth Factors/*biosynthesis MH - Neuroglia/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Neurotoxins/toxicity MH - Oligopeptides/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Osteopontin/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Parkinsonian Disorders/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar OTO - NOTNLM OT - GDNF OT - Inflammation OT - Osteopontin OT - Parkinson's disease OT - Rat primary cultures EDAT- 2014/09/15 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/11 06:00 CRDT- 2014/09/15 06:00 PHST- 2014/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/09/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/09/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/09/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/09/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0014-4886(14)00288-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.09.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Neurol. 2015 Jan;263:1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.09.005. Epub 2014 Sep 16.