PMID- 26079709 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160819 LR - 20181202 IS - 1095-953X (Electronic) IS - 0969-9961 (Linking) VI - 82 DP - 2015 Oct TI - MMP-3 secreted from endothelial cells of blood vessels after spinal cord injury activates microglia, leading to oligodendrocyte cell death. PG - 141-151 LID - S0969-9961(15)00220-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.06.002 [doi] AB - The activation of microglia after spinal cord injury (SCI) contributes to secondary damage by producing pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators, leading to cell death of oligodendrocytes and neurons. Here, we show that matrix metalloprotease-3 (MMP-3) produced and secreted in the endothelial cells of blood vessels after SCI mediates microglial activation. MMP-3 was produced and secreted in bEnd.3 cells, a mouse brain-derived endothelial cell line, by oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/RO). OGD/RO-induced MMP-3 expression and activity was also significantly inhibited by ghrelin, which was dependent on the ghrelin receptor GHS-R1a. Furthermore, the secreted MMP-3 from OGD/RO-induced bEnd.3 cells activated BV-2 cells, a murine microglial cell line. We also found that microglial activation after SCI was attenuated in MMP-3 knockout (KO) mice compared with wild type (WT) mice. Both p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and pro-nerve growth factor (proNGF) production were more inhibited in MMP-3 KO than WT mice at 5d after injury. When WT mice were treated with Mmp-3 siRNA after injury, MMP-3 activity, microglial activation, p38MAPK activation and proNGF expression were significantly inhibited. Ghrelin treatment also significantly inhibited MMP-3 expression and activation after SCI, which was dependent on GHS-R1a. Finally, RhoA activation and oligodendrocyte cell death after injury were attenuated by Mmp-3 siRNA or ghrelin treatment compared with vehicle control. Thus, our study indicates that MMP-3 produced in blood vessel endothelial cells after SCI serves as an endogenous molecule for microglial activation followed by p38MAPK activation and proNGF production, and further indicates that the protective effect of ghrelin on oligodendrocytes cell death may be at least partly mediated by the inhibition of MMP-3-induced microglial activation after SCI. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lee, Jee Y AU - Lee JY AD - Age-Related and Brain Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: jeeyoun@hu.ac.kr. FAU - Choi, Hae Y AU - Choi HY AD - Age-Related and Brain Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: neuron@khu.ac.kr. FAU - Yune, Tae Y AU - Yune TY AD - Age-Related and Brain Diseases Research Center, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: tyune@khu.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150612 PL - United States TA - Neurobiol Dis JT - Neurobiology of disease JID - 9500169 RN - 0 (Ghrelin) RN - 0 (Nerve Growth Factors) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Death/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Endothelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Ghrelin/pharmacology MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microglia/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Oligodendroglia/drug effects/*metabolism/pathology MH - Spinal Cord Injuries/*metabolism/pathology MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Matrix metalloprotease-3 OT - Microglia OT - Oligodendrocyte OT - RhoA OT - Spinal cord injury EDAT- 2015/06/17 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/20 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/17 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/06/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/17 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/20 06:00 [medline] AID - S0969-9961(15)00220-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.06.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurobiol Dis. 2015 Oct;82:141-151. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.06.002. Epub 2015 Jun 12.