PMID- 30639397 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190910 LR - 20190910 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 698 DP - 2019 Apr 17 TI - Acetylcholine suppresses the increase of glia fibrillary acidic protein expression via acetylcholine receptors in cAMP-induced astrocytic differentiation of rat C6 glioma cells. PG - 146-153 LID - S0304-3940(19)30026-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.020 [doi] AB - Astrocytes, the most common glial cells in the central nervous system, maintain neuronal functions and have roles in neurological diseases. Acetylcholine (ACh) is one of the most essential neurotransmitters, and ACh receptor (AChR) ligands were recently reported to influence astrocyte functions. However, the functions of ACh, the only endogenous agonist of AChR, in astrocytogenesis and in the expression of astrocytic marker genes have not been known. We previously demonstrated that the inhibition of acetylcholine esterase (AChE) suppressed the differentiation of rat glioma C6 cells, an astrocyte differentiation model, and we observed a suppressive effect of ACh agonists on astrocyte differentiation. Our present study revealed that in the cAMP-induced differentiation of C6 cells, an AChR antagonist alleviated the expression of glia fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) that had been suppressed by dichlorvos (DDVP), an organophosphate and an AChE inhibitor. Our findings also demonstrated a direct effect of ACh on the GFAP expression, and that muscarinic AChR is involved in the suppressive effect of ACh on the GFAP expression in differentiation-induced C6 cells. This is the first report indicating that ACh the only endogenous agonist for AChRs functions as a mediator of astrocyte differentiation. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Ozawa, Aisa AU - Ozawa A AD - Laboratory of Anatomy II, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5201, Japan. Electronic address: a-ozawa@azabu-u.ac.jp. FAU - Kadowaki, Erina AU - Kadowaki E AD - Laboratory of Anatomy II, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5201, Japan. FAU - Horio, Tomoyo AU - Horio T AD - Laboratory of Anatomy II, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5201, Japan. FAU - Sakaue, Motoharu AU - Sakaue M AD - Laboratory of Anatomy II, Department of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5201, Japan. Electronic address: sakaue@azabu-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190109 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Cholinergic Agents) RN - 0 (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cholinergic) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) RN - N9YNS0M02X (Acetylcholine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcholine/metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Astrocytes/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cholinergic Agents/pharmacology MH - Cyclic AMP/metabolism MH - Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein/*metabolism MH - Glioma/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Intermediate Filaments/metabolism MH - Neuroglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Cholinergic/*drug effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acethylcholine OT - Astrocyte OT - Differentiation OT - GFAP OT - Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor OT - Prolifelation EDAT- 2019/01/15 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/11 06:00 CRDT- 2019/01/15 06:00 PHST- 2018/08/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/12/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/01/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0304-3940(19)30026-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.020 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2019 Apr 17;698:146-153. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.020. Epub 2019 Jan 9.