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L-PGDS (betatrace protein) inhibits astrocyte proliferation and mitochondrial ATP production in vitro

Xin, Xiaorong and Huber, Andreas and Meyer, Peter and Flammer, Josef and Neutzner, Albert and Miller, Neil R. and Killer, Hanspeter E.. (2009) L-PGDS (betatrace protein) inhibits astrocyte proliferation and mitochondrial ATP production in vitro. Journal of molecular neuroscience, Vol. 39, No. 3. pp. 366-371.

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Abstract

L-PGDS is the most abundant protein present in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Although CSF was believed to be homogenous in content, a previous study has showed that a marked concentration gradient of L-PGDS exists between the spinal CSF and the CSF in the subarachnoid space of patients with optic nerve disease (papilledema and normal-tension glaucoma). Astrocytes play a critical role in maintaining the integrity of axon function in the central nervous system and specifically in the optic nerve, and we therefore investigated the biochemical effects of L-PGDS on the proliferation of astrocytes and on the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) by astrocyte mitochondria. We found an inhibitory effect of L-PGDS on both proliferation of astrocytes and production of astrocyte ATP. The concentrations that inhibited astrocyte proliferation and ATP production were in the range measured in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension and in patients with normal-tension glaucoma. As the CSF is in contact with axons and mitochondria of the optic nerve (Bristow et al. Archives of Ophthalmology, 120, 791-796, 2002), we postulate that a change in the concentration of CSF protein such as L-PGDS could exercise a harmful effect on these structures.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ophthalmologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ophthalmologie USB
03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ophthalmologie (Flammer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ehemalige Einheiten Spezialfächer (Klinik) > Ophthalmologie (Flammer)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel > Ocular Pharmacology and Physiology (Neutzner/Meyer)
UniBasel Contributors:Flammer, Josef and Killer, Hanspeter E. and Meyer, Peter and Neutzner, Albert
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:0895-8696
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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