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Effects of ischemia and anoxia on cell activation and cell cycle of cultured astrocytes in vitro.

Abstract
To examine the effects of ischemia and anoxia on cell activation and cell cycle of astrocytes in vitro, the cell cycles and the proliferation of astrocytes in different time points after ischemia and anoxia were studied by flow cytometry and BrdU labeling and the expression of GFAP and cyclin D1 was detected by the fluorescence immunochemistry. After ischemia and anoxia in vitro, the astrocytes in S phase were significantly increased as compared with those in the normal group and the proliferating ability of the astrocytes was highest 6 h after the treatment as revealed by BrdU pulse labeling, but the astrocytes in S phase and proliferating ability were decreased after 6 h. At the early stages of ischemia and anoxia, the positive staining intensity of GFAP was increased, peaked at 6th h, while 12 h after the ischemia and anoxia, the positive staining intensity of GFAP became weak, and the expression of cyclin D1 was gradually increased after the ischemic and anoxic damage. It is concluded that astrocytes are activated to proliferate and enter new cycle events by ischemia and anoxia, and cyclin D1 is implicated in the proliferation and repair of astrocytes. The cell cycle events are closely associated with the proliferation and activation of astrocytes.
AuthorsXiang Luo, Zhiyuan Yu, Yongdong Feng, Wei Wang
JournalJournal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Medical sciences = Hua zhong ke ji da xue xue bao. Yi xue Ying De wen ban = Huazhong keji daxue xuebao. Yixue Yingdewen ban (J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci) Vol. 26 Issue 1 Pg. 21-4 ( 2006) ISSN: 1672-0733 [Print] China
PMID16710998 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
  • Cyclin D1
Topics
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Astrocytes (cytology)
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cell Hypoxia
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cyclin D1 (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar

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