Ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra and prefrontal cortex rodent organotypic brain slices as an integrated model to study the cellular changes induced by oxygen/glucose deprivation and reperfusion : effect of neuroprotective agents
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Citazione:
Ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra and prefrontal cortex rodent organotypic brain slices as an integrated model to study the cellular changes induced by oxygen/glucose deprivation and reperfusion : effect of neuroprotective agents / L. Colombo, C. Parravicini, D. Lecca, E. Dossi, C. Heine, M. Cimino, E. Wanke, P. Illes, H. Franke, M.P. Abbracchio. - In: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0197-0186. - 66:1(2014 Jan), pp. 43-54. [10.1016/j.neuint.2014.01.008]
Abstract:
Unveiling the roles of distinct cell types in brain response to insults is a partially unsolved challenge and a key issue for new neuroreparative approaches. In vivo models are not able to dissect the contribution of residential microglia and infiltrating blood-borne monocytes/macrophages, which are fundamentally undistinguishable; conversely, cultured cells lack original tissue anatomical and functional complexity, which profoundly alters reactivity. Here, we tested whether rodent organotypic co-cultures from mesencephalic ventral tegmental area/substantia nigra and prefrontal cortex (VTA/SN-PFC) represent a suitable model to study changes induced by oxygen/glucose deprivation and reperfusion (OGD/R). OGD/R induced cytotoxicity to both VTA/SN and PFC slices, with higher VTA/SN susceptibility. Neurons were highly affected, with astrocytes and oligodendrocytes undergoing very mild damage. Marked reactive astrogliosis was also evident. Notably, OGD/R triggered the activation of CD68-expressing microglia and increased expression of Ym1 and Arg1, two markers of "alternatively" activated beneficial microglia. Treatment with two well-known neuroprotective drugs, the anticonvulsant agent valproic acid and the purinergic P2-antagonist PPADS, prevented neuronal damage. Thus, VTA/SN-PFC cultures are an integrated model to investigate OGD/R-induced effects on distinct cells and easily screen neuroprotective agents. The model is particularly adequate to dissect the microglia phenotypic shift in the lack of a functional vascular compartment.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Inflammation; Microglia; Neuroprotection; Neurotoxicity; Oxygen and glucose deprivation/reperfusion; PPADS
Elenco autori:
L. Colombo, C. Parravicini, D. Lecca, E. Dossi, C. Heine, M. Cimino, E. Wanke, P. Illes, H. Franke, M.P. Abbracchio
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