Thrombin, its main inhibitor (protease nexin-1) and its related receptors (protease-activated receptors, PAR-1,-2, -3, -4) were studied in rat hippocampus following administration of trimethyltin (TMT), a neurotoxin inducing neuronal degeneration and reactive gliosis. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry revealed that while expression of prothrombin and protease nexin-1 did not change significantly in TMT-treated hippocampi, PARs (in particular PAR-1 and to a lesser extent PAR-2 and PAR-3) were upregulated in reactive astrocytes, suggesting their involvement in neurodegeneration and in the consequent response of the nervous tissue.

Pompili, E., Nori, S. L., Geloso, M. C., Guadagni, E., Corvino, V., Michetti, F., Fumagalli, L., Trimethyltin-induced differential expression of par subtypes in reactive astrocytes of the rat hippocampus, <<MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH>>, 2004; (122): 93-98 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/6406]

Trimethyltin-induced differential expression of par subtypes in reactive astrocytes of the rat hippocampus

Nori, Stefania Lucia;Geloso, Maria Concetta;Guadagni, Enrico;Corvino, Valentina;Michetti, Fabrizio;
2004

Abstract

Thrombin, its main inhibitor (protease nexin-1) and its related receptors (protease-activated receptors, PAR-1,-2, -3, -4) were studied in rat hippocampus following administration of trimethyltin (TMT), a neurotoxin inducing neuronal degeneration and reactive gliosis. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry revealed that while expression of prothrombin and protease nexin-1 did not change significantly in TMT-treated hippocampi, PARs (in particular PAR-1 and to a lesser extent PAR-2 and PAR-3) were upregulated in reactive astrocytes, suggesting their involvement in neurodegeneration and in the consequent response of the nervous tissue.
2004
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Pompili, E., Nori, S. L., Geloso, M. C., Guadagni, E., Corvino, V., Michetti, F., Fumagalli, L., Trimethyltin-induced differential expression of par subtypes in reactive astrocytes of the rat hippocampus, <<MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH>>, 2004; (122): 93-98 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/6406]
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