1999
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.5.1665
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Ras Family GTPases Control Growth of Astrocyte Processes

Abstract: Astrocytes in neuron-free cultures typically lack processes, although they are highly process-bearing in vivo. We show that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) induces cultured astrocytes to grow processes and that Ras family GTPases mediate these morphological changes. Activated alleles of rac1 and rhoA blocked and reversed bFGF effects when introduced into astrocytes in dissociated culture and in brain slices using recombinant adenoviruses. By contrast, dominant negative (DN) alleles of both GTPases mimick… Show more

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“…Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs, gift of Dr. Kwang Sik Kim, Johns Hopkins University) were cultured essentially as HUVECs. For adenoviral transduction, cells were infected with adenoviral particles carrying various cDNA constructs for 12 h prior to stimulation with S1P as previously described (18,19).…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs, gift of Dr. Kwang Sik Kim, Johns Hopkins University) were cultured essentially as HUVECs. For adenoviral transduction, cells were infected with adenoviral particles carrying various cDNA constructs for 12 h prior to stimulation with S1P as previously described (18,19).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…f , in a parallel experiment, endothelial cells were transduced with 200 moi of adenoviral particles as described in panel d. 500 g of cell extracts were immunoprecipitated with anti-S1P1, followed by immunoblotting with anti-S1P1 (top panel). Alternatively, 50 g of extracts were immunoblotted with anti-Akt or anti-Myc to show the expression of transduced polypeptides (middle and lower panels) (18,19). Left lane, without endothelial extracts.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Adenovirus expressing Myc-tagged Rac1 dominant negative (Rac1-DN) under control of tetracycline repressor elements and a minimal cytomegalovirus promoter (tet-mCMV), and adenovirus constitutively expressing a tetracycline represor-Vp16 fusion protein, which was required to activate expression of the tet-mCMV were generated as described previously (29). HUVECs or BAECs were infected with adenovirus (m.o.i.…”
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“…mRNA, microarray analysis; X, not present in array chip or transcripts below reliable detection threshold; IB, proteins validated by immunoblotting in Fig. 4. RAC1 signaling is important for myelin sheath formation (19) and growth of astrocytic processes (20).…”
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confidence: 99%