Abstract：
BACKGROUND:The glutamine synthetase (GS), an astrocyte-specific enzyme, is involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammation which activates the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling. Endocannabinoid 2-arachidonyl glycerol (2-AG) has been described to serve as an endogenous mediator of analgesia and neuroprotection. However, whether 2-AG can directly influence astrocytic GS and MAPK expressions remains unknown. METHODS:In the present study, the effects of 2-AG on astrocytic GS expression, p38 and ERK1/2 expression, cell viability, and apoptosis following LPS exposure were investigated. RESULTS:The results revealed that LPS exposure increased GS expression with p38 activation in the early phase and decreased GS expression with activation of ERK1/2, decrease of cell viability, and increase of apoptosis in the late phase. Inhibition of p38 reversed GS increase in the early phase while inhibition of ERK1/2 reversed GS decrease in the late phase induced by LPS exposure. 2-AG protected astrocytes from increase of apoptosis and decrease of cell viability induced by the late phase of LPS exposure. In the early phase of LPS exposure, 2-AG could suppress the increase of GS expression and activation of p38 signaling. In the late phase of LPS exposure, 2-AG could reverse the decrease of GS expression and activation of ERK1/2 induced by LPS. CONCLUSION:These findings suggest that 2-AG could maintain the GS expression in astrocytes to a relatively stable level through modulating MAPK signaling and protect astrocytes from LPS exposure.
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J Neuroinflammationjournal_title
Journal of neuroinflammationauthors
Wang S,Zhang H,Geng B,Xie Q,Li W,Deng Y,Shi W,Pan Y,Kang X,Wang Jdoi
10.1186/s12974-018-1254-xsubject
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2018-08-03 00:00:00pages
220issue
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1742-2094pii
10.1186/s12974-018-1254-xjournal_volume
15pub_type
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