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Neuronal glycolipids regulate glial cell division negatively during development and following a lesion

M. Nieto-Sampedro, V.C. Muñetón-Gómez [REV NEUROL 2017;64:549-567] PMID: 28608355 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.6412.2016217

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Volumen 64 | Number 12 | Nº of views of the article 8.504 | Nº of PDF downloads 248 | Article publication date 16/06/2017

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ABSTRACT

Glial cells in the central nervous system of adult mammals outnumber neurons 10-fold. Their number remains stationary throughout adulthood, controlled by the concomitant presence of mitogens and mitogen inhibitors. The most abundant inhibitor, neurostatin, is ganglioside GD1b O-acetylated on hydroxyl 9 of its outermost sialic acid. Neurostatin inhibited the proliferation of primary microglia and astroblasts in culture (cytostatic) as well as both rodent and human glioma cells (cytotoxic) at nanomolar concentrations. At those concentrations neurostatin had no effect on non-glial lineage cells or differentiated glia. Neurostatin shows direct antimitotic activity on tumoral cells, interfering with multiple signals regulating cell cycle progression. But it also promotes indirectly total destruction of experimental rat brain glioma, presumably by making it visible to the host immune system and activating CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes. Neurostatin could be a new anti-inflammatory agent, with multiple convergent direct and indirect actions on glioma growth, a pathology without satisfactory clinical treatment. Neurostatin is produced by neurons but its expression is up-regulated by neuron-astrocyte contact. The action of neurostatin could be mediated by a number of receptor proteins, including integrins, Toll-like receptors and siglecs. KeywordsGangliosides Glial cell division Glial scar Neural cells Neurostatin Reactive glial cell Siglecs Toll-like receptors

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