scholarly journals MRI monitoring of focal cerebral ischemia in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-deficient mice

2007 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Pialat ◽  
Tae-Hee Cho ◽  
Olivier Beuf ◽  
Elisabeth Joye ◽  
Samir Moucharaffie ◽  
...  
2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-301
Author(s):  
Jean-Baptiste Pialat ◽  
Tae-Hee Cho ◽  
Olivier Beuf ◽  
Elisabeth Joye ◽  
Samir Moucharaffie ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (7) ◽  
pp. 716-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lichun Pei ◽  
Yanqiao Zhang ◽  
Yina Zhang ◽  
Xiaojie Chu ◽  
Jingyuan Zhang ◽  
...  

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) has been shown to protect against stroke and improve neurological outcome after cerebral ischemia. This study investigated whether activation of cerebral PPARγ improves recovery from focal cerebral ischemia by reducing expression of cyclin D1, which is associated with programmed neuron death. Focal cerebral ischemia was induced by 90 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO), followed by reperfusion. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) infusion of the PPARγ agonist ciglitazone, beginning 5 days before and continuing through 1 day after MCAO, reduced infarct size and cyclin D1 expression in the peri-infarct cortical region. Furthermore, primary cortical neurons treated with ciglitazone showed suppressed expression of cyclin D1 in response to hypoxia–reoxygenation. This protective effect was reversed after cotreatment with the selective PPAR-γ antagonist GW 9662 (2-chloro-5-nitrobenzanilide), clearly demonstrating the involvement of a PPARγ-dependent mechanism. Our data provide evidence that activation of neuronal PPARγ makes a substantial contribution to neuroprotection by preventing cyclin D1 up-regulation in vitro and in vivo.


2006 ◽  
Vol 1093 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kon Chu ◽  
Soon-Tae Lee ◽  
Ja-Seong Koo ◽  
Keun-Hwa Jung ◽  
Eun-Hee Kim ◽  
...  

Endocrinology ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
LeBris S. Quinn ◽  
Barbara G. Anderson ◽  
Jennifer D. Conner ◽  
Tami Wolden-Hanson ◽  
Taylor J. Marcell

Physical exercise induces transient upregulation of the pro-oxidative mediators peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-δ (PPARδ), silent information regulator of transcription (sirtuin)-1 (SIRT1), PPARγ coactivator 1α (PGC-1α), and PGC-1β in skeletal muscle. To determine the role of the cytokine IL-15 in acute postexercise induction of these molecules, expression of these factors after a bout of exhaustive treadmill running was examined in the gastrocnemius muscle of untrained control and IL-15–knockout (KO) mice. Circulating IL-15 levels increased transiently in control mice after exercise. Control mice, but not IL-15–KO mice, upregulated muscle PPARδ and SIRT1 protein after exercise, accompanied by a complex pattern of mRNA expression for these factors. However, in exhaustive exercise, control mice ran significantly longer than IL-15–KO mice. Therefore, in a second experiment, mice were limited to a 20-minute run, after which a similar pattern of induction of muscle PPARδ and SIRT1 protein by control mice only was observed. In a separate experiment, IL-15–KO mice injected systemically with recombinant IL-15 upregulated muscle PPARδ and SIRT1 mRNA within 30 minutes and also exhibited increased muscle PPARδ protein levels by 3 hours. After exercise, both control and IL-15–KO mice downregulated IL-15 receptor-α (IL-15Rα) mRNA, whereas IL-15Rα–deficient mice exhibited constitutively elevated circulating IL-15 levels. These observations indicate IL-15 release after exercise is necessary for induction of PPARδ and SIRT1 at the protein level in muscle tissue and suggest that exercise releases IL-15 normally sequestered by the IL-15Rα in the resting state. These findings could be used to develop an IL-15–based strategy to induce many of the metabolic benefits of physical exercise.


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