Publication: Complement component 3 (C3) expression in the hippocampus after excitotoxic injury: role of C/EBPβ.
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2016-10-21
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Hernandez-Encinas, Elena
Aguilar-Morante, Diana
Morales-Garcia, Jose A
Gine, Elena
Sanz-SanCristobal, Marina
Santos, Angel
Perez-Castillo, Ana
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The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β (C/EBPβ) is a transcription factor implicated in the control of proliferation, differentiation, and inflammatory processes mainly in adipose tissue and liver; although more recent results have revealed an important role for this transcription factor in the brain. Previous studies from our laboratory indicated that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β is implicated in inflammatory process and brain injury, since mice lacking this gene were less susceptible to kainic acid-induced injury. More recently, we have shown that the complement component 3 gene (C3) is a downstream target of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β and it could be a mediator of the proinflammatory effects of this transcription factor in neural cells. Adult male Wistar rats (8-12 weeks old) were used throughout the study. C/EBPβ+/+ and C/EBPβ-/- mice were generated from heterozygous breeding pairs. Animals were injected or not with kainic acid, brains removed, and brain slices containing the hippocampus analyzed for the expression of both CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β and C3. In the present work, we have further extended these studies and show that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β and C3 co-express in the CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus after an excitotoxic injury. Studies using CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β knockout mice demonstrate a marked reduction in C3 expression after kainic acid injection in these animals, suggesting that indeed this protein is regulated by C/EBPβ in the hippocampus in vivo. Altogether these results suggest that CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β could regulate brain disorders, in which excitotoxic and inflammatory processes are involved, at least in part through the direct regulation of C3.
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Animals
CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta
CD11b Antigen
Complement C3
Disease Models, Animal
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
Fluoresceins
Gene Expression Regulation
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Hippocampus
Interleukin-1beta
Kainic Acid
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Nerve Degeneration
Neuroglia
RNA, Messenger
Rats
Rats, Wistar
CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta
CD11b Antigen
Complement C3
Disease Models, Animal
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
Fluoresceins
Gene Expression Regulation
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Hippocampus
Interleukin-1beta
Kainic Acid
Male
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Nerve Degeneration
Neuroglia
RNA, Messenger
Rats
Rats, Wistar
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C/EBPβ, C3, Excitotoxicity, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation