Korean J Physiol Pharmacol.  2006 Oct;10(5):263-271.

Microarray Analysis of Oxygen-Glucose-Deprivation Induced Gene Expression in Cultured Astrocytes

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  • 1Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 700-422, Korea. jaespark@knu.ac.kr

Abstract

Since astrocytes were shown to play a central role in maintaining neuronal viability both under normal conditions and during stress such as ischemia, studies of the astrocytic response to stress are essential to understand many types of brain pathology. The microarray system permitted screening of large numbers of genes in biological or pathological processes. Therefore, the gene expression patterns in the in vitro model of astrocytes following exposure to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) were evaluated by using the microarray analysis. Primary astrocytic cultures were prepared from postnatal Swiss Webster mice. The cells were exposed to OGD for 4 hrs at 37 degrees C prior to cell harvesting. From the cultured cells, we isolated mRNA, synthesized cDNA, converted to biotinylated cRNA and then reacted with GeneChips. The data were normalized and analyzed using dChip and GenMAPP tools. After 4 hrs exposure to OGD, 4 genes were increased more than 2 folds and 51 genes were decreased more than 2 folds compared with the control condition. The data suggest that the OGD has general suppressive effect on the gene expression with the exception of some genes which are related with ischemic cell death directly or indirectly. These genes are mainly involved in apoptotic and protein translation pathways and gap junction component. These results suggest that microarray analysis of gene expression may be useful for screening novel molecular mediators of astrocyte response to ischemic injury and making profound understanding of the cellular mechanisms as a whole. Such a screening technique should provide insights into the molecular basis of brain disorders and help to identify potential targets for therapy.

Keyword

Microarray; Gene expression; Astrocytes; OGD

MeSH Terms

Animals
Astrocytes*
Brain Diseases
Cell Death
Cells, Cultured
DNA, Complementary
Gap Junctions
Gene Expression*
Ischemia
Mass Screening
Mice
Microarray Analysis*
Neurons
Pathologic Processes
Protein Biosynthesis
RNA, Complementary
RNA, Messenger
DNA, Complementary
RNA, Complementary
RNA, Messenger
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