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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Hansen, Elizabetha | Krautwald, Martinab | Maczurek, Annette E.b | Stuchbury, Granta | Fromm, Phillipa | Steele, Meganb | Schulz, Oliverc | Benavente Garcia, Obduliod | Castillo, Juliand | Körner, Heinricha | Münch, Geraldb; *
Affiliations: [a] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Comparative Genomics Centre, School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia | [b] Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Australia | [c] Eurochem Feinchemie, Gröbenzell, Germany | [d] Furfural Espanol-Nutrafur, Alcantarilla, Spain
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Gerald Münch, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 9852 4718; E-mail: [email protected].
Note: [] Communicated by Ralph Martins
Abstract: In many chronic neurodegenerative diseases including Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), microglial activation is suggested to be involved in pathogenesis or disease progression. Activated microglia secrete a variety of cytokines, including interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, and tumor necrosis factor as well as reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS). ROS and RNS contribute to alterations in neuronal glucose uptake, inhibition of mitochondrial enzymes, a decrease in mitochondrial membrane potential, impaired axonal transport, and synaptic signaling. In addition, ROS act as signaling molecules in pro-inflammatory redox-active signal transduction pathways. To establish a high throughput screening system for anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective compounds, we have constructed an “Enhanced Green Fluorescent protein” (EGFP) expressing neuronal cell line and set up a murine microglia/neuron co-culture system with these EGFP expressing neuronal cells. We show that microglia activation leads to neuronal cell death, which can be conveniently measured by loss of neuronal EGFP fluorescence. Moreover, we used this system to test selected polyphenolic compounds for their ability to downregulate inflammatory markers and to protect neurons against microglial insult. We suggest that this system might allow accelerated drug discovery for the treatment of inflammation-mediated neurodegenerative diseases.
Keywords: Co-culture, inflammation, microglia, neurons, neurotoxicity
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1233
Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 451-464, 2010
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