TY - JOUR
T1 - Akt activation is involved in P2Y12 receptor-mediated chemotaxis of microglia
AU - Irino, Yasuhiro
AU - Nakamura, Yasuko
AU - Inoue, Kazuhide
AU - Kohsaka, Shinichi
AU - Ohsawa, Keiko
PY - 2008/5/15
Y1 - 2008/5/15
N2 - Microglia play a variety of significant roles in the central nervous system (CNS), and in one of those roles they undergo morphological change in response to neural injury and migrate to the injured region. We previously reported that ATP/ADP promotes microglial chemotaxis via the Gi/o-coupled P2Y12 receptor; however, the intracellular signaling underlying P2Y12-receptor-mediated microglial chemotaxis is not fully understood. In this study, we examined the role of phospholipase C (PLC) and calcium signaling in ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis. A PLC inhibitor, U73122, significantly suppressed the chemotaxis and completely blocked the ADP-evoked intracellular calcium response, and a calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM, inhibited the chemotaxis. These results indicate that ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis is regulated by a PLC-mediated calcium pathway. ADP stimulation induced Akt phosphorylation in microglia, and the phosphorylation was inhibited by a P2Y12 receptor antagonist, AR-C69931MX. The Akt phosphorylation was blocked by U73122 and BAPTA-AM as well as by a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, wortmannin, and inhibition of the Akt activation resulted in failure of chemotaxis. These results indicate that Akt activation is dependent on the PI3K pathway and a PLC-mediated increase in intracellular calcium and suggest that Akt activation is involved in ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis.
AB - Microglia play a variety of significant roles in the central nervous system (CNS), and in one of those roles they undergo morphological change in response to neural injury and migrate to the injured region. We previously reported that ATP/ADP promotes microglial chemotaxis via the Gi/o-coupled P2Y12 receptor; however, the intracellular signaling underlying P2Y12-receptor-mediated microglial chemotaxis is not fully understood. In this study, we examined the role of phospholipase C (PLC) and calcium signaling in ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis. A PLC inhibitor, U73122, significantly suppressed the chemotaxis and completely blocked the ADP-evoked intracellular calcium response, and a calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM, inhibited the chemotaxis. These results indicate that ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis is regulated by a PLC-mediated calcium pathway. ADP stimulation induced Akt phosphorylation in microglia, and the phosphorylation was inhibited by a P2Y12 receptor antagonist, AR-C69931MX. The Akt phosphorylation was blocked by U73122 and BAPTA-AM as well as by a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor, wortmannin, and inhibition of the Akt activation resulted in failure of chemotaxis. These results indicate that Akt activation is dependent on the PI3K pathway and a PLC-mediated increase in intracellular calcium and suggest that Akt activation is involved in ADP-induced microglial chemotaxis.
KW - ADP
KW - Calcium
KW - Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
KW - Phospholipase C
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U2 - 10.1002/jnr.21610
DO - 10.1002/jnr.21610
M3 - Article
C2 - 18183622
AN - SCOPUS:43149123118
SN - 0360-4012
VL - 86
SP - 1511
EP - 1519
JO - Journal of Neuroscience Research
JF - Journal of Neuroscience Research
IS - 7
ER -