Effects of interleukin-15 on neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells
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- 作者：Yuahn-Sieh Huang ; Shin-Nan Cheng ; Sheau-Huei Chueh ; Yung-Lin Tsai ; Nien-Hsien Liou ; Yaw-Wen Guo ; Mei-Hsiu Liao ; Lie-Hang Shen ; Chia-Chieh Chen ; Jiang-Chuan Liu ; Kuo-Hsing Ma
- 关键词：Interleukin-15 ; Neural cell ; Differentiation ; Neuron ; Oligodendrocyte ; Astrocyte
- 刊名：Brain Research
- 出版年：2009
- 出版时间：4 December 2009
- 年：2009
- 卷：1304
- 期：Complete
- 页码：38-48
- 全文大小：1391 K
文摘
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) signaling has pleiotropic actions in many cell types during development and has been best studied in cells of immune system lineage, where IL-15 stimulates proliferation of cytotoxic T cells and induces maturation of natural killer cells. A few reports have indicated that IL-15 and the IL-15 receptor are expressed in central nervous system tissues and neuronal cell lines. Because this aspect of IL-15 action is poorly studied, we used cultured rat neural stem cells (NSCs) to study IL-15 signal transduction and activity. Primary cultures of rat NSCs in culture will form neurospheres and will differentiate into neuron, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte progenitors under permissive conditions. We found by immunofluorescence that the IL-15Rα subunit of the IL-15 receptor was expressed in NSCs and differentiating neurons, but not astrocyte or oligodendrocyte progenitors. We also showed that IL-15 treatment reduced MAP-2 protein levels in neurons and could reduce neurite outgrowth in differentiating neurons but did not affect NSC proliferation, and cell proportions and viability of the corresponding lineage cells. In the presence of a STAT3 inhibitor, Stattic, IL-15 no longer reduced MAP-2 protein levels. IL-15 treatment caused STAT3 phosphorylation. Furthermore, using anti-IL-15Rα antibody to block IL-15 signaling completely inhibited IL-15-induced phosphorylation of STAT3 and prevented IL-15 from decreasing neurite outgrowth. In conclusion, IL-15 may influence neural cell differentiation through a signal transduction pathway involving IL-15Rα and STAT3. This signal transduction modifies MAP-2 protein levels and, consequently, the differentiation of neurons from NSCs, as evidenced by reduced neurite outgrowth.