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Tumour necrosis factor-α impairs neuronal differentiation but not proliferation of hippocampal neural precursor cells: Role of Hes1 Export

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience (17 October 2009)

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cell_fate cytokine detrimental_effect hes1 hippocampus mitotic neurogenic neuronal_survival precursor_cells receptors tnf tnf_alpha tumour_necrosis_factor

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Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine, which influences neuronal survival and function yet there is limited information available on its effects on hippocampal neural precursor cells (NPCs). We show that TNFα treatment during proliferation had no effect on the percentage of proliferating cells prepared from embryonic rat hippocampal neurosphere cultures, nor did it affect cell fate towards either an astrocytic or neuronal lineage when cells were then allowed to differentiate. However, when cells were differentiated in the presence of TNFα, significantly reduced percentages of newly born and post-mitotic neurons, significantly increased percentages of astrocytes and increased expression of TNFα receptors, TNF-R1 and TNF-R2, as well as expression of the anti-neurogenic Hes1 gene, were observed. These data indicate that exposure of hippocampal NPCs to TNFα when they are undergoing differentiation but not proliferation has a detrimental effect on their neuronal lineage fate, which may be mediated through increased expression of Hes1.


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