Pivotal role for neuronal Toll-like receptors in ischemic brain injury and functional deficits. Export

@article{tang07pivotal, abstract = {The innate immune system senses the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and tissue injury through Toll-like receptors (TLR), a mechanism thought to be limited to immune cells. We now report that neurons express several TLRs, and that the levels of TLR2 and -4 are increased in neurons in response to IFN-gamma stimulation and energy deprivation. Neurons from both TLR2 knockout and -4 mutant mice were protected against energy deprivation-induced cell death, which was associated with decreased activation of a proapoptotic signaling cascade involving jun N-terminal kinase and the transcription factor AP-1. TLR2 and -4 expression was increased in cerebral cortical neurons in response to ischemia/reperfusion injury, and the amount of brain damage and neurological deficits caused by a stroke were significantly less in mice deficient in TLR2 or -4 compared with WT control mice. Our findings establish a proapoptotic signaling pathway for TLR2 and -4 in neurons that may render them vulnerable to ischemic death.}, address = {Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.}, author = {Tang, S. C. and Arumugam, T. V. and Xu, X. and Cheng, A. and Mughal, M. R. and Jo, D. G. and Lathia, J. D. and Siler, D. A. and Chigurupati, S. and Ouyang, X. and Magnus, T. and Camandola, S. and Mattson, M. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {1796691}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702553104}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17693552}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17693552}, day = {21}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0702553104}, issn = {0027-8424}, journal = {Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A}, keywords = {mice, tlr}, month = {August}, number = {34}, pages = {13798--13803}, posted-at = {2007-10-20 19:49:24}, priority = {4}, title = {Pivotal role for neuronal Toll-like receptors in ischemic brain injury and functional deficits.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702553104}, volume = {104}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - tang07pivotal L3 - citeulike-article-id:1796691 N2 - The innate immune system senses the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and tissue injury through Toll-like receptors (TLR), a mechanism thought to be limited to immune cells. We now report that neurons express several TLRs, and that the levels of TLR2 and -4 are increased in neurons in response to IFN-gamma stimulation and energy deprivation. Neurons from both TLR2 knockout and -4 mutant mice were protected against energy deprivation-induced cell death, which was associated with decreased activation of a proapoptotic signaling cascade involving jun N-terminal kinase and the transcription factor AP-1. TLR2 and -4 expression was increased in cerebral cortical neurons in response to ischemia/reperfusion injury, and the amount of brain damage and neurological deficits caused by a stroke were significantly less in mice deficient in TLR2 or -4 compared with WT control mice. Our findings establish a proapoptotic signaling pathway for TLR2 and -4 in neurons that may render them vulnerable to ischemic death. IS - 34 JF - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A SN - 0027-8424 AD - Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. EP - 13803 TI - Pivotal role for neuronal Toll-like receptors in ischemic brain injury and functional deficits. VL - 104 SP - 13798 KW - mice KW - tlr AU - Tang, SC AU - Arumugam, TV AU - Xu, X AU - Cheng, A AU - Mughal, MR AU - Jo, DG AU - Lathia, JD AU - Siler, DA AU - Chigurupati, S AU - Ouyang, X AU - Magnus, T AU - Camandola, S AU - Mattson, MP PY - 2007/08/21/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702553104 ER -