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. 2020 Sep 18;382(1):15–45. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03253-2

Table 2.

BDNF release from astrocytes

Site Ref. Species/type of preparation Method Release stimulus Pharmacology/molecular mechanism/time course of BDNF release
Saha et al. 2006 Rat, astrocytic cultures ELISA TNF-alpha
Jean et al. 2008 Rat, basal forebrain astrocytic culture Western blot, ELISA Glutamate (100 μM for 10 min)
ACPD (10 μM for 10 min) Reduced by: U73122 (PLC inhibitor); 2ABP (IP3 inhibitor); BAPTA-AM
Baumbauer et al. 2009 Rat TrkB IgG Tailshock
Hutchinson et al. 2009 Human Astrocytoma cells ELISA Prostaglandin E2 (> 0.1 μM for 24 h) Reduced by: H-89 (PKA inhibitor)
butaprost (10 μM for 24 h-EP2 selective agonist) Reduced by: H-89 (PKA inhibitor)
Forskolin (10 μM for 24 h)
Giralt et al. 2010 Mouse, astrocytic cultures ELISA TNF-alpha
Hou et al. 2011 Mouse, astrocytic cultures ELISA Aβ42 oligomers (30 μM for 48 h)
Gimenez-Cassina et al. 2012 SH-SY5Y neuro-blastoma cell ELISA Inhibition of GSK3 (24 h)
Su et al. 2012 Rat, cortical primary astrocytes ELISA Progesterone (P4) (0.1 nM for 18 h) Reduced after siRNA against progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (Pgrmc-1)
Zhang et al. 2012 Rat, primary astrocytes ELISA Resveratrol (100 μM, 24 h)
Hong et al. 2016 HD mice, primary astrocytic cultures; brain slices ELISA Elevated K+

Reduced BDNF release in htt expressing cultures

Reduced amount of docked BDNF-containing vesicles in htt expressing cultures –> rescued after Rab3a overexpression

Increased BDNF release in Rab3a overexpressing cultures

Reduced association between Rab3-GAP1 and Rab3a by mHtt

Sun et al. 2016 Rat; C6 glioma cells; SH-SY5Y neuro-blastoma cell Western blot Progesterone Increases the ratio of mature to pro-BDNF released from glia ➔ Reduced after siRNA against progesterone receptor membrane component 1 (Pgrmc-1)
Sen et al. 2017 Human primary astrocytes Western blot ApoE3 + cholesterol (4 h) Predominantly release of proBDNF
ApoE2 + cholesterol (4 h) Predominantly release of mBDNF
Basal release Not affected by ApoE4 + cholesterol or cholesterol
Vignoli and Canossa 2017 Cortical astrocytic cultures ELISA Elevated K+
Glutamate
ATP
Datta et al. 2018 Astrocytic culture from forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain ELISA OHDA Reduced by L-NAME (NO synthase inhibitor)
Stahlberg et al. 2018 Astrocytic cultures BDNF-mRFP Neuronal BDNF-mRFP is endocytosed by astrocytes via TrkB-receptor and is sorted to rab7-positive late endosomal compartment and LAMP1-positive lysosomal compartment
Su et al. 2019 Rat, primary culture of Schwann cells ELISA TNF (3 h)

Reduced by 5 BDBD (P2x4R antagonist); TNP-ATP (P2x1-4R antagonist)

Not affected by PPADS (P2x1,2,3,5,7 antagonist)

Release from microglia
Ref. Species/type of preparation Method Release stimulus Pharmacology/molecular mechanism/time course
Nakajima et al. 2002 Rat, primary microglial culture Western blot C8-ceramide (16 h) or LPS (16 h) Reduced by bisindolylmaleimide (PKC inhibitor)
Coull et al. 2005 Rat, primary microglial cultures ELISA ATP (10 μM for 5 h) Reduced by TNP-ATP (P2X receptor inhibitor)
Hutchinson et al. 2009 Human microglial cells; ELISA Prostaglandin E2 (> 0.1 μM for 24 h) Reduced by H-89 (PKA inhibitor)
Butaprost (10 μM for 24 h-EP2 selective agonist) Reduced by H-89 (PKA inhibitor)
Forskolin (24 h)
Trang et al. 2009 Rat, primary microglial culture ELISA ATP (50 μM for 5–300 min)

Reduced by: calcium-free solution; siRNA for P2X4A; TNP-ATP (P2x1-4R blocker); SB203580 (p38MAPK inhibitor)

Not affected by: thapsigargine; transcriptional inhibitor; translational inhibitor

ATP (50 μM for 60 min)

Reduced by: calcium-free solution; siRNA for P2X4A; TNP-ATP (P2x1-4R blocker); SB203580 (P38MAPK inhibitor); transcriptional inhibitor, translational inhibitor

Not affected by: thapsigargine

Gomes et al. 2013 Murine N9 microglial cells ELISA Lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 100 ng/mL for 6 h) Reduced by: SCH58261 (adenosine A2A receptor antagonist); adenosine deaminase; H-89 (PKA antagonist); forskolin; 8-Br-cGMP
CGS21680 (30 nM for 6H-A2AR agonist) Reduced by: SCH58261 (adenosine A2A receptor antagonist); LPS
Forskolin (1 μM) Reduced by: LPS
8 Br-cAMP (5 μM) Reduced by: LPS
Chelerythrine (PKC inhibitor) Not affected by: LPS
Ferrini et al. 2013 Rat, primary microglial culture ELISA Morphine (100 nM every day for 5 days) Reduced by naloxone (opioid receptor antagonist)
Zhou et al. 2019 Cultured spinal cord slice ELISA CSF1 (6 h) Reduced by SB 203580 (p38 MAPK antagonist)
Long et al. 2020 BV2 microglial culture ELISA ATP (120 min) Reduced by: 5 BDBD (P2x4A antagonist); SB203580 (p38 MAPK antagonist)
Zhou et al. 2020 Mouse; primary microglial cultures ELISA IL-4 (12 h) Reduced by HA-TPSO (fusion construct of translocator protein (TPSO); FGIN-1-27 (TPSO agonist)

List of references for astrocytic and microglial release of BDNF (abbreviations: please see table legend of Table 1)

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