Erythropoietin

Erythropoietin examined, effects on primary hippocampal neurons clarified

Published in Proteomics Weekly, May 30th, 2005

According to research published from Italy, erythropoietin protects primary hippocampal neurons increasing the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).

"Erythropoietin, the principal regulator of erythroid progenitor cells, also promotes neuronal survival. Using primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons, we investigated whether erythropoietin could mediate neuroprotection favoring the transcription of BDNF," wrote B. Viviani and colleagues, University of Milan.

"Erythropoietin (2.7 nM) reduced by approximately 50% the neuronal death triggered by the prototypic neurotoxicant trimethyltin (TMT) and time-dependently induced BDNF mRNA....

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Source: Proteomics Weekly (2005-05-30)

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