Regulation and role of Acyl-CoA Synthetase 4 in neurosteroidogenic cells

BENZO YANINA; GARCÍA, CORINA ILEANA ; DATTILO, MELINA A.; PRADA, JESICA G.; PAZ, CRISTINA ; HERRERA, LUCÍA M.; COHEN SABBAN, JUAN MANUEL; MALOBERTI, PAULA M.

Mar del Plata

Congreso; LXIV Reunión Anual de la Sociedad de Investigación Clínica (SAIC); 2019

The brain is a neurosteroidogenic organ in which neurons, astrocytes and microglia express enzymes related to neurosteroidogenesis. Acyl-CoA synthetase 4 (ACSL4) enzyme expression in the brain has been described. Although the role of ACSL4 in neurons and in the development of the nervous system has been studied, nothing had been described about its role in neurosteroidogenesis and its regulation in glia cells. Here we show that in primary astrocyte cultures incubated with 1mM 8Br-cAMP for 12 h, ACSL4 mRNA levels are increased compared to untreated cells (p