Aims: A previous study reported that intravitreal injection of αA-crystallin inhibits glial scar formation after optic nerve traumatic injury. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of αA-crystallin on optic nerve astrocytes induced by oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD) in vitro.

Materials And Methods: Optic nerve astrocytes from newborn Long Evans rats were cultured with αA-crystallin (10 g/l) to detect the effects of αA-crystallin on astrocytes. Using a scratch assay, the effect of αA-crystallin treatment on astrocyte migration was assessed. Astrocytes were exposed to OGD and glucose reintroduction/reoxygenation culture for 24 h and 48 h. The expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and neurocan were subsequently evaluated via immunocytochemistry and western blot. BMP2/4, BMPRIa/Ib and Smad1/5/8 mRNA expression levels were detected by RT-PCR.

Key Findings: The results showed that αA-crystallin slowed the migration of astrocytes in filling the scratch gaps. GFAP and neurocan expression in astrocytes was increased after OGD. However, after treatment with αA-crystallin, GFAP and neurocan expression levels clearly decreased. Furthermore, RT-PCR showed that BMP2 and BMP4 mRNA expression levels decreased significantly.

Significance: These results suggest that αA-crystallin inhibits the activation of astrocytes after OGD injury in vitro. Inhibition of the BMP/Smad signaling pathway might be the mechanism underlying this effect.

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