Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) is a potent intestino-trophic/satiety hormone that acts through a G protein-coupled receptor. To determine whether or not GLP-2 has any effect on cellular proliferation on neural cells,we examined the effects of this peptide on cultured astrocytes from rat cerebral cortex. The expression of the GLP-2 receptor gene in both cerebral cortex and astrocytes was determined by RT-PCR and Southern blotting. Also,cells responded toGLP-2,producing cAMP in a dose-dependent manner (EC50¼ nM)
