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Purine nucleosides in neuroregeneration and neuroprotection. Neuropharmacology 2015; 104:226-42. [PMID: 26577017 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the present review, we stress the importance of the purine nucleosides, adenosine and guanosine, in protecting the nervous system, both centrally and peripherally, via activation of their receptors and intracellular signalling mechanisms. A most novel part of the review focus on the mechanisms of neuronal regeneration that are targeted by nucleosides, including a recently identified action of adenosine on axonal growth and microtubule dynamics. Discussion on the role of the purine nucleosides transversally with the most established neurotrophic factors, e.g. brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), glial derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), is also focused considering the intimate relationship between some adenosine receptors, as is the case of the A2A receptors, and receptors for neurotrophins. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Purines in Neurodegeneration and Neuroregeneration'.
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N-Methyl-d-aspartate Preconditioning Prevents Quinolinic Acid-Induced Deregulation of Glutamate and Calcium Homeostasis in Mice Hippocampus. Neurotox Res 2014; 27:118-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-014-9496-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Tokuhira N, Kitagishi Y, Suzuki M, Minami A, Nakanishi A, Ono Y, Kobayashi K, Matsuda S, Ogura Y. PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway as a target for Crohn's disease therapy (Review). Int J Mol Med 2014; 35:10-6. [PMID: 25352295 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn's disease, is a subject of increasing interest. Loss-of-function mutations in nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2 (NOD2) are strong genetic factors linked to Crohn's disease, which eventually leads to an excessive mucosal inflammatory response directed against components of normal gut microbiota. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in inflammation processes, as well as in transduction of signals from receptors for several cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα). ROS activate nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) via IκB kinase (IKK) through the PI3K/AKT/PTEN pathway. Therefore, this pathway is recognized to play a key role in Crohn's disease. Loss of function has been demonstrated to occur as an early event in a wide variety of diseases. Given this prevalent involvement in a number of diseases, the molecular development that modulates this pathway has been the subject of several studies. In addition, it has been the focus of extensive research and drug discovery activities. A better understanding of the molecular assemblies may reveal novel targets for the therapeutic development against Crohn's disease.
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- Nana Tokuhira
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara 630‑8506, Japan
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LI DAWEI, YAO MIN, DONG YANHUA, TANG MINNA, CHEN WEI, LI GUANGREN, SUN BIQUAN. Guanosine exerts neuroprotective effects by reversing mitochondrial dysfunction in a cellular model of Parkinson’s disease. Int J Mol Med 2014; 34:1358-64. [DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2014.1904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Huang T, Gao D, Jiang X, Hu S, Zhang L, Fei Z. Resveratrol inhibits oxygen-glucose deprivation-induced MMP-3 expression and cell apoptosis in primary cortical cells via the NF-κB pathway. Mol Med Rep 2014; 10:1065-71. [PMID: 24840287 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Resveratrol (Res) or trans-3,4',5-trihydroxystilbene, has been proven to exert neuroprotective effects in cerebral ischemia. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Res has neuroprotective effects in primary cortical neurons subjected to transient oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) via inhibiting the expression of the gene encoding stromelysin-1, also known as matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), and via inhibiting cell apoptosis. Primary cortical cells were exposed to OGD, followed by reoxygenation to induce transient ischemia. Res (50 µM) was added into the culture medium during transient ischemia in the presence or absence of the nuclear factor (NF)-κB inhibitor pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC; 10 µM) or 500 µM of the nitric oxide (NO) donor NOC-18. Cell viability was assessed using the tetrazolium reduction (MTT) assay. Cell apoptosis was evaluated by flow cytometry. MMP-3 expression was analyzed by western blot and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), while the levels of inducible NO synthase (iNOS), NF-κB, caspase-3, cleaved caspase-3, B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2) and Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax) were assayed by western blot. NO was detected using a spectrophotometric method. We found that the cellular viability was significantly reduced by transient OGD and that this effect was reversed by Res treatment. In addition, OGD was shown to induce cell apoptosis, the expression of Bax and the activation of caspase-3, and inhibit the expression of Bcl-2, and these effects were also reversed by Res treatment. Res treatment significantly reduced the level of MMP-3 that was induced by transient OGD, via inhibition of NF-κB expression. In addition, Res inhibited iNOS expression and NO synthesis that were induced by OGD. MMP-3 expression induced by NO was attenuated by Res treatment and was partially restored by exogenous NO using NOC-18. Taken together, these findings indicate that OGD induces apoptosis through canonical apoptosis signaling and by modulating the expression of MMP-3; Res can reverse the OGD-induced MMP-3 expression and cell apoptosis via the NF-κB-iNOS/NO pathway. Therefore, Res may be a promising agent for the treatment of neuronal injury associated with stroke.
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- Tao Huang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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Zeni ALB, Vandresen-Filho S, Dal-Cim T, Martins WC, Bertoldo DB, Maraschin M, Tasca CI. Aloysia gratissima prevents cellular damage induced by glutamatergic excitotoxicity. J Pharm Pharmacol 2014; 66:1294-302. [DOI: 10.1111/jphp.12250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Abstract
Objectives
Aloysia gratissima aqueous extract (AE) was investigated as a putative protective agent against quinolinic acid (QA)-induced seizures in mice and hippocampal cell damage. Additionally, AE and ferulic acid (FA), the major compound of AE, were tested against neurotoxicity evoked by glutamate or its N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) agonist, QA on hippocampal slices, in vitro.
Methods
Mice were treated with AE before QA infusion (36.8 nmol/site) and seizures were analysed. Cellular viability and modulation of excitatory amino acid transport were verified in hippocampal slices. In-vitro AE or FA was tested against neurotoxicity induced by glutamate or QA.
Key findings
AE did not prevent QA-induced seizures; however, it prevented cellular death and disruption of excitatory amino acid transport. In-vitro AE (0.1 or 1.0 mg/ml) or FA (1 or 10 μm), improved cell viability against citotoxicity exerted by glutamate or QA, respectively. Both AE and FA have protective effects depending on activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) signalling pathway.
Conclusions
AE attenuated QA-induced cell damage possibly involving the glutamate transport modulation through NMDAR interaction. FA shows a similar profile of neuroprotection promoted by AE. Therefore, AE treatment might be a useful strategy in preventing brain damage caused by exacerbation of glutamatergic toxicity in nervous system disorders.
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- Ana L B Zeni
- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Department of Natural Sciences, Natural and Exact Sciences Center, Regional University of Blumenau, Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Department of Basic Sciences in Health, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Plant Morphogenesis and Biochemistry Laboratory, Plant Science Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences Center, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Novel osmotin attenuates glutamate-induced synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration via the JNK/PI3K/Akt pathway in postnatal rat brain. Cell Death Dis 2014; 5:e1026. [PMID: 24481440 PMCID: PMC4040667 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2013] [Revised: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The glutamate-induced excitotoxicity pathway has been reported in several neurodegenerative diseases. Molecules that inhibit the release of glutamate or cause the overactivation of glutamate receptors can minimize neuronal cell death in these diseases. Osmotin, a homolog of mammalian adiponectin, is a plant protein from Nicotiana tabacum that was examined for the first time in the present study to determine its protective effects against glutamate-induced synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration in the rat brain at postnatal day 7. The results indicated that glutamate treatment induced excitotoxicity by overactivating glutamate receptors, causing synaptic dysfunction and neuronal apoptosis after 4 h in the cortex and hippocampus of the postnatal brain. In contrast, post-treatment with osmotin significantly reversed glutamate receptor activation, synaptic deficit and neuronal apoptosis by stimulating the JNK/PI3K/Akt intracellular signaling pathway. Moreover, osmotin treatment abrogated glutamate-induced DNA damage and apoptotic cell death and restored the localization and distribution of p53, p-Akt and caspase-3 in the hippocampus of the postnatal brain. Finally, osmotin inhibited glutamate-induced PI3K-dependent ROS production in vitro and reversed the cell viability decrease, cytotoxicity and caspase-3/7 activation induced by glutamate. Taken together, these results suggest that osmotin might be a novel neuroprotective agent in excitotoxic diseases.
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González-López A, López-Alonso I, Aguirre A, Amado-Rodríguez L, Batalla-Solís E, Astudillo A, Tomás-Zapico C, Fueyo A, dos Santos CC, Talbot K, Albaiceta GM. Mechanical ventilation triggers hippocampal apoptosis by vagal and dopaminergic pathways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013; 188:693-702. [PMID: 23962032 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201304-0691oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Critically ill patients frequently develop neuropsychological disturbances including acute delirium or memory impairment. The need for mechanical ventilation is a risk factor for these adverse events, but a mechanism that links lung stretch and brain injury has not been identified. OBJECTIVES To identify the mechanisms that lead to brain dysfunction during mechanical ventilation. METHODS Brains from mechanically ventilated mice were harvested, and signals of apoptosis and alterations in the Akt survival pathway were studied. These measurements were repeated in vagotomized or haloperidol-treated mice, and in animals intracerebroventricularly injected with selective dopamine-receptor blockers. Hippocampal slices were cultured and treated with micromolar concentrations of dopamine, with or without dopamine receptor blockers. Last, levels of dysbindin, a regulator of the membrane availability of dopamine receptors, were assessed in the experimental model and in brain samples from ventilated patients. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Mechanical ventilation triggers hippocampal apoptosis as a result of type 2 dopamine receptor activation in response to vagal signaling. Activation of these receptors blocks the Akt/GSK3β prosurvival pathway and activates the apoptotic cascade, as demonstrated in vivo and in vitro. Vagotomy, systemic haloperidol, or intracerebroventricular raclopride (a type 2 dopamine receptor blocker) ameliorated this effect. Moreover, ventilation induced a concomitant change in the expression of dysbindin-1C. These results were confirmed in brain samples from ventilated patients. CONCLUSIONS These results prove the existence of a pathogenic mechanism of lung stretch-induced hippocampal apoptosis that could explain the neurological changes in ventilated patients and may help to identify novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Adrián González-López
- 1 Departamento de Biología Funcional, Área de Fisiología, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, and
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Matsuda S, Nakanishi A, Wada Y, Kitagishi Y. Roles of PI3K/AKT/PTEN Pathway as a Target for Pharmaceutical Therapy. THE OPEN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY JOURNAL 2013; 7:23-9. [PMID: 24222802 PMCID: PMC3821079 DOI: 10.2174/1874104501307010023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 09/23/2013] [Accepted: 10/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Multiple enzymes participate in the phosphorylation of a group of phosphoinositide lipids. Because of their important role in signal transduction, the dysregulated metabolism of phosphoinositides represents a key step in many disease settings. Loss of their function has been demonstrated to occur as an early event a wide variety of carcinogenesis and has therefore been suggested as a biomarker for the premalignant disease. In addition, genetic alterations at multiple nodes in the pathway have been implicated in several other diseases. Accordingly, given this pervasive involvement in many diseases, the development of molecules that modulates this pathway has been initiated in studies. They have been the focus of extensive research and drug discovery activities. A better understanding of the molecular connections could uncover new targets for drug development.
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- Satoru Matsuda
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Kita-Uoya Nishimachi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Lorrio S, Romero A, González-Lafuente L, Lajarín-Cuesta R, Martínez-Sanz FJ, Estrada M, Samadi A, Marco-Contelles J, Rodríguez-Franco MI, Villarroya M, López MG, de los Ríos C. PP2A ligand ITH12246 protects against memory impairment and focal cerebral ischemia in mice. ACS Chem Neurosci 2013; 4:1267-77. [PMID: 23763493 DOI: 10.1021/cn400050p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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ITH12246 (ethyl 5-amino-2-methyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydrobenzo[b][1,8]naphthyridine-3-carboxylate) is a 1,8-naphthyridine described to feature an interesting neuroprotective profile in in vitro models of Alzheimer's disease. These effects were proposed to be due in part to a regulatory action on protein phosphatase 2A inhibition, as it prevented binding of its inhibitor okadaic acid. We decided to investigate the pharmacological properties of ITH12246, evaluating its ability to counteract the memory impairment evoked by scopolamine, a muscarinic antagonist described to promote memory loss, as well as to reduce the infarct volume in mice suffering phototrombosis. Prior to conducting these experiments, we confirmed its in vitro neuroprotective activity against both oxidative stress and Ca(2+) overload-derived excitotoxicity, using SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and rat hippocampal slices. Using a predictive model of blood-brain barrier crossing, it seems that the passage of ITH12246 is not hindered. Its potential hepatotoxicity was observed only at very high concentrations, from 0.1 mM. ITH12246, at the concentration of 10 mg/kg i.p., was able to improve the memory index of mice treated with scopolamine, from 0.22 to 0.35, in a similar fashion to the well-known Alzheimer's disease drug galantamine 2.5 mg/kg. On the other hand, ITH12246, at the concentration of 2.5 mg/kg, reduced the phototrombosis-triggered infarct volume by 67%. In the same experimental conditions, 15 mg/kg melatonin, used as control standard, reduced the infarct volume by 30%. All of these findings allow us to consider ITH12246 as a new potential drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, which would act as a multifactorial neuroprotectant.
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- Silvia Lorrio
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Toxicología y Farmacología,
Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Puerta del Hierro, s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria,
Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica (IQM, CSIC),
C/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Química Médica (IQOG, CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3,
28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Química Médica (IQOG, CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3,
28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria,
Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria,
Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria,
Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando and Departamento de Farmacología
y Terapéutica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4,
28029 Madrid, Spain
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Gliopreventive effects of guanosine against glucose deprivation in vitro. Purinergic Signal 2013; 9:643-54. [PMID: 23846842 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-013-9377-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Guanosine, a guanine-based purine, is recognized as an extracellular signaling molecule that is released from astrocytes and confers neuroprotective effects in several in vivo and in vitro studies. Astrocytes regulate glucose metabolism, glutamate transport, and defense mechanism against oxidative stress. C6 astroglial cells are widely used as an astrocyte-like cell line to study the astrocytic function and signaling pathways. Our previous studies showed that guanosine modulates the glutamate uptake activity, thus avoiding glutamatergic excitotoxicity and protecting neural cells. The goal of this study was to determine the gliopreventive effects of guanosine against glucose deprivation in vitro in cultured C6 cells. Glucose deprivation induced cytotoxicity, an increase in reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) levels and lipid peroxidation as well as affected the metabolism of glutamate, which may impair important astrocytic functions. Guanosine prevented glucose deprivation-induced toxicity in C6 cells by modulating oxidative and nitrosative stress and glial responses, such as the glutamate uptake, the glutamine synthetase activity, and the glutathione levels. Glucose deprivation decreased the level of EAAC1, the main glutamate transporter present in C6 cells. Guanosine also prevented this effect, most likely through PKC, PI3K, p38 MAPK, and ERK signaling pathways. Taken together, these results show that guanosine may represent an important mechanism for protection of glial cells against glucose deprivation. Additionally, this study contributes to a more thorough understanding of the glial- and redox-related protective properties of guanosine in astroglial cells.
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Dal-Cim T, Ludka FK, Martins WC, Reginato C, Parada E, Egea J, López MG, Tasca CI. Guanosine controls inflammatory pathways to afford neuroprotection of hippocampal slices under oxygen and glucose deprivation conditions. J Neurochem 2013; 126:437-50. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Tharine Dal-Cim
- Departamento de Bioquímica; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Florianópolis SC Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Florianópolis SC Brazil
- Curso de Farmácia; Universidade do Contestado; Canoinhas SC Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Florianópolis SC Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Florianópolis SC Brazil
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica; Facultad de Medicina; Instituto Teófilo Hernando; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica; Facultad de Medicina; Instituto Teófilo Hernando; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica; Facultad de Medicina; Instituto Teófilo Hernando; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica; Centro de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina; Florianópolis SC Brazil
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Vandresen-Filho S, Martins WC, Bertoldo DB, Mancini G, Herculano BA, de Bem AF, Tasca CI. Atorvastatin prevents cell damage via modulation of oxidative stress, glutamate uptake and glutamine synthetase activity in hippocampal slices subjected to oxygen/glucose deprivation. Neurochem Int 2013; 62:948-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 03/03/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Jacques AV, Rieger DK, Maestri M, Lopes MW, Peres TV, Gonçalves FM, Pedro DZ, Tasca CI, López MG, Egea J, Nascimento KS, Cavada BS, Leal RB. Lectin from Canavalia brasiliensis (ConBr) protects hippocampal slices against glutamate neurotoxicity in a manner dependent of PI3K/Akt pathway. Neurochem Int 2013; 62:836-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2012] [Revised: 02/05/2013] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Dal-Cim T, Molz S, Egea J, Parada E, Romero A, Budni J, Martín de Saavedra MD, Barrio LD, Tasca CI, López MG. Guanosine protects human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells against mitochondrial oxidative stress by inducing heme oxigenase-1 via PI3K/Akt/GSK-3β pathway. Neurochem Int 2012; 61:397-404. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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González-Lafuente L, Egea J, León R, Martínez-Sanz FJ, Monjas L, Perez C, Merino C, García-De Diego AM, Rodríguez-Franco MI, García AG, Villarroya M, López MG, de los Ríos C. Benzothiazepine CGP37157 and its isosteric 2'-methyl analogue provide neuroprotection and block cell calcium entry. ACS Chem Neurosci 2012; 3:519-29. [PMID: 22860221 DOI: 10.1021/cn300009e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Benzothiazepine CGP37157 is widely used as tool to explore the role of mitochondria in cell Ca(2+) handling, by its blocking effect of the mitochondria Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger. Recently, CGP37157 has shown to exhibit neuroprotective properties. In the trend to improve its neuroprotection profile, we have synthesized ITH12505, an isosteric analogue having a methyl instead of chlorine at C2' of the phenyl ring. ITH12505 has exerted neuroprotective properties similar to CGP37157 in chromaffin cells and hippocampal slices stressed with veratridine. Also, both compounds afforded neuroprotection in hippocampal slices stressed with glutamate. However, while ITH12505 elicited protection in SH-SY5Y cells stressed with oligomycin A/rotenone, CGP37157 was ineffective. In hippocampal slices subjected to oxygen/glucose deprivation plus reoxygenation, ITH12505 offered protection at 3-30 μM, while CGP37157 only protected at 30 μM. Both compounds caused blockade of Ca(2+) channels in high K(+)-depolarized SH-SY5Y cells. An in vitro experiment for assaying central nervous system penetration (PAMPA-BBB; parallel artificial membrane permeability assay for blood-brain barrier) revealed that both compounds could cross the blood-brain barrier, thus reaching their biological targets in the central nervous system. In conclusion, by causing a mild isosteric replacement in the benzothiazepine CGP37157, we have obtained ITH12505, with improved neuroprotective properties. These findings may inspire the design and synthesis of new benzothiazepines targeting mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger and L-type voltage-dependent Ca(2+) channels, having antioxidant properties.
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- Laura González-Lafuente
- Instituto de Investigación
Sanitaria, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación
Sanitaria, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación
Sanitaria, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica
(IQM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica
(IQM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Química Médica
(IQM), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), C/Juan de la Cierva, 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación
Sanitaria, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Universitario La Paz-IDIPaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación
Sanitaria, Servicio de Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, C/Diego de León,
62, 28006 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Teófilo Hernando
and Departamento de Farmacología y Terapéutica, Facultad
de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, C/Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Guanosine produces an antidepressant-like effect through the modulation of NMDA receptors, nitric oxide-cGMP and PI3K/mTOR pathways. Behav Brain Res 2012; 234:137-48. [PMID: 22743004 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 06/13/2012] [Accepted: 06/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Guanosine is an extracellular signaling molecule implicated in the modulation of glutamatergic transmission and neuroprotection. The present study evaluated the antidepressant-like effect of guanosine in the forced swimming test (FST) and in the tail suspension test (TST) in mice. The contribution of NMDA receptors as well as l-arginine-NO-cGMP and PI3K-mTOR pathways to this effect was also investigated. Guanosine administered orally produced an antidepressant-like effect in the FST (0.5-5 mg/kg) and TST (0.05-0.5 mg/kg). The anti-immobility effect of guanosine in the TST was prevented by the treatment of mice with NMDA (0.1 pmol/site, i.c.v.), d-serine (30 μg/site, i.c.v., a co-agonist of NMDA receptors), l-arginine (750 mg/kg, i.p., a substrate for nitric oxide synthase), sildenafil (5 mg/kg, i.p., a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor), LY294002 (10 μg/site, i.c.v., a reversible PI3K inhibitor), wortmannin (0.1 μg/site, i.c.v., an irreversible PI3K inhibitor) or rapamycin (0.2 nmol/site, i.c.v., a selective mTOR inhibitor). In addition, the administration of ketamine (0.1 mg/kg, i.p., a NMDA receptor antagonist), MK-801 (0.001 mg/kg, i.p., another NMDA receptor antagonist), 7-nitroindazole (50 mg/kg, i.p., a neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) or ODQ (30 pmol/site i.c.v., a soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitor) in combination with a sub-effective dose of guanosine (0.01 mg/kg, p.o.) reduced the immobility time in the TST when compared with either drug alone. None of the treatments affected locomotor activity. Altogether, results firstly indicate that guanosine exerts an antidepressant-like effect that seems to be mediated through an interaction with NMDA receptors, l-arginine-NO-cGMP and PI3K-mTOR pathways.
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Ebrahimi F, Koch M, Pieroh P, Ghadban C, Hobusch C, Bechmann I, Dehghani F. Time dependent neuroprotection of mycophenolate mofetil: effects on temporal dynamics in glial proliferation, apoptosis, and scar formation. J Neuroinflammation 2012; 9:89. [PMID: 22569136 PMCID: PMC3430572 DOI: 10.1186/1742-2094-9-89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Immunosuppressants such as mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) have the capacity to inhibit microglial and astrocytic activation and to reduce the extent of cell death after neuronal injury. This study was designed to determine the effective neuroprotective time frame in which MMF elicits its beneficial effects, by analyzing glial cell proliferation, migration, and apoptosis. Methods Using organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs), temporal dynamics of proliferation and apoptosis after N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-mediated excitotoxicity were analyzed by quantitative morphometry of Ki-67 or cleaved caspase-3 immunoreactive glial cells. Treatment on NMDA-lesioned OHSCs with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)100 μg/mL was started at different time points after injury or performed within specific time frames, and the numbers of propidium iodide (PI)+ degenerating neurons and isolectin (I)B4+ microglial cells were determined. Pre-treatment with guanosine 100 μmol/l was performed to counteract MMF-induced effects. The effects of MMF on reactive astrocytic scar formation were investigated in the scratch-wound model of astrocyte monolayers. Results Excitotoxic lesion induction led to significant increases in glial proliferation rates between 12 and 36 hours after injury and to increased levels of apoptotic cells between 24 and 72 hours after injury. MMF treatment significantly reduced glial proliferation rates without affecting apoptosis. Continuous MMF treatment potently reduced the extent of neuronal cell demise when started within the first 12 hours after injury. A crucial time-frame of significant neuroprotection was identified between 12 and 36 hours after injury. Pre-treatment with the neuroprotective nucleoside guanosine reversed MMF-induced antiproliferative effects on glial cells. In the scratch-wound model, gap closure was reached within 48 hours in controls, and was potently inhibited by MMF. Conclusions Our data indicate that immunosuppression by MMF significantly attenuates the extent of neuronal cell death when administered within a crucial time frame after injury. Moreover, long-lasting immunosuppression, as required after solid-organ transplantation, does not seem to be necessary. Targeting inosine 5-monophosphate dehydrogenase, the rate-limiting enzyme of purine synthesis, is an effective strategy to modulate the temporal dynamics of proliferation and migration of microglia and astrocytes, and thus to reduce the extent of secondary neuronal damage and scar formation.
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- Fahim Ebrahimi
- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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Dalla Corte CL, Bastos LL, Dobrachinski F, Rocha JB, Soares FA. The combination of organoselenium compounds and guanosine prevents glutamate-induced oxidative stress in different regions of rat brains. Brain Res 2012; 1430:101-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.10.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/28/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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