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Chu HY, Gu Q, Jin GZ, Hu GY, Zhen X. Electrophysiological effects of SKF83959 on hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons: potential mechanisms for the drug's neuroprotective effects. PLoS One 2010; 5. [PMID: 20957037 PMCID: PMC2948503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 08/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although the potent anti-parkinsonian action of the atypical D1-like receptor agonist SKF83959 has been attributed to the selective activation of phosphoinositol(PI)-linked D1 receptor, whereas the mechanism underlying its potent neuroprotective effect is not fully understood. In the present study, the actions of SKF83959 on neuronal membrane potential and neuronal excitability were investigated in CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampal slices. SKF83959 (10–100 µM) caused a concentration-dependent depolarization, associated with a reduction of input resistance in CA1 pyramidal neurons. The depolarization was blocked neither by antagonists for D1, D2, 5-HT2A/2C receptors and α1-adrenoceptor, nor by intracellular dialysis of GDP-β-S. However, the specific HCN channel blocker ZD7288 (10 µM) antagonized both the depolarization and reduction of input resistance caused by SKF83959. In voltage-clamp experiments, SKF83959 (10–100 µM) caused a concentration-dependent increase of Ih current in CA1 pyramidal neurons, which was independent of D1 receptor activation. Moreover, SKF83959 (50 µM) caused a 6 mV positive shift in the activation curve of Ih and significantly accelerated the activation of Ih current. In addition, SKF83959 also reduced the neuronal excitability of CA1 pyramidal neurons, which was manifested by the decrease in the number and amplitude of action potentials evoked by depolarizing currents, and by the increase of firing threshold and rhoebase current. The above results suggest that SKF83959 increased Ih current through a D1 receptor-independent mechanism, which led to the depolarization of hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. These findings provide a novel mechanism for the drug's neuroprotective effects, which may contributes to its therapeutic benefits in Parkinson's disease.
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Department of Pharmacology II, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Department of Pharmacology II, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Department of Pharmacology II, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Department of Pharmacology II, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research and Department of Pharmacology II, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Goudarzi I, Kaffashian M, Shabani M, Haghdoost-Yazdi H, Behzadi G, Janahmadi M. In vivo 4-aminopyridine treatment alters the neurotoxin 3-acetylpyridine-induced plastic changes in intrinsic electrophysiological properties of rat cerebellar Purkinje neurones. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 642:56-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.05.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2010] [Accepted: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hernández-Enríquez B, Arellano R, Morán J. Role for ionic fluxes on cell death and apoptotic volume decrease in cultured cerebellar granule neurons. Neuroscience 2010; 167:298-311. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.01.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Vicente MI, Costa PF, Lima PA. Galantamine inhibits slowly inactivating K+ currents with a dual dose–response relationship in differentiated N1E-115 cells and in CA1 neurones. Eur J Pharmacol 2010; 634:16-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 01/26/2010] [Accepted: 02/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Leung YM. Voltage-gated K+ channel modulators as neuroprotective agents. Life Sci 2010; 86:775-80. [PMID: 20385147 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Revised: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A manifestation in neurodegeneration is apoptosis of neurons. Neurons undergoing apoptosis may lose a substantial amount of cytosolic K+ through a number of pathways including K+ efflux via voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels. The consequent drop in cytosolic [K+] relieves inhibition of an array of pro-apoptotic enzymes such as caspases and nucleases. Blocking Kv channels has been known to prevent neuronal apoptosis by preventing K+ efflux. Some neural diseases such as epilepsy are caused by neuronal hyperexcitability, which eventually may lead to neuronal apoptosis. Reduction in activities of A-type Kv channels and Kv7 subfamily members is amongst the etiological causes of neuronal hyperexcitation; enhancing the opening of these channels may offer opportunities of remedy. This review discusses the potential uses of Kv channel modulators as neuroprotective drugs.
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- Yuk-Man Leung
- Graduate Institute of Neural and Cognitive Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC.
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Peña F, Ordaz B, Balleza-Tapia H, Bernal-Pedraza R, Márquez-Ramos A, Carmona-Aparicio L, Giordano M. Beta-amyloid protein (25-35) disrupts hippocampal network activity: role of Fyn-kinase. Hippocampus 2010; 20:78-96. [PMID: 19294646 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Early cognitive deficit characteristic of early Alzheimer's disease seems to be produced by the soluble forms of beta-amyloid protein. Such cognitive deficit correlates with neuronal network dysfunction that is reflected as alterations in the electroencephalogram of both Alzheimer patients and transgenic murine models of such disease. Correspondingly, recent studies have demonstrated that chronic exposure to betaAP affects hippocampal oscillatory properties. However, it is still unclear if such neuronal network dysfunction results from a direct action of betaAP on the hippocampal circuit or it is secondary to the chronic presence of the protein in the brain. Therefore, we aimed to explore the effect of acute exposure to betaAP(25-35) on hippocampal network activity both in vitro and in vivo, as well as on intrinsic and synaptic properties of hippocampal neurons. We found that betaAP(25-35), reversibly, affects spontaneous hippocampal population activity in vitro. Such effect is not produced by the inverse sequence betaAP(35-25) and is reproduced by the full-length peptide betaAP(1-42). Correspondingly betaAP(25-35), but not the inverse sequence betaAP(35-25), reduces theta-like activity recorded from the hippocampus in vivo. The betaAP(25-35)-induced disruption in hippocampal network activity correlates with a reduction in spontaneous neuronal activity and synaptic transmission, as well as with an inhibition in the subthreshold oscillations produced by pyramidal neurons in vitro. Finally, we studied the involvement of Fyn-kinase on the betaAP(25-35)-induced disruption in hippocampal network activity in vitro. Interestingly, we found that such phenomenon is not observed in slices obtained from Fyn-knockout mice. In conclusion, our data suggest that betaAP acutely affects proper hippocampal function through a Fyn-dependent mechanism. We propose that such alteration might be related to the cognitive impairment observed, at least, during the early phases of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Fernando Peña
- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Sede Sur, México, D.F., México.
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Hu D, Liu J, Keblesh J, Xiong H. Involvement of the 4-aminopyridine-sensitive transient A-type K+ current in macrophage-induced neuronal injury. Eur J Neurosci 2010; 31:214-22. [PMID: 20074219 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07063.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Through their capacity to secrete, upon activation, a variety of bioactive molecules, brain macrophages (and resident microglia) play an important role in brain immune and inflammatory responses. To test our hypothesis that activated macrophages induce neuronal injury by enhancing neuronal outward K(+) current, we studied the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human monocyte-derived macrophage (MDM) on neuronal transient A-type K(+) current (I(A)) and resultant neuronal injury in primary rat hippocampal neuronal cultures. Bath application of LPS-stimulated MDM-conditioned media (MCM+) enhanced neuronal I(A) in a concentration-dependent manner. Non-stimulated MCM (MCM-) failed to alter I(A). The enhancement of neuronal I(A) was recapitulated in neurons co-cultured with macrophages. The link of MCM(+)-induced enhancement of I(A) to MCM(+)-associated neuronal injury, as detected by propidium iodide and 4'',6-diamidino-2-phenylindol staining (DAPI) and 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, was demonstrated by experimental results showing that addition of I(A) blocker 4-aminopyridine to the cultures protected hippocampal neurons from MCM(+)-induced neuronal injury. Further investigation revealed that glutamate was involved in MCM(+)-induced enhancement of neuronal I(A). These results suggest that during brain inflammation macrophages (and microglia) might mediate neuronal injury via enhancement of neuronal I(A), and that neuronal K(v) channel might be a potential target for the development of therapeutic strategies for some neurodegenerative disorders by which immune and inflammatory responses are believed to be involved in the pathogenesis.
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- Dehui Hu
- Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5880, USA
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Li XY, Zhang J, Dai JP, Liu XM, Li ZW. Actions of bis(7)-tacrine and tacrine on transient potassium current in rat DRG neurons and potassium current mediated by K(V)4.2 expressed in Xenopus oocyte. Brain Res 2010; 1318:23-32. [PMID: 20043893 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 12/12/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bis(7)-tacrine [bis(7)-tetrahydroaminacrine] is a dimeric AChE inhibitor derived from tacrine with a potential to treat Alzheimer's disease. Actions of bis(7)-tacrine on ligand-gated ion channels and voltage-gated cation channels have been identified on neurons of both central and peripheral nervous systems. In the present study, the effect of bis(7)-tacrine was investigated on the K(V)4.2 encoded potassium currents expressed in Xenopus oocytes and the transient A-type potassium current (I(K(A))) on rat DRG neurons. Bis(7)-tacrine suppressed recombinant Kv4.2 potassium channels in a concentration-dependent manner, with IC(50) value of 0.53+/-0.13 muM. Tacrine also inhibited Kv4.2 channels, but with a much lower potency (IC(50) 74+/-15 muM).The possible mechanisms underlying the inhibition on potassium currents by bis(7)-tacrine/tacrine could be that inactivation of the transient potassium currents was accelerated and recovery of the native or Kv4.2 expressed potassium currents was suppressed by bis(7)-tacrine/tacrine.
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- Xiang-Yuan Li
- Institute for Electronics and Informatics, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, PR China
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Opposite effects of low and high doses of Abeta42 on electrical network and neuronal excitability in the rat prefrontal cortex. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8366. [PMID: 20027222 PMCID: PMC2791225 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2009] [Accepted: 11/24/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Changes in neuronal synchronization have been found in patients and animal models of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Synchronized behaviors within neuronal networks are important to such complex cognitive processes as working memory. The mechanisms behind these changes are not understood but may involve the action of soluble beta-amyloid (Abeta) on electrical networks. In order to determine if Abeta can induce changes in neuronal synchronization, the activities of pyramidal neurons were recorded in rat prefrontal cortical (PFC) slices under calcium-free conditions using multi-neuron patch clamp technique. Electrical network activities and synchronization among neurons were significantly inhibited by low dose Abeta42 (1 nM) and initially by high dose Abeta42 (500 nM). However, prolonged application of high dose Abeta42 resulted in network activation and tonic firing. Underlying these observations, we discovered that prolonged application of low and high doses of Abeta42 induced opposite changes in action potential (AP)-threshold and after-hyperpolarization (AHP) of neurons. Accordingly, low dose Abeta42 significantly increased the AP-threshold and deepened the AHP, making neurons less excitable. In contrast, high dose Abeta42 significantly reduced the AP-threshold and shallowed the AHP, making neurons more excitable. These results support a model that low dose Abeta42 released into the interstitium has a physiologic feedback role to dampen electrical network activity by reducing neuronal excitability. Higher concentrations of Abeta42 over time promote supra-synchronization between individual neurons by increasing their excitability. The latter may disrupt frontal-based cognitive processing and in some cases lead to epileptiform discharges.
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Hu D, Liu J, Xiong H. Enhancement of neuronal outward delayed rectifier K+ current by human monocyte-derived macrophages. Glia 2009; 57:1492-500. [PMID: 19306367 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Macrophages are critical cells in mediating the pathology of neurodegenerative disorders and enhancement of neuronal outward potassium (K(+)) current has implicated in neuronal apoptosis. To understand how activated macrophages induce neuronal dysfunction and injury, we studied the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated human monocytes-derived macrophage (MDM) on neuronal outward delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(K)) and resultant change on neuronal viability in primary rat hippocampal neuronal culture. Bath application of LPS-stimulated MDM-conditioned media (MCM) enhanced neuronal I(K) in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas non-stimulated MCM failed to alter neuronal I(K). The enhancement of neuronal I(K) was repeated in a macrophage-neuronal co-culture system. The link of stimulated MCM (MCM(+))-associated enhancement of I(K) to MCM(+)-induced neuronal injury, as detected by PI/DAPI (propidium iodide/4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindol) staining and MTT assay, was demonstrated by experimental results showing that addition of I(K) blocker tetraethylammonium to the culture protected hippocampal neurons from MCM(+)-associated challenge. Further investigation revealed elevated levels of K(v) 1.3 and K(v) 1.5 channel expression in hippocampal neurons after addition of MCM(+) to the culture. These results suggest that during brain inflammation macrophages, through their capacity of releasing bioactive molecules, induce neuronal injury by enhancing neuronal I(K) and that modulation of K(v) channels is a new approach to neuroprotection.
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- Dehui Hu
- Neurophysiology Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5880, USA
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Pieri M, Amadoro G, Carunchio I, Ciotti MT, Quaresima S, Florenzano F, Calissano P, Possenti R, Zona C, Severini C. SP protects cerebellar granule cells against beta-amyloid-induced apoptosis by down-regulation and reduced activity of Kv4 potassium channels. Neuropharmacology 2009; 58:268-76. [PMID: 19576909 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The tachykinin endecapeptide substance P (SP) has been demonstrated to exert a functional role in neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Aim of the present study was to evaluate the SP neuroprotective potential against apoptosis induced by the neurotoxic beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells (CGCs). We found that SP protects CGCs against both A beta(25-35)- and A beta(1-42)-induced apoptotic CGCs death as revealed by live/dead cell assay, Hoechst staining and caspase(s)-induced PARP-1 cleavage, through an Akt-dependent mechanism. Since in CGCs the fast inactivating or A-type K(+) current (I(KA)) was potentiated by A beta treatment through up-regulation of Kv4 subunits, we investigated whether I(KA) and the related potassium channel subunits could be involved in the SP anti-apoptotic activity. Patch-clamp experiments showed that the A beta-induced increase of I(KA) current amplitude was reversed by SP treatment. In addition, as revealed by Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence studies, SP prevented the up-regulation of Kv4.2 and Kv4.3 channel subunits expression. These results indicate that SP plays a role in the regulation of voltage-gated potassium channels in A beta-mediated neuronal death and may represent a new approach in the understanding and treatment of AD.
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- M Pieri
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier, 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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Arylbenzazepines are potent modulators for the delayed rectifier K+ channel: a potential mechanism for their neuroprotective effects. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5811. [PMID: 19503734 PMCID: PMC2690691 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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(+/-) SKF83959, like many other arylbenzazepines, elicits powerful neuroprotection in vitro and in vivo. The neuroprotective action of the compound was found to partially depend on its D(1)-like dopamine receptor agonistic activity. The precise mechanism for the (+/-) SKF83959-mediated neuroprotection remains elusive. We report here that (+/-) SKF83959 is a potent blocker for delayed rectifier K(+) channel. (+/-) SKF83959 inhibited the delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(K)) dose-dependently in rat hippocampal neurons. The IC(50) value for inhibition of I(K) was 41.9+/-2.3 microM (Hill coefficient = 1.81+/-0.13, n = 6), whereas that for inhibition of I(A) was 307.9+/-38.5 microM (Hill coefficient = 1.37+/-0.08, n = 6). Thus, (+/-) SKF83959 is 7.3-fold more potent in suppressing I(K) than I(A). Moreover, the inhibition of I(K) by (+/-) SKF83959 was voltage-dependent and not related to dopamine receptors. The rapidly onset of inhibition and recovery suggests that the inhibition resulted from a direct interaction of (+/-) SKF83959 with the K(+) channel. The intracellular application of (+/-) SKF83959 had no effects of on I(K), indicating that the compound most likely acts at the outer mouth of the pore of K(+) channel. We also tested the enantiomers of (+/-) SKF83959, R-(+) SKF83959 (MCL-201), and S-(-) SKF83959 (MCL-202), as well as SKF38393; all these compounds inhibited I(K). However, (+/-) SKF83959, at either 0.1 or 1 mM, exhibited the strongest inhibition on the currents among all tested drug. The present findings not only revealed a new potent blocker of I(K) , but also provided a novel mechanism for the neuroprotective action of arylbenzazepines such as (+/-) SKF83959.
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Sphingomyelinase dependent apoptosis following treatment of pancreatic beta-cells with amyloid peptides Aß1-42 or IAPP. Apoptosis 2009; 14:878-89. [DOI: 10.1007/s10495-009-0364-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Hernández-Pinto AM, Puebla-Jiménez L, Arilla-Ferreiro E. alpha-Tocopherol decreases the somatostatin receptor-effector system and increases the cyclic AMP/cyclic AMP response element binding protein pathway in the rat dentate gyrus. Neuroscience 2009; 162:106-17. [PMID: 19393293 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/19/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Neuronal survival has been shown to be enhanced by alpha-tocopherol and modulated by cyclic AMP (cAMP). Somatostatin (SST) receptors couple negatively to adenylyl cyclase (AC), thus leading to decreased cAMP levels. Whether alpha-tocopherol can stimulate neuronal survival via regulation of the somatostatinergic system, however, is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of alpha-tocopherol on the SST signaling pathway in the rat dentate gyrus. To that end, 15-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated daily for 1 week with (+)-alpha-tocopherol or vehicle and sacrificed on the day following the last administration. No changes in either SST-like immunoreactivity (SST-LI) content or SST mRNA levels were detected in the dentate gyrus as a result of alpha-tocopherol treatment. A significant decrease in the density of the SST binding sites and an increase in the dissociation constant, however, were detected. The lower SST receptor density in the alpha-tocopherol-treated rats correlated with a significant decrease in the protein levels of the SST receptor subtypes SSTR1-SSTR4, whereas the corresponding mRNA levels were unaltered. G-protein-coupled-receptor kinase 2 expression was decreased by alpha-tocopherol treatment. This vitamin induced a significant increase in both basal and forskolin-stimulated AC activity, as well as a decrease in the inhibitory effect of SST on AC. Whereas the protein levels of AC type V/VI were not modified by alpha-tocopherol administration, ACVIII expression was significantly enhanced, suggesting it might account for the increase in AC activity. In addition, this treatment led to a reduction in Gialpha1-3 protein levels and in Gi functionality. alpha-Tocopherol did not affect the expression of the regulator of G-protein signaling 6/7 (RGS6/7). Finally, alpha-tocopherol induced an increase in the levels of phosphorylated cAMP response element binding protein (p-CREB) and total CREB in the dentate gyrus. Since CREB synthesis and phosphorylation promote the survival of many cells, including neurons, whereas SST inhibits the cAMP-PKA pathway, which is known to be involved in CREB phosphorylation, the alpha-tocopherol-induced reduction of SSTR observed here might possibly contribute, via increased cAMP levels and CREB activity, to the mechanism by which this vitamin promotes the survival of newborn neurons in the dentate gyrus.
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- A M Hernández-Pinto
- Grupo de Neurobioquímica, Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, Crta. Madrid-Barcelona Km. 33.6, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, E-28871 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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Salminen A, Ojala J, Kauppinen A, Kaarniranta K, Suuronen T. Inflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Amyloid-β oligomers trigger innate immunity defence via pattern recognition receptors. Prog Neurobiol 2009; 87:181-94. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Du H, Li M, Yang P. An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, 3-benzidino-5-methyl-6-phenylpyridazine, blocking outward potassium currents in acutely isolated rat hippocampal pyramidal neurons. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0569-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The Binding of Donepezil with External Mouth of K+-Channels of Molluscan Neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2008; 29:219-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-008-9314-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Salminen A, Ojala J, Suuronen T, Kaarniranta K, Kauppinen A. Amyloid-beta oligomers set fire to inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology. J Cell Mol Med 2008; 12:2255-62. [PMID: 18793350 PMCID: PMC4514104 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00496.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Genetic and molecular studies have confirmed the central role of amyloid-β production and fibrillation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the pathological pathways from amyloid-β peptide oligomerization to the major pathological hallmarks of AD, such as neurofibrillary tangles, inflammation and loss of cholinergic neurons, are largely unknown. The innate immunity defence system utilizes pattern recognition receptors to respond to a variety of danger- and pathogen-associated molecular structures. Amyloid-β oligomers and fibrils and their cellular effects can activate the innate immunity defence and induce inflammatory and apoptotic responses in human brain. Amyloid-β oligomers can interfere with many aspects of neuronal membrane functions and can evoke potassium (K+) efflux from neurons. A low K+ concentration is a potent activator for the NALP1 inflammasomes, which then stimulate caspase-1 to cleave the proforms of IL-1β and IL-18 cytokines. Interestingly, recent observations have demonstrated that amyloid-β fibrils can activate NALP3 inflammasomes Via the lysosomal damage in mouse microglia. We will review here the activation mechanisms of NALP inflammasomes in neurons and microglia and several downstream effects in brain demonstrating that toxic amyloid-β oligomers and fibrils can light afire in inflammasomes and induce Alzheimer's pathology.
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- Antero Salminen
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Kuopio, and Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.
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The Alzheimer's disease related peptide amyloid beta (Abeta) might have a physiological role in upregulating K channel currents in neurones. Earlier studies used the human form of Abeta1-40 on rat neurones. We sought to confirm our hypothesis by use of rat Abeta, which has no Alzheimer's association. In rat cerebellar granule neurones and HEK293 cells expressing Kv4.2 subunits, whole-cell patch clamp of K currents revealed that preincubation of cells with recombinant human or rat Abeta1-40 (10 nM for 24 h) significantly increased K channel current density. This was accompanied by increased mRNA levels for Kv4.2. These data indicate that rodent and human Abeta are effective in modulating K currents. The effectiveness of nonaggregating rat Abeta also strongly supports a physiological role for the peptide.
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Song MK, Liu H, Jiang HL, Yue JM, Hu GY, Chen HZ. Discovery of talatisamine as a novel specific blocker for the delayed rectifier K+ channels in rat hippocampal neurons. Neuroscience 2008; 155:469-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 05/27/2008] [Accepted: 06/04/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ye H, Jalini S, Mylvaganam S, Carlen P. Activation of large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) channels depresses basal synaptic transmission in the hippocampal CA1 area in APP (swe/ind) TgCRND8 mice. Neurobiol Aging 2008; 31:591-604. [PMID: 18547679 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Revised: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Large-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (BK) channels regulate synaptic transmission by contributing to the repolarization phase of the action potential that invades the presynaptic terminal. BK channels are prone to activation under pathological conditions, such as brain ischemia and epilepsy. It is unclear if activation of these channels contributes to the depression of synaptic transmission observed in the early stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In this study, we recorded the field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) in the hippocampus CA1 region of brain slices from 6 to 9 weeks (pre-plaque) TgCRND8 mice, a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that harbors a double amyloid precursor mutation (KM670N/671L "Swedish" and V717F "Indiana"). Compared to age-matched controls, the fEPSPs in these animals are significantly depressed. This depression is largely mediated by the activation of presynaptic BK channels in the CA1 area. Both BK channel blockers (charybdotoxin and paxilline), and the fast binding calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM, enhance the fEPSP by deactivating the BK channels. Repetitive stimulation to the afferent pathway enhances fEPSP. This enhancement is more prominent when BK channel blockers are added in Tg slices, suggesting that repetitive stimulation further promotes BK channel activation in Tg slices. The potential candidates that mediate the activation of BK channels in these pre-plaque Alzheimer's disease model mice might involve impaired calcium homeostasis and AD related over-generation of reactive oxygen species.
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- Hui Ye
- Toronto Western Research Institute, University Health Network, Canada.
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Jessica Chen M, Sepramaniam S, Armugam A, Shyan Choy M, Manikandan J, Melendez AJ, Jeyaseelan K, Sang Cheung N. Water and ion channels: crucial in the initiation and progression of apoptosis in central nervous system? Curr Neuropharmacol 2008; 6:102-16. [PMID: 19305791 PMCID: PMC2647147 DOI: 10.2174/157015908784533879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2007] [Revised: 09/09/2007] [Accepted: 10/01/2007] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Programmed cell death (PCD), is a highly regulated and sophisticated cellular mechanism that commits cell to isolated death fate. PCD has been implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. Countless molecular events underlie this phenomenon, with each playing a crucial role in death commitment. A precedent event, apoptotic volume decrease (AVD), is ubiquitously observed in various forms of PCD induced by different cellular insults. Under physiological conditions, cells when subjected to osmotic fluctuations will undergo regulatory volume increase/decrease (RVI/RVD) to achieve homeostatic balance with neurons in the brain being additionally protected by the blood-brain-barrier. However, during AVD following apoptotic trigger, cell undergoes anistonic shrinkage that involves the loss of water and ions, particularly monovalent ions e.g. K(+), Na(+) and Cl(-). It is worthwhile to concentrate on the molecular implications underlying the loss of these cellular components which posed to be significant and crucial in the successful propagation of the apoptotic signals. Microarray and real-time PCR analyses demonstrated several ion and water channel genes are regulated upon the onset of lactacystin (a proteosomal inhibitor)-mediated apoptosis. A time course study revealed that gene expressions of water and ion channels are being modulated just prior to apoptosis, some of which are aquaporin 4 and 9, potassium channels and chloride channels. In this review, we shall looked into the molecular protein machineries involved in the execution of AVD in the central nervous system (CNS), and focus on the significance of movements of each cellular component in affecting PCD commitment, thus provide some pharmacological advantages in the global apoptotic cell death.
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- Minghui Jessica Chen
- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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- Departments of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117597, Singapore
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Gao ZB, Chen XQ, Jiang HL, Liu H, Hu GY. Electrophysiological characterization of a novel Kv channel blocker N,N'-[oxybis(2,1-ethanediyloxy-2,1-ethanediyl) ]bis(4-methyl)-benzenesulfonamide found in virtual screening. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2008; 29:405-12. [PMID: 18358085 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2008.00777.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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AIM N,No-[oxybis(2,1-ethanediyloxy-2,1-ethanediyl)]bis(4-methyl)- benzenesulfonamide (OMBSA) is a hit compound with potent voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channel-blocking activities that was found while searching the MDL Available Chemicals Directory with a virtual screening approach. In the present study, the blocking actions of OMBSA on Kv channels and relevant mechanisms were characterized. METHODS Whole-cell voltage-clamp recording was made in acutely dissociated hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons of newborn rats. RESULTS Superfusion of OMBSA reversibly inhibited both the delayed rectifier (I(K)) and fast transient K+ currents (I(A)) with IC50 values of 2.1+/-1.1 micromol/L and 27.8+/-1.5 micromol/L, respectively. The inhibition was voltage independent. OMBSA markedly accelerated the decay time course of IK, without a significant effect on that of I(A). OMBSA did not change the activation, steady-state inactivation of IK, and its recovery from inactivation, but the compound caused a significant hyperpolarizing shift of the voltage dependence of the steady-state inactivation of I(A) and slowed down its recovery from inactivation. Intracellular dialysis of OMBSA had no effect on both I(K) and I(A). CONCLUSION The results demonstrate that OMBSA blocks both I(K) and I(A) through binding to the outer mouth of the channel pore, as predicted by the molecular docking model used in the virtual screening. In addition, the compound differentially moderates the inactivation kinetics of the K+ channels through allosteric mechanisms.
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- Zhao-bing Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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Potassium channels in hippocampal neurones are absent in a transgenic but not in a chemical model of Alzheimer's disease. Brain Res 2008; 1190:1-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2007] [Revised: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Zhang HY, Yan H, Tang XC. Non-cholinergic Effects of Huperzine A: Beyond Inhibition of Acetylcholinesterase. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2007; 28:173-83. [PMID: 17657601 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-007-9163-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 06/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors to decrease the breakdown of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine has been the main symptomatic therapy for mild to moderate Alzheimer's patients, though the etiology of Alzheimer's disease remains unclear and seems to involve multiple factors. Further evidence has indicated that some of these acetylcholinesterase inhibitors also have non-cholinergic functions on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease including the formation and deposition of beta-amyloid. Huperzine A, a potent and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase that was initially isolated from a Chinese herb, has been found to improve cognitive deficits in a broad range of animal models and has been used for Alzheimer's disease treatment in China. The novel neuroprotective effects of huperzine A might yield beneficial effects in Alzheimer's disease therapy and provide a potential template for the design of new selective and powerful anti-Alzheimer's drugs. The present paper gives an overview on the neuroprotective effects of huperzine A beyond its acetylcholinesterase inhibition. These effects include regulating beta-amyloid precursor protein metabolism, protecting against beta-amyloid-mediated oxidative stress and apoptosis. The structure-function relationship of huperzine A is also discussed.
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- Hai Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Rd, Shanghai, 201203, China
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Solntseva EI, Bukanova YV, Skrebitskii VG. Interaction of acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil with ionic channels of the neuronal membrane. Bull Exp Biol Med 2007; 142:387-90. [PMID: 17415417 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-006-0372-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The effects of donepezil on voltage-dependent Ca(2+)- and low-threshold K(+)-current were studied on isolated molluscan neurons using two-electrode voltage clamp technique. Donepezil reduced the amplitude of voltage-dependent Ca(2+)-current (IC(50)=7.9 microM) and shifted the current-voltage relationships toward hyperpolarization. Donepezil in low concentration (5 microM) increased, while in higher concentrations (>or=10 microM) decreased the low-threshold K(+)-current.
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- E I Solntseva
- Institute of Brain Research, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
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Pannaccione A, Boscia F, Scorziello A, Adornetto A, Castaldo P, Sirabella R, Taglialatela M, Di Renzo GF, Annunziato L. Up-regulation and increased activity of KV3.4 channels and their accessory subunit MinK-related peptide 2 induced by amyloid peptide are involved in apoptotic neuronal death. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 72:665-73. [PMID: 17495071 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.034868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether K(V)3.4 channel subunits are involved in neuronal death induced by neurotoxic beta-amyloid peptides (Abeta). In particular, to test this hypothesis, three main questions were addressed: 1) whether the Abeta peptide can up-regulate both the transcription/translation and activity of K(V)3.4 channel subunit and its accessory subunit, MinK-related peptide 2 (MIRP2); 2) whether the increase in K(V)3.4 expression and activity can be mediated by the nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) family of transcriptional factors; and 3) whether the specific inhibition of K(V)3.4 channel subunit reverts the Abeta peptide-induced neurodegeneration in hippocampal neurons and nerve growth factor (NGF)-differentiated PC-12 cells. We found that Abeta(1-42) treatment induced an increase in K(V)3.4 and MIRP2 transcripts and proteins, detected by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis, respectively, in NGF-differentiated PC-12 cells and hippocampal neurons. Patch-clamp experiments performed in whole-cell configuration revealed that the Abeta peptide caused an increase in I(A) current amplitude carried by K(V)3.4 channel subunits, as revealed by their specific blockade with blood depressing substance-I (BDS-I) in both hippocampal neurons and NGF-differentiated PC-12 cells. The inhibition of NF-kappaB nuclear translocation with the cell membrane-permeable peptide SN-50 prevented the increase in K(V)3.4 protein and transcript expression. In addition, the SN-50 peptide was able to block Abeta(1-42)-induced increase in K(V)3.4 K(+) currents and to prevent cell death caused by Abeta(1-42) exposure. Finally, BDS-I produced a similar neuroprotective effect by inhibiting the increase in K(V)3.4 expression. As a whole, our data indicate that K(V)3.4 channels could be a novel target for Alzheimer's disease pharmacological therapy.
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- A Pannaccione
- Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Yu Y, Chen XQ, Cui YY, Hu GY. Calcineurin-independent inhibition of the delayed rectifier K+ current by the immunosuppressant FK506 in rat hippocampal neurons. Brain Res 2007; 1148:62-8. [PMID: 17355875 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2006] [Revised: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The immunosuppressant drug FK506 was found to be a potent neuroprotective agent in animal models of brain ischemia. However, the mechanisms underlying the action remain to be elucidated. The delayed rectifier K(+) channel has been implicated in ischemic injury and neuronal death in the brain. The aim of the present study is to investigate whether the neuroprotective action of FK506 results from blocking the K(+) channel. In acutely dissociated CA1 pyramidal neurons of rat hippocampus, superfusion of FK506 (0.01-100 microM) selectively inhibited the delayed rectifier K(+) current (I(K)) with an IC(50) value of 13.2+/-4.9 microM. The inhibition of I(K) by FK506 (10 microM) had a rapid onset, and then gradually reached a steady-state level. The inhibition was voltage-dependent, became more potent when the currents were elicited by strong depolarization. Moreover, FK506 (10 microM) caused marked negative shifts of the steady-state activation and inactivation curves of I(K), and accelerated its recovery from inactivation. Intracellular dialysis of FK506 (30 microM) was ineffective. The inhibition of I(K) by FK506 (10 microM) persisted under the low-Ca(2+) conditions that blocked the basal activity of protein phosphatase 2B (calcineurin). Rapamycin did not antagonize FK506 but mimicked it. Cyclosporin A inhibited I(K) only at 30 and 100 microM. Taken together, the results suggest that FK506 exert a direct inhibition on the delayed rectifier K(+) channel without involvement of calcineurin.
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- Yong Yu
- Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, PR China
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Schneider EM, Vorlaender K, Ma X, Du W, Weiss M. Role of ATP in trauma-associated cytokine release and apoptosis by P2X7 ion channel stimulation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2007; 1090:245-52. [PMID: 17384268 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1378.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Trauma causes immediate cytokine release and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), often preceding sepsis and septic shock. Mechanisms may involve P2X7 ion channel activation via adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) released from surrounding tissue and platelets. A number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) influence the nature and magnitude of P2X7-stimulated cytokine release and apoptosis. In whole blood and isolated mononuclear blood cells (PBMCs) of donors with wild-type and heterozygous mutated genotypes, we found downregulated IL-8 and caspase-3 activation but no reproducible effect on tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and IL-1beta release. IL-8 and caspase-3 activation were both influenced by paxilline, an inhibitor of calcium-activated potassium channels. Confocal laser scanning microscopy demonstrated that calcium signaling is affected by paxilline as well. We propose that blockade of potassium channels may be relevant to attenuate ATP-induced cytokine responses and apoptosis. The presence of functional SNPs in heterozygous genotypes appears to play a role.
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- E Marion Schneider
- Sektion Experimentelle Anaesthesiologie, Department of Clinical Anesthesiology, Universitaetsklinikum Ulm, Steinhoevelstrasse 9, 89075 Ulm, Germany.
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Bortner CD, Cidlowski JA. Cell shrinkage and monovalent cation fluxes: role in apoptosis. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007; 462:176-88. [PMID: 17321483 PMCID: PMC1941616 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2007.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 01/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The loss of cell volume or cell shrinkage has been a morphological hallmark of the programmed cell death process known as apoptosis. This isotonic loss of cell volume has recently been term apoptotic volume decrease or AVD to distinguish it from inherent volume regulatory responses that occurs in cells under anisotonic conditions. Recent studies examining the intracellular signaling pathways that result in this unique cellular characteristic have determined that a fundamental movement of ions, particularly monovalent ions, underlie the AVD process and plays an important role on controlling the cell death process. An efflux of intracellular potassium was shown to be a critical aspect of the AVD process, as preventing this ion loss could protect cells from apoptosis. However, potassium plays a complex role as a loss of intracellular potassium has also been shown to be beneficial to the health of the cell. Additionally, the mechanisms that a cell employs to achieve this loss of intracellular potassium vary depending on the cell type and stimulus used to induce apoptosis, suggesting multiple ways exist to accomplish the same goal of AVD. Additionally, sodium and chloride have been shown to play a vital role during cell death in both the signaling and control of AVD in various apoptotic model systems. This review examines the relationship between this morphological change and intracellular monovalent ions during apoptosis.
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- Carl D Bortner
- The Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Yu HB, Li ZB, Zhang HX, Wang XL. Role of potassium channels in Abeta(1-40)-activated apoptotic pathway in cultured cortical neurons. J Neurosci Res 2007; 84:1475-84. [PMID: 17022037 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Potassium channel dysfunction has been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In the present study, by using potassium channel blocker tetraethylammonium (TEA), we investigated the relationship between the enhancement of potassium currents and the alteration of apoptotic cascade in the neuronal apoptotic model induced by beta-amyloid peptide 1-40(Abeta(1-40)). Cortical neurons exposed to Abeta(1-40) 5 muM developed a specific increase in the delayed rectifier potassium current (I(K)), but not the transient outward potassium currents (I(A)), before the appearance of neuronal apoptosis. Abeta(1-40) induced various apoptotic features such as chromatin condensation, a decrease in the amount of Bcl-2 protein, an increase in the amount of Bax protein, cytochrome c release from mitochondria, and caspase-3 activation. Potassium channel blocker 5 mM TEA attenuated Abeta(1-40)-induced neuronal death and prevented the alterations of all above mentioned apoptotic indicators. The study indicates that I(K) enhancement might play an important role in certain form of programmed cell death induced by beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta). Increased potassium channel activity might trigger the activation of apoptosis cascade in Abeta(1-40)-treated rat cortical neurons.
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- Hai-Bo Yu
- Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Solntseva EI, Bukanova JV, Marchenko E, Skrebitsky VG. Donepezil is a strong antagonist of voltage-gated calcium and potassium channels in molluscan neurons. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2007; 144:319-26. [PMID: 17126610 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2006] [Revised: 10/04/2006] [Accepted: 10/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Donepezil is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in Alzheimer's disease therapy. The neuroprotective effect of donepezil has been demonstrated in a number of different models of neurodegeneration including beta-amyloid toxicity. Since the mechanisms of neurodegeneration involve the activation of both Ca(2+)- and K(+)-channels, the study of donepezil action on voltage-gated ionic currents looked advisable. In the present study, the action of donepezil on voltage-gated Ca(2+)- and K(+)-channels was investigated on isolated neurons of the edible snail (Helix pomatia) using the two-microelectrodes voltage-clamp technique. Donepezil rapidly and reversibly inhibited voltage activated Ca(2+)-current (I(Ca)) (IC(50)=7.9 microM) and three types of high threshold K(+)-current: Ca(2+)-dependent K(+)-current (I(C)) (IC(50)=6.4 microM), delayed rectifier K(+)-current (I(DR)) (IC(50)=8.0 microM) and fast transient K(+)-current (I(Adepol)) (IC(50)=9.1 microM). The drug caused a dual effect on low-threshold fast transient K(+)-current (I(A)), potentiating it at low (5 microM) concentration, but inhibiting at higher (7 microM and above) concentration. Donepezil also caused a significant hyperpolarizing shift of the voltage-current relationship of I(Ca) (but not of any type of K(+)-current). Results suggest the possible contribution of the blocking effect of donepezil on the voltage-gated Ca(2+)- and K(+)-channels to the neuroprotective effect of the drug.
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- Elena I Solntseva
- Brain Research Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Per. Obukha, 5, 105064, Moscow, Russia
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Wang W, Hu D, Xiong H. Macrophage attenuation of neuronal excitability: Implications for pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders. Glia 2007; 56:241-6. [DOI: 10.1002/glia.20609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nie H, Yu WJ, Li XY, Yuan CH, Pang YP, Li CY, Han YF, Li ZW. Inhibition by bis(7)-tacrine of native delayed rectifier and KV1.2 encoded potassium channels. Neurosci Lett 2006; 412:108-13. [PMID: 17174470 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.10.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Revised: 10/26/2006] [Accepted: 10/30/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Bis(7)-tacrine [bis(7)-tetrahydroaminacrine] acts as an AChE inhibitor and also exerts modulatory effects on many ligand-gated ion channels and voltage-gated Ca(2+) and K(+) channels. It has been reported previously that tacrine and some other AChE inhibitors suppressed I(K(A)) in central and peripheral neurons. The present study aimed to explore whether bis(7)-tacrine could modulate the function of native delayed rectifier potassium channels in DRG neurons and K(V)1.2 encoded potassium channels expressed in oocytes. We found that both delayed rectifier potassium currents (I(K(DR))) in rat DRG neurons and the currents recorded from oocytes expressing K(V)1.2 (I(K(K(V)1.2))) were suppressed by bis(7)-tacrine, the potency of which was two orders greater than that of tacrine. The IC(50) values for bis(7)-tacrine and tacrine inhibition of I(K(KD)) in DRG neurons were 0.72+/-0.05 and 58.3+/-3.7 microM, respectively; while the two agents inhibited I(K(K(V)1.2)) in oocytes with an IC(50) of 0.24+/-0.06 and 102.1+/-21.5 microM, respectively. The possible mechanism for bis(7)-tacrine inhibition of I(K(A)) and I(K(K(V)1.2)) was identified as the suppression of their activation, inactivation.
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- Hui Nie
- Department of Neurobiology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, PR China
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Zhang HY, Tang XC. Neuroprotective effects of huperzine A: new therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease. Trends Pharmacol Sci 2006; 27:619-25. [PMID: 17056129 DOI: 10.1016/j.tips.2006.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Revised: 09/13/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In recent years, the most common pharmacological treatment for Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition. However, this single-target approach has limited effectiveness and there is evidence that a multitarget approach might be more effective. Huperzine A (HupA), a novel alkaloid isolated from a Chinese herb, has neuroprotective effects that go beyond the inhibition of AChE. Recent data have demonstrated that HupA can ameliorate the learning and memory deficiency in animal models and AD patients. Its potentially beneficial actions include modification of beta-amyloid peptide processing, reduction of oxidative stress, neuronal protection against apoptosis, and regulation of the expression and secretion of nerve growth factor (NGF) and NGF signaling.
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- Hai Yan Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai 201203, China
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Clarke CJ, Hannun YA. Neutral sphingomyelinases and nSMase2: Bridging the gaps. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:1893-901. [PMID: 16938269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2006] [Revised: 06/09/2006] [Accepted: 06/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is strong evidence indicating a role for ceramide as a second messenger in processes such as apoptosis, cell growth and differentiation, and cellular responses to stress. Ceramide formation from the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin is considered to be a major pathway of stress-induced ceramide production with magnesium-dependent neutral sphingomyelinase (N-SMase) identified as a prime candidate in this pathway. The recent cloning of a mammalian N-SMase-nSMase2- and generation of nSMase2 knockout/mutant mice have now provided vital tools with which to further study the regulation and roles of this enzyme in both a physiological and pathological context. In the present review, we summarize current knowledge on N-SMase relating this to what is known about nSMase2. We also discuss the future areas of nSMase2 research important for molecular understanding of this enzyme and its physiological roles.
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- Christopher J Clarke
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Orozco C, García-de-Diego AM, Arias E, Hernández-Guijo JM, García AG, Villarroya M, López MG. Depolarization preconditioning produces cytoprotection against veratridine-induced chromaffin cell death. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 553:28-38. [PMID: 17045260 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.08.084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2006] [Revised: 08/28/2006] [Accepted: 08/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The hypothesis that K(+) channels and cell depolarization are involved in neuronal death and neuroprotection was tested in bovine chromaffin cells subjected to two treatment periods: the first period (preconditioning period) lasted 6 to 48 h and consisted of treatment with high K(+) solutions or with tetraethylammonium (TEA), a K(+) channel blocker; the second period consisted of incubation with veratridine for 24 h, to cause cell damage. Preconditioning with high K(+) (20-80 mM) or TEA (10-30 mM) for 24 h caused 20-60% cytoprotection against veratridine-induced cell death in bovine chromaffin cells. The absence of Ca(2+) ions during the first 9 h of an 18-h preconditioning period abolished the cytoprotection. Preconditioning with K(+) or TEA increased by 2.5-fold the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and by nearly 2-fold the expression of the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2. However, preconditioning did not modify the veratridine-evoked Ca(2+) signal. High K(+) shifted the Em by about 10 mV and TEA evoked a transient burst of action potentials superimposed on a sustained depolarization. We conclude that preconditioning may protect chromaffin cells from death by blocking K(+) channels that depolarize the cell and cause a cytosolic Ca(2+) signal, leading to enhanced expression of BDNF and Bcl-2.
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- Camilo Orozco
- Instituto de Farmacología Teófilo Hernando, Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Arzobispo Morcillo, 4, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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Kidd JF, Sattelle DB. The effects of amyloid peptides on A-type K(+) currents of Drosophila larval cholinergic neurons: modeled actions on firing properties. INVERTEBRATE NEUROSCIENCE 2006; 6:207-13. [PMID: 17106756 DOI: 10.1007/s10158-006-0034-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In a previous paper we described the actions of beta-amyloid on an A-type K(+) current from Drosophila 3(rd) Instar larval neurons. The results were a depolarizing shift in the steady-state voltage dependence of inactivation and an increase in the rate of recovery from inactivation of the current. In this work we have used the simulation program NEURON to construct a model cell. We then use the model to predict the effects of changing the A-type K(+) current as was observed in the amyloid treated neurons on the firing properties of the cell. We show that changing the steady-state voltage dependence of inactivation of the current to a more depolarized level as observed in experiments in beta-amyloid treated neurons causes an increase in the threshold for the initiation of repetitive firing. However, increasing the rate of recovery from inactivation had no effect. Changing both properties simultaneously had no additional effect over changing the voltage dependence of inactivation alone. Thus, a change in the steady-state properties of the A-type K(+ )current as seen in the amyloid-treated Drosophila cholinergic neurons is sufficient to alter the firing properties of the modeled cell.
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- Jackie F Kidd
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PT, UK.
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One of the functional roles of the corneal epithelial layer is to protect the cornea, lens and other underlying ocular structures from damages caused by environmental insults. It is important for corneal epithelial cells to maintain this function by undergoing continuous renewal through a dynamic process of wound healing. Previous studies in corneal epithelial cells have provided substantial evidence showing that environmental insults, such as ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and other biohazards, can induce stress-related cellular responses resulting in apoptosis and thus interrupt the dynamic process of wound healing. We found that UV irradiation-induced apoptotic effects in corneal epithelial cells are started by the hyperactivation of K+ channels in the cell membrane resulting in a fast loss of intracellular K+ ions. Recent studies provide further evidence indicating that these complex responses in corneal epithelial cells are resulted from the activation of stress-related signaling pathways mediated by K+ channel activity. The effect of UV irradiation on corneal epithelial cell fate shares common signaling mechanisms involving the activation of intracellular responses that are often activated by the stimulation of various cytokines. One piece of evidence for making this distinction is that at early times UV irradiation activates a Kv3.4 channel in corneal epithelial cells to elicit activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase cascades and p53 activation leading to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. The hypothetic model is that UV-induced potassium channel hyperactivity as an early event initiates fast cell shrinkages due to the loss of intracellular potassium, resulting in the activation of scaffolding protein kinases and cytoskeleton reorganizations. This review article presents important control mechanisms that determine Kv channel activity-mediated cellular responses in corneal epithelial cells, involving activation of stress-induced signaling pathways, arrests of cell cycle progression and/or induction of apoptosis.
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- Luo Lu
- Department of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, CA 90502, USA.
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Priller C, Bauer T, Mitteregger G, Krebs B, Kretzschmar HA, Herms J. Synapse formation and function is modulated by the amyloid precursor protein. J Neurosci 2006; 26:7212-21. [PMID: 16822978 PMCID: PMC6673945 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1450-06.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 347] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The amyloid precursor protein (APP) is critical in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. The question of its normal biological function in neurons, in which it is predominantly located at synapses, is still unclear. Using autaptic cultures of hippocampal neurons, we demonstrate that hippocampal neurons lacking APP show significantly enhanced amplitudes of evoked AMPA- and NMDA-receptor-mediated EPSCs. The size of the readily releasable synaptic vesicle pool was also increased in neurons lacking APP, whereas the release probability was not affected. In addition, the analysis of spontaneous miniature synaptic currents revealed an augmented frequency in neurons lacking APP, whereas the amplitude of miniature synaptic currents was not found to be altered. Together, these findings strongly indicate that lack of APP increases the number of functional synapses. This hypothesis is further supported by morphometric immunohistochemical analysis revealing an increase of synaptophysin-positive puncta per cultured APP knock-out neuron. In conclusion, lack of APP affects synapse formation and transmission in cultured hippocampal neurons.
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Pirger Z, Elekes K, Kiss T. Electrical properties and cell-to-cell communication of the salivary gland cells of the snail, Helix pomatia. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2006; 145:7-19. [PMID: 16872853 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2005] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to assess the cellular mechanism of secretion in the salivary gland of the snail, Helix pomatia, using electrophysiological, electron microscopic and immunohistochemical techniques. A homogeneously distributed membrane potential (-56.6 +/- 9.8 mV) was determined mainly by a K+ -electrochemical gradient and partly by the contribution of the electrogenic Na+ -pump and Cl- conductance. Low resistance electrical coupling sites were identified physiologically. Transmission electron microscopy and innexin 2 antibody revealed the presence of gap-junction-like membrane structures between gland cells. It is suggested that gap-junctions are sites of electrotonic intercellular communication, which integrate the gland cells into a synchronized functional unit in the acinus. Stimulation of the salivary nerve elicited secretory potentials (depolarization) which could be mimicked by local application of acetylcholine, dopamine or serotonin. In voltage-clamp experiments four major conductances were identified: a delayed rectifier (IK), a transient (IA) and a Ca2+ -activated outward K+ current (IK(Ca)) and Ca2+ -inward currents (ICa). It is suggested that one or more of these conductances may give rise to a stimulus activated secretory potential leading to excitation-secretion coupling and subsequent the release of the mucus from the gland cells.
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- Zsolt Pirger
- Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Tihany, 8237, Klebelsberg K. u. 3., Hungary
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Yang S, Zhou W, Zhang Y, Yan C, Zhao Y. Effects of Liuwei Dihuang decoction on ion channels and synaptic transmission in cultured hippocampal neuron of rat. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2006; 106:166-72. [PMID: 16442252 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2004] [Revised: 10/17/2005] [Accepted: 12/13/2005] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The effect of Liuwei Dihuang decoction (LW), a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, on voltage-dependent currents and synaptic transmission were investigated in cultured hippocampal neurons of rat by whole-cell patch clamp recording technique. After application with serum from LW-treated rats, termed LW-containing serum (LWCS) for 48 h, the amplitude of delay rectifying K+ current (IK) and voltage-gated Ca2+ current (ICa) decreased. While the frequency of spontaneous excitatory post-synaptic current (sEPSC) and miniature excitatory post-synaptic current (mEPSC) increased significantly. Yet the amplitude of voltage-depended Na+ current (INa) and transient outward K+ current (IA), membrane capacitance and resistance remained unchanged. The results indicated that LWCS possessed the effect of modulating or improving neuronal and synaptic function, which possibly contribute to the cognition enhancing effect of LW.
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- Sheng Yang
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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Apoptosis in cortical neurons requires efflux of cytoplasmic potassium mediated by a surge in Kv2.1 channel activity. Pharmacological blockade or molecular disruption of these channels in neurons prevents apoptotic cell death, while ectopic expression of Kv2.1 channels promotes apoptosis in non-neuronal cells. Here, we use a cysteine-containing mutant of Kv2.1 and a thiol-reactive covalent inhibitor to demonstrate that the increase in K+ current during apoptosis is due to de novo insertion of functional channels into the plasma membrane. Biotinylation experiments confirmed the delivery of additional Kv2.1 protein to the cell surface following an apoptotic stimulus. Finally, expression of botulinum neurotoxins that cleave syntaxin and synaptosome-associated protein of 25 kDa (SNAP-25) blocked upregulation of surface Kv2.1 channels in cortical neurons, suggesting that target soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins support proapoptotic delivery of K+ channels. These data indicate that trafficking of Kv2.1 channels to the plasma membrane causes the apoptotic surge in K+ current.
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- SK Pal
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
- *Corresponding author: E Aizenman, Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA., Tel: +412-648-9434; Fax: +412-648-1441; E-mail:
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
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Szegedi V, Juhász G, Rózsa E, Juhász-Vedres G, Datki Z, Fülöp L, Bozsó Z, Lakatos A, Laczkó I, Farkas T, Kis Z, Tóth G, Soós K, Zarándi M, Budai D, Toldi J, Penke B. Endomorphin‐2, an endogenous tetrapeptide, protects against Aβ1‐42
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in vivo. FASEB J 2006; 20:1191-3. [PMID: 16636106 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-4891fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The underlying cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is thought to be the beta-amyloid aggregates formed mainly by Abeta1-42 peptide. Protective pentapeptides [e.g., Leu-Pro-Phe-Phe-Asp (LPFFD)] have been shown to prevent neuronal toxicity of Abeta1-42 by arresting and reversing fibril formation. Here we report that an endogenous tetrapeptide, endomorphin-2 (End-2, amino acid sequence: YPFF), defends against Abeta1-42 induced neuromodulatory effects at the cellular level. Although End-2 does not interfere with the kinetics of Abeta fibrillogenesis according to transmission electron microscopic studies and quasielastic light scattering measurements, it binds to Abeta1-42 during aggregation, as revealed by tritium-labeled End-2 binding assay and circular dichroism measurements. The tetrapeptide attenuates the inhibitory effect on cellular redox activity of Abeta1-42 in a dose-dependent manner, as measured by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,-5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. In vitro and in vivo electrophysiological experiments show that End-2 also protects against the field excitatory postsynaptic potential attenuating and the NMDA-evoked response-enhancing effect of Abeta1-42. Studies using [D-Ala (2), N-Me-Phe (4), Gly (5)-ol]-enkephalin (DAMGO), a mu-opioid receptor agonist, show that the protective effects of the tetrapeptide are not mu-receptor modulated. The endogenous tetrapeptide End-2 may serve as a lead compound for the drug development in the treatment of AD.
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- Viktor Szegedi
- Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Dóm Square 8, Szeged 6720, Hungary.
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Zhang CF, Yang P. Zinc-induced aggregation of Abeta (10-21) potentiates its action on voltage-gated potassium channel. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 345:43-9. [PMID: 16674922 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2006] [Accepted: 04/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zinc may play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) through influencing the conformation and neurotoxicity of amyloid beta-proteins (Abeta). Zn(2+) induces rapid aggregation of synthetic or endogenous Abeta in a pH-dependent fashion. Here we show for the first time that Zn(2+)-induced aggregation of Abeta (10-21) potentiates its action on outward potassium currents in hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons. Using the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique, we showed that Abeta (10-21) blocked the fast-inactivating outward potassium current (I(A)) in a concentration- and aggregation-dependent manner, but with no effect on the delayed rectifier potassium current (I(K)). Both the unaggregated and aggregated forms of Abeta (10-21) significantly shifted the activation curve and the inactivation curve of I(A) to more negative potentials. But the aggregated form has more effects than the unaggregated form. These data indicated that aggregation of amyloid fragments by zinc ions is required in order to obtain full modulatory effects on potassium channel currents.
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- Chao-Feng Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Peña F, Gutiérrez-Lerma A, Quiroz-Baez R, Arias C. The role of beta-amyloid protein in synaptic function: implications for Alzheimer's disease therapy. Curr Neuropharmacol 2006; 4:149-63. [PMID: 18615129 PMCID: PMC2430670 DOI: 10.2174/157015906776359531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Revised: 10/25/2005] [Accepted: 01/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive and irreversible loss of memory and other cognitive functions. Substantial evidence based on genetic, neuropathological and biochemical data has established the central role of beta-amyloid protein (betaAP) in this pathology. Although the precise etiology of AD is not well understood yet, strong evidence for some of the molecular events that lead to progressive brain dysfunction and neurodegeneration in AD has been afforded by identification of biochemical pathways implicated in the generation of betaAP, development of transgenic models exhibiting progressive disease pathology and by data on the effects of betaAP at the neuronal network level. However, the mechanisms by which betaAP causes cognitive decline have not been determined, nor is it clear if the degree of dementia correlates in time with the degree of neuronal loss. Hence, it is of interest to understand the biochemical processes involved in the mechanisms of betaAP-induced neurotoxicity and the mechanisms involved in electrophysiological effects of this protein on different parameters of synaptic transmission and on neuronal firing properties. In this review we analyze recent evidence suggesting a complex role of betaAP in the molecular events that lead to progressive loss of function and eventually to neurodegeneration in AD as well as the therapeutic implications based on betaAP metabolism inhibition.
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- F Peña
- Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav-Coapa, México D.F. 14330, México.
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Chen S, Lee JM, Zeng C, Chen H, Hsu CY, Xu J. Amyloid beta peptide increases DP5 expression via activation of neutral sphingomyelinase and JNK in oligodendrocytes. J Neurochem 2006; 97:631-40. [PMID: 16524368 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03774.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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There is growing recognition that white matter pathology is a common feature in Alzheimer's disease. We have previously reported that the amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) induces apoptosis in oligodendrocytes (OLG), via activation of neutral sphingomyelinase (nSMase) and resultant generation of ceramide. In the current study, we report that both Abeta and ceramide increased expression of the proapoptotic protein DP5/Hrk (DP5), and release of cytochrome C from mitochondria to cytoplasm in OLGs. We provide evidence that the Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway mediates Abeta- and ceramide-induced apoptosis: Both Abeta and ceramide activated JNK phosphorylation, and subsequent AP-1 DNA binding activity; JNK siRNA decreased AP-1 DNA binding, DP5 expression and reduced cell death. Furthermore, inhibition of nSMase attenuated Abeta-induced JNK phosphorylation, AP-1 DNA binding activity, DP5 expression, and cytochrome C release. Collectively, these results suggest that Abeta-induced apoptosis involves the sequential activation of nSMase with ceramide generation, JNK activation, AP-1 DNA binding, and DP5 expression.
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- Shawei Chen
- Department of Neurology and the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Washington University, School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Song MK, Liu H, Jiang HL, Yue JM, Hu GY. Electrophysiological characterization of 14-benzoyltalatisamine, a selective blocker of the delayed rectifier K+ channel found in virtual screening. Eur J Pharmacol 2006; 531:47-53. [PMID: 16442097 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2005] [Revised: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 12/15/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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14-Benzoyltalatisamine is a potent and selective blocker of the delayed rectifier K+ channel found in a computational virtual screening study. The compound was found to block the K+ channel from the extracellular side. However, it is unclear whether 14-benzoyltalatisamine shares the same block mechanism with tetraethylammonium (TEA). In order to elucidate how the hit compound found by the virtual screening interacts with the outer vestibule of the K+ channel, the effects of 14-benzoyltalatisamine and TEA on the delayed rectifier K+ current of rat dissociated hippocampal neurons were compared using whole-cell voltage-clamp recording. External application of 14-benzoyltalatisamine and TEA reversibly inhibited the current with IC50 values of 10.1+/-2.2 microM and 1.05+/-0.21 mM, respectively. 14-Benzoyltalatisamine exerted voltage-dependent inhibition, markedly accelerated the decay of the current, and caused a significant hyperpolarizing shift of the steady-state activation curve, whereas TEA caused voltage-independent inhibition, without affecting the kinetic parameters of the current. The blockade by 14-benzoyltalatisamine, but not by TEA, was significantly diminished in a high K+ (60 mM) external solution. The potency of 14-benzoyltalatisamine was markedly reduced in the presence of 15 mM TEA. The results suggest that 14-benzoyltalatisamine bind to the external pore entry of the delayed rectifier K+ channel with partial insertion into the selectivity filter, which is in conformity with that predicted by the molecular docking model in the virtual screening.
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- Ming-Ke Song
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu-Chong-Zhi Road, Shanghai 201203, PR China
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Han NLR, Ye JS, Yu ACH, Sheu FS. Differential mechanisms underlying the modulation of delayed-rectifier K+ channel in mouse neocortical neurons by nitric oxide. J Neurophysiol 2006; 95:2167-78. [PMID: 16421196 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01185.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The modulatory effects of nitric oxide (NO) on voltage-dependent K+ channels are intricate. In our present study, the augmentation and reduction of K+ currents by NO donor S-nitro-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and pure dissolved NO was observed in dissociated neurons from mice neocortex with both whole cell and cell-attached patch clamp. By using a specific electrochemical sensor, the critical concentrations of NO that increased or reduced the channel activities were accurately quantified. Low concentrations of SNAP (20 microM) or NO solution (0.1 microM) enhanced whole cell delayed rectifier K+ -current (IK) and left the fast inactivating A current (IA) unchanged. However, high concentrations of SNAP (100 microM) and NO (0.5 microM) reduced both IK and IA currents. In cell-attached experiments, a significant increase in channel open probability (NP0) was observed when using low concentrations of SNAP or NO. High concentrations of SNAP or NO dramatically decreased NP0. The increase in channel activities by low concentrations of SNAP was abolished in the presence of either inhibitors of soluble guaylate cyclase or inhibitors of cGMP-dependent protein kinase G, suggesting a link to the NO-cGMP signaling cascade. The reduction of channel activities by high concentrations of SNAP was reversed by the reducing agent dithiothreitol, implying a redox reaction mechanism. Thus both NO-cGMP signaling and a redox mechanism are involved in the modulation of IK channel activity for neuron excitability.
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- Nian-Lin R Han
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Wang R, Yan H, Tang XC. Progress in studies of huperzine A, a natural cholinesterase inhibitor from Chinese herbal medicine. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2006; 27:1-26. [PMID: 16364207 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2006.00255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Huperzine A (HupA), a novel alkaloid isolated from the Chinese herb Huperzia serrata, is a potent, highly specific and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase(AChE). Compared with tacrine, donepezil, and rivastigmine, HupA has better penetration through the blood-brain barrier, higher oral bioavailability, and longer duration of AChE inhibitory action. HupA has been found to improve cognitive deficits in a broad range of animal models. HupA possesses the ability to protect cells against hydrogen peroxide, beta-amyloid protein (or peptide), glutamate, ischemia and staurosporine-induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis. These protective effects are related to its ability to attenuate oxidative stress, regulate the expression of apoptotic proteins Bcl-2, Bax, P53, and caspase-3, protect mitochondria, upregulate nerve growth factor and its receptors, and interfere with amyloid precursor protein metabolism. Antagonizing effects of HupA on N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and potassium currents may also contribute to its neuroprotection as well. Pharmacokinetic studies in rodents, canines, and healthy human volunteers indicated that HupA was absorbed rapidly, distributed widely in the body, and eliminated at a moderate rate with the property of slow and prolonged release after oral administration. Animal and clinical safety tests showed that HupA had no unexpected toxicity, particularly the dose-limiting hepatotoxicity induced by tacrine. The phase IV clinical trials in China have demonstrated that HupA significantly improved memory deficits in elderly people with benign senescent forgetfulness, and patients with Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia, with minimal peripheral cholinergic side effects and no unexpected toxicity. HupA can also be used as a protective agent against organophosphate intoxication.
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- Rui Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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