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Iwabuchi S, Kawahara K. Extracellular ATP-prinoceptor signaling and AMP-activated protein kinase regulate astrocytic glucose transporter 3 in an in vitro ischemia. Neurochem Int 2013; 63:259-68. [PMID: 23851016 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 06/15/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Astrocytes become hypertrophic reactive in response to the ischemic stress, and they contribute to either protect or exacerbate neuronal damage, depending on the depth or duration of the stress. Astrocytes have more resistance to the ischemic stress than neurons, which is apparently due to active anerobic metabolic pathway in the emergency situation. We have been focused on the functional role of astrocytic glucose transporters in the ischemic condition. Under the physiological conditions, cultured astrocytes primarily express glucose transporter1 (GLUT1), and GLUT3 is only detected at extremely low levels. But astrocytes enhance GLUT3 expression through the signaling of nuclear factor-κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB) under mild ischemic condition. It is reasonable since GLUT3 transports extracellular glucose about seven times faster than GLUT1, so astrocytes enhance the storage of intracellular glucose during the ischemia. However, other signaling cascades that regulate GLUT3 production remain unknown. Here we demonstrate that extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-P2Y receptor signaling also regulates GLUT3 expression. Under mild ischemic condition, astrocytes positively released existing intracellular or newly synthesized ATP by AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling. The released extracellular ATP from pore channels activated ATP-sensitive P2Y receptor signaling, resulting in an increase in c-Fos and c-Jun proteins. Newly synthesized GLUT3 was regulated by those signaling since the inhibition of P2Y receptors or c-Fos/c-Jun signaling significantly reduced GLUT3 expression. Furthermore, the inhibition of P2Y receptors during the ischemic condition sustained intracellular ATP concentration, leading to a decrease in AMPK proteins. These results suggest AMPK-regulated ATP production triggers the release of ATP to activate P2Y receptor signaling, which is another candidate that regulates GLUT3 expression under the ischemic condition.
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- Sadahiro Iwabuchi
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Lin TY, Lin YW, Lu CW, Huang SK, Wang SJ. Berberine Inhibits the Release of Glutamate in Nerve Terminals from Rat Cerebral Cortex. PLoS One 2013; 8:e67215. [PMID: 23840629 PMCID: PMC3686739 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Berberine, an isoquinoline plant alkaloid, protects neurons against neurotoxicity. An excessive release of glutamate is considered to be one of the molecular mechanisms of neuronal damage in several neurological diseases. In this study, we investigated whether berberine could affect endogenous glutamate release in nerve terminals of rat cerebral cortex (synaptosomes) and explored the possible mechanism. Berberine inhibited the release of glutamate evoked by the K+ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), and this phenomenon was prevented by the chelating extracellular Ca2+ ions and the vesicular transporter inhibitor bafilomycin A1, but was insensitive to the glutamate transporter inhibitor DL-threo-beta-benzyl-oxyaspartate. Inhibition of glutamate release by berberine was not due to it decreasing synaptosomal excitability, because berberine did not alter 4-AP-mediated depolarization. The inhibitory effect of berberine on glutamate release was associated with a reduction in the depolarization-induced increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration. Involvement of the Cav2.1 (P/Q-type) channels in the berberine action was confirmed by blockade of the berberine-mediated inhibition of glutamate release by the Cav2.1 (P/Q-type) channel blocker ω-agatoxin IVA. In addition, the inhibitory effect of berberine on evoked glutamate release was prevented by the mitogen-activated/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors. Berberine decreased the 4-AP-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and synapsin I, the main presynaptic target of ERK; this decrease was also blocked by the MEK inhibition. Moreover, the inhibitory effect of berberine on evoked glutamate release was prevented in nerve terminals from mice lacking synapsin I. Together, these results indicated that berberine inhibits glutamate release from rats cortical synaptosomes, through the suppression of presynaptic Cav2.1 channels and ERK/synapsin I signaling cascade. This finding may provide further understanding of the mode of berberine action in the brain and highlights the therapeutic potential of this compound in the treatment of a wide range of neurological disorders.
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- Tzu-Yu Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan
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Jia W, Liu R, Shi J, Wu B, Dang W, Du Y, Zhou Q, Wang J, Zhang R. Differential Regulation of MAPK Phosphorylation in the Dorsal Hippocampus in Response to Prolonged Morphine Withdrawal-Induced Depressive-Like Symptoms in Mice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e66111. [PMID: 23823128 PMCID: PMC3688859 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Depression is one of the most frequent neuropsychiatric comorbidities associated with opiate addiction. Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) and MAPK phosphatase (MKP) are involved in drug addiction and depression. However, the potential role of MAPK and MKP in depression caused by morphine withdrawal remains unclear. We utilized a mouse model of repeated morphine administration to examine the molecular mechanisms that contribute to prolonged withdrawal induced depressive-like behaviors. Depressive-like behaviors were significant at 1 week after withdrawal and worsened over time. Phospho-ERK (extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase) was decreased and MKP-1 was elevated in the hippocampus, and JNK (c-Jun N-terminal protein kinase), p38 (p38 protein kinase) and MKP-3 were unaffected. A pharmacological blockade of MKP-1 by intra-hippocampal sanguinarine (SA) infusion prevented the development of depressive-like behaviors and resulted in relatively normal levels of MKP-1 and phospho-ERK after withdrawal. Our findings support the association between hippocampal MAPK phosphorylation and prolonged morphine withdrawal-induced depression, and emphasize the MKP-1 as an negative regulator of the ERK phosphorylation that contributes to depression.
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- Wei Jia
- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic, Xi’an Mental Health Center, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic, Xi’an Mental Health Center, Xi’an, China
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- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic, Xi’an Mental Health Center, Xi’an, China
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- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic, Xi’an Mental Health Center, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Geriatrics, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China
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- Methadone Maintenance Treatment Clinic, Xi’an Mental Health Center, Xi’an, China
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Lin TY, Lu CW, Huang SK, Wang SJ. Tanshinone IIA, a constituent of Danshen, inhibits the release of glutamate in rat cerebrocortical nerve terminals. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2013; 147:488-496. [PMID: 23542145 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2012] [Revised: 03/11/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Danshen is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine and has received considerable attention due to their beneficial effects on the health, including prevention of cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Tanshinone IIA, a major active constituent of Danshen, has been reported to have a neuroprotective profile. AIM OF THE STUDY An excessive release of glutamate is considered to be related to neuropathology of several neurological diseases. In this study, we investigated whether tanshinone IIA could affect endogenous glutamate release and explored the possible mechanism. MATERIALS AND METHODS The experimental model was the isolated nerve terminals (synaptosomes) purified from the rat cerebral cortex. The release of glutamate was evoked by the K(+) channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) and measured by one-line enzyme-coupled fluorometric assay. We also used a membrane potential-sensitive dye to assay nerve terminal excitability and depolarization, and a Ca(2+) indicator, Fura-2-acetoxymethyl ester, to monitor cytosolic Ca(2+) concentrations ([Ca(2+)]C). RESULTS Tanshinone IIA inhibited the release of glutamate evoked by 4-AP in a concentration-dependent manner. Inhibition of glutamate release by tanshinone IIA was prevented by the chelating the extracellular Ca(2+) ions, and by the vesicular transporter inhibitor bafilomycin A1. However, the glutamate transporter inhibitor DL-threo-beta-benzyl-oxyaspartate did not have any effect on the action of tanshinone IIA. Tanshinone IIA decreased the depolarization-induced increase in [Ca(2+)]C, whereas it did not alter the resting synaptosomal membrane potential or 4-AP-mediated depolarization. Furthermore, the effect of tanshinone IIA on evoked glutamate release was prevented by the Cav2.2 (N-type) and Cav2.1 (P/Q-type) channel blocker ω-conotoxin MVIIC, but not by the ryanodine receptor blocker dantrolene or the mitochondrial Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger blocker CGP37157. Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibition also prevented the inhibitory effect of tanshinone IIA on evoked glutamate release. CONCLUSION These results show that tanshinone IIA inhibits glutamate release from cortical synaptosomes in rats through the suppression of presynaptic voltage-dependent Ca(2+) entry and MEK signaling cascade.
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- Tzu Yu Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao District, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan
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Choi YJ, Park J, Lee SH. Size-controllable networked neurospheres as a 3D neuronal tissue model for Alzheimer's disease studies. Biomaterials 2013; 34:2938-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2012] [Accepted: 01/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kaneko T, Chokechanachaisakul U, Kawamura J, Yamanaka Y, Ito T, Sunakawa M, Suda H, Okiji T. Up-regulation of p38 Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase during Pulp Injury–induced Glial Cell/Neuronal Interaction in the Rat Thalamus. J Endod 2013; 39:488-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2012.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 11/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Altered phosphorylation of GluA1 in the striatum is associated with locomotor sensitization induced by exposure to increasing doses of morphine. Eur J Pharmacol 2013; 702:294-301. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 01/18/2013] [Accepted: 01/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Maharana C, Sharma KP, Sharma SK. Feedback mechanism in depolarization-induced sustained activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the hippocampus. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1103. [PMID: 23346360 PMCID: PMC3551232 DOI: 10.1038/srep01103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation plays important roles in several processes including synaptic plasticity and memory. The critical role of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) in these processes is well established. ERK is activated in a sustained manner by different stimuli. However, the mechanisms of sustained ERK activation are not completely understood. Here we show that KCl depolarization-induced sustained ERK activation in the hippocampal slices is critically dependent on protein synthesis and transcription. In addition, the sustained ERK activation requires receptor tyrosine kinase(s) activity. In support of a role for a growth factor in sustained ERK activation, KCl depolarization enhances the level of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Furthermore, BDNF antibody blocks KCl-induced sustained ERK activation. These results suggest a positive feed-back loop in which depolarization-induced BDNF maintains ERK activation in the sustained phase.
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Melo CV, Mele M, Curcio M, Comprido D, Silva CG, Duarte CB. BDNF regulates the expression and distribution of vesicular glutamate transporters in cultured hippocampal neurons. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53793. [PMID: 23326507 PMCID: PMC3543267 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BDNF is a pro-survival protein involved in neuronal development and synaptic plasticity. BDNF strengthens excitatory synapses and contributes to LTP, presynaptically, through enhancement of glutamate release, and postsynaptically, via phosphorylation of neurotransmitter receptors, modulation of receptor traffic and activation of the translation machinery. We examined whether BDNF upregulated vesicular glutamate receptor (VGLUT) 1 and 2 expression, which would partly account for the increased glutamate release in LTP. Cultured rat hippocampal neurons were incubated with 100 ng/ml BDNF, for different periods of time, and VGLUT gene and protein expression were assessed by real-time PCR and immunoblotting, respectively. At DIV7, exogenous application of BDNF rapidly increased VGLUT2 mRNA and protein levels, in a dose-dependent manner. VGLUT1 expression also increased but only transiently. However, at DIV14, BDNF stably increased VGLUT1 expression, whilst VGLUT2 levels remained low. Transcription inhibition with actinomycin-D or α-amanitine, and translation inhibition with emetine or anisomycin, fully blocked BDNF-induced VGLUT upregulation. Fluorescence microscopy imaging showed that BDNF stimulation upregulates the number, integrated density and intensity of VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 puncta in neurites of cultured hippocampal neurons (DIV7), indicating that the neurotrophin also affects the subcellular distribution of the transporter in developing neurons. Increased VGLUT1 somatic signals were also found 3 h after stimulation with BDNF, further suggesting an increased de novo transcription and translation. BDNF regulation of VGLUT expression was specifically mediated by BDNF, as no effect was found upon application of IGF-1 or bFGF, which activate other receptor tyrosine kinases. Moreover, inhibition of TrkB receptors with K252a and PLCγ signaling with U-73122 precluded BDNF-induced VGLUT upregulation. Hippocampal neurons express both isoforms during embryonic and neonatal development in contrast to adult tissue expressing only VGLUT1. These results suggest that BDNF regulates VGLUT expression during development and its effect on VGLUT1 may contribute to enhance glutamate release in LTP.
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- Carlos V. Melo
- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Role of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathways in the neuroprotective effects of cilnidipine against hypoxia in a primary culture of cortical neurons. Neurochem Int 2012; 61:1172-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2012.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 07/30/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Electroacupuncture reverses ethanol-induced locomotor sensitization and subsequent pERK expression in mice. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2012; 15:1121-33. [PMID: 21859515 DOI: 10.1017/s1461145711001325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) plays a role in neuronal changes induced by repeated drug exposure. Given that electroacupuncture reverses locomotor sensitization induced by ethanol, we investigated whether this effect is parallel to ERK signalling. Mice received daily ethanol (2 g/kg i.p), for 21 d. Electroacupuncture was performed daily, during four (subsequent) days of ethanol withdrawal. The stimulus of 2 Hz or 100 Hz was provided in combinations of two acupoints: Ea1 (ST-36/Zusanli and PC-6/Neiguan) or Ea2 (Du-14/Dazhui and Du-20/Baihui). The specificity of acupoint effects were assessed by the inclusion of additional groups: Ea3 (ST-25/Tianshu--acupoint used for other non-related disorders), Sham1 or Sham2 (transdermic stimulation near the respective acupoints). The control group was only handled during withdrawal and the saline group was chronically treated with saline and handled similarly to controls. At day 5 of withdrawal, each group was divided in two subgroups, according to the presence or absence of ethanol challenge. The animals were perfused and their brains processed for pERK immunohistochemistry. Only Ea1 at 100 Hz (Ea1_100) and Ea2 at 2 Hz (Ea2_2) reversed locomotor sensitization induced by ethanol. Ethanol withdrawal decreases pERK in the dorsomedial striatum. This decrease is not abolished by electroacupuncture. Conversely, ethanol challenge increases pERK in the dorsomedial striatum, infralimbic cortex and central nucleus of amygdala. The specificity of acupoint stimulation to reverse these increases was seen only for Ea2_2, in the infralimbic cortex and dorsomedial striatum. Therefore, behavioural effects of Ea2_2 (but not Ea1_100) depend, at least in part, on ERK signalling.
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Racca S, Piccione F, Spaccamiglio A, Carriero VMA, De Francia S, Cangemi L, Esculapio P, Papotti M, Migliaretti G, Portaleone P, Di Carlo F, Abbadessa G. Effects of sub-chronic nandrolone administration on hormonal adaptive response to acute stress in rats. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2012; 37:1234-47. [PMID: 22226432 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2011] [Revised: 12/16/2011] [Accepted: 12/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Androgenic-anabolic steroid (AAS) misuse has been associated with depression. It has been proposed that stress has a role in depression and that serotonin is involved in both endocrine responses to stress and depressive physiopathology. Although reports demonstrate that AAS chronic administration modifies components of stress-responsive hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPAA), no study has evaluated AAS effect on the response to stressful stimuli. We studied the effects of the subchronic administration (once a day for 14 days in rats) of a supratherapeutical dose of nandrolone decanoate (ND) on HPAA and cortical serotoninergic system response to acute restraint stress (RS). Acute RS produced the following effects: increase in CORT (in blood) and ACTH (both in blood and in pituitary corticotropes), GR depletion in hippocampus and hypothalamus cytosol and GR translocation in hippocampus nuclear fraction, cortical serotonin re-uptake stimulation and hippocampus cytosolic ERK2 activation. ND by itself, i.e. in non-stressed rats, did not modify these parameters, except for a decrease of plasma CORT and ACTH levels and an increase in hippocampus cytosolic phospho-ERK1/2. On the contrary, in stressed rats ND affected stress-induced plasma ACTH increase and prevented all other above reported stress effects, except the increase in pituitary ACTH positive cell density. Our results show that the prolonged administration of a supratherapeutical dose of ND in rats, albeit did not affect in a notable way HPAA and serotonin transporter activity in the absence of stress, may deregulate the stress-induced hormonal cascade which plays a crucial role in depressive psychopathology.
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- Silvia Racca
- Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, School of Medicine San Luigi Gonzaga, University of Torino, Orbassano, Italy.
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Sun Q, Han C, Liu L, Wang Y, Deng H, Bai L, Jiang T. Crystal structure and functional implication of the RUN domain of human NESCA. Protein Cell 2012; 3:609-17. [PMID: 22821014 PMCID: PMC4875354 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-012-2052-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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NESCA, a newly discovered signaling adapter protein in the NGF-pathway, contains a RUN domain at its N-terminus. Here we report the crystal structure of the NESCA RUN domain determined at 2.0-Å resolution. The overall fold of the NESCA RUN domain comprises nine helices, resembling the RUN domain of RPIPx and the RUN1 domain of Rab6IP1. However, compared to the other RUN domains, the RUN domain of NESCA has significantly different surface electrostatic distributions at the putative GTPase-interacting interface. We demonstrate that the RUN domain of NESCA can bind H-Ras, a downstream signaling molecule of TrkA, with high affinity. Moreover, NESCA RUN can directly interact with TrkA. These results provide new insights into how NESCA participates in the NGF-TrkA signaling pathway.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/chemistry
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Gene Expression
- Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
- Humans
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nerve Growth Factor/chemistry
- Nerve Growth Factor/genetics
- Nerve Growth Factor/metabolism
- Oncogene Protein p21(ras)/chemistry
- Oncogene Protein p21(ras)/genetics
- Oncogene Protein p21(ras)/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Receptor, trkA/chemistry
- Receptor, trkA/genetics
- Receptor, trkA/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Signal Transduction
- rab GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry
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- Qifan Sun
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039 China
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- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039 China
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039 China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
- Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039 China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101 China
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Zhao Y, Luo P, Guo Q, Li S, Zhang L, Zhao M, Xu H, Yang Y, Poon W, Fei Z. Interactions between SIRT1 and MAPK/ERK regulate neuronal apoptosis induced by traumatic brain injury in vitro and in vivo. Exp Neurol 2012; 237:489-98. [PMID: 22828134 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2012] [Revised: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious insult that frequently leads to neurological dysfunction or death. Silent information regulator family protein 1 (SIRT1), as the founding member of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent deacetylases, has recently been demonstrated to have neuroprotective effect in several models of neurodegenerative diseases. The present study attempts to determine whether SIRT1 has a neuroprotective effect in the model of TBI, and further to investigate the possible regulatory mechanism of neuron death. Thus, we employ transection model in vitro and weight-drop model in vivo to mimic the insults of TBI. The study shows that the expressions of SIRT1, phosphorylation extracellular signal-regulated kinase (p-ERK) and cleaved Caspase-3 are induced after trauma injury in vitro or in vivo. Furthermore, inhibiting SIRT1 by pharmacological inhibitor salermide or SIRT1 siRNA significantly promotes apoptotic neuron death and reduces ERK1/2 activation induced by mechanical injury in vitro and in vivo. Inhibition of ERK1/2 activation with PD98059 or U0126 (two mitogen activated protein kinase kinase inhibitors) in vitro and in vivo significantly attenuates the SIRT1 and cleaved Caspase-3 expression to protect neuron against TBI-induced apoptosis. These results reveal that SIRT1 plays a neuroprotective effect against neuronal apoptosis induced by TBI. The interactions between SIRT1 and MAPK/ERK pathway regulate neuronal apoptosis induced by mechanical trauma injury in vitro and in vivo.
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- Yongbo Zhao
- Institute of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 17 Changlexi Street, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710032, People's Republic of China
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Lin TY, Lu CW, Huang SK, Wang SJ. Curcumin inhibits glutamate release from rat prefrontal nerve endings by affecting vesicle mobilization. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:9097-9109. [PMID: 22942754 PMCID: PMC3430285 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13079097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Revised: 07/11/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Curcumin, one of the major constituents of Curcuma longa, has been shown to inhibit depolarization-evoked glutamate release from rat prefrontocortical nerve terminals by reducing voltage-dependent Ca2+ entry. This study showed that curcumin inhibited ionomycin-induced glutamate release and KCl-evoked FM1-43 release, suggesting that some steps after Ca2+ entry are regulated by curcumin. Furthermore, disrupting the cytoskeleton organization using cytochalasin D abolished the inhibitory action of curcumin on ionomycin-induced glutamate release. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibition also prevented the inhibitory effect of curcumin on ionomycin-induced glutamate release. Western blot analyses showed that curcumin decreased the ionomycin-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and synaptic vesicle-associated protein synapsin I, the main presynaptic target of ERK. These results show that curcumin-mediated inhibition of glutamate release involves modulating downstream events by controlling synaptic vesicle recruitment and exocytosis, possibly through a decrease of MAPK/ERK activation and synapsin I phosphorylation, thereby decreasing synaptic vesicle availability for exocytosis.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao District, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan; E-Mails: (T.Y.L.); (C.W.L.); (S.K.H.)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao District, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan; E-Mails: (T.Y.L.); (C.W.L.); (S.K.H.)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao District, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan; E-Mails: (T.Y.L.); (C.W.L.); (S.K.H.)
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- Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, Jen Catholic University, No.510, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
- School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, No.510, Zhongzheng Rd., Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City 24205, Taiwan
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +886-2-29053465; Fax: +886-2-29052096
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Lin TY, Lu CW, Wang CC, Lu JF, Wang SJ. Hispidulin inhibits the release of glutamate in rat cerebrocortical nerve terminals. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2012; 263:233-43. [PMID: 22759588 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2012.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 06/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Hispidulin, a naturally occurring flavone, has been reported to have an antiepileptic profile. An excessive release of glutamate is considered to be related to neuropathology of epilepsy. We investigated whether hispidulin affected endogenous glutamate release in rat cerebral cortex nerve terminals (synaptosomes) and explored the possible mechanism. Hispidulin inhibited the release of glutamate evoked by the K⁺ channel blocker 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). The effects of hispidulin on the evoked glutamate release were prevented by the chelation of extracellular Ca²⁺ ions and the vesicular transporter inhibitor bafilomycin A1. However, the glutamate transporter inhibitor dl-threo-beta-benzyl-oxyaspartate did not have any effect on hispidulin action. Hispidulin reduced the depolarization-induced increase in cytosolic free Ca²⁺ concentration ([Ca²⁺](C)), but did not alter 4-AP-mediated depolarization. Furthermore, the effect of hispidulin on evoked glutamate release was abolished by blocking the Ca(v)2.2 (N-type) and Ca(v)2.1 (P/Q-type) channels, but not by blocking ryanodine receptors or mitochondrial Na⁺/Ca²⁺ exchange. Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibition also prevented the inhibitory effect of hispidulin on evoked glutamate release. Western blot analyses showed that hispidulin decreased the 4-AP-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) and synaptic vesicle-associated protein synapsin I, a major presynaptic substrate for ERK; this decrease was also blocked by the MEK inhibitor. Moreover, the inhibition of glutamate release by hispidulin was strongly attenuated in mice without synapsin I. These results show that hispidulin inhibits glutamate release from cortical synaptosomes in rats through the suppression of presynaptic voltage-dependent Ca²⁺ entry and ERK/synapsin I signaling pathway.
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- Tzu-Yu Lin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Pan-Chiao District, New Taipei 22060, Taiwan
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Campos CA, Wright JS, Czaja K, Ritter RC. CCK-induced reduction of food intake and hindbrain MAPK signaling are mediated by NMDA receptor activation. Endocrinology 2012; 153:2633-46. [PMID: 22508518 PMCID: PMC3359610 DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-1025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 03/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The dorsal vagal complex of the hindbrain, including the nucleus of the solitary tract (NTS), receives neural and humoral afferents that contribute to the process of satiation. The gut peptide, cholecystokinin (CCK), promotes satiation by activating gastrointestinal vagal afferents that synapse in the NTS. Previously, we demonstrated that hindbrain administration of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)-type glutamate receptor antagonists attenuate reduction of food intake after ip CCK-8 injection, indicating that these receptors play a necessary role in control of food intake by CCK. However, the signaling pathways through which hindbrain NMDA receptors contribute to CCK-induced reduction of food intake have not been investigated. Here we report CCK increases phospho-ERK1/2 in NTS neurons and in identified vagal afferent endings in the NTS. CCK-evoked phospho-ERK1/2 in the NTS was attenuated in rats pretreated with capsaicin and was abolished by systemic injection of a CCK1 receptor antagonist, indicating that phosphorylation of ERK1/2 occurs in and is mediated by gastrointestinal vagal afferents. Fourth ventricle injection of a competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, prevented CCK-induced phosphorylation of ERK1/2 in hindbrain neurons and in vagal afferent endings, as did direct inhibition of MAPK kinase. Finally, fourth ventricle administration of either a MAPK kinase inhibitor or NMDA receptor antagonist prevented the reduction of food intake by CCK. We conclude that activation of NMDA receptors in the hindbrain is necessary for CCK-induced ERK1/2 phosphorylation in the NTS and consequent reduction of food intake.
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- Carlos A Campos
- Department of Veterinary and Comparative Anatomy, Pharmacology, and Physiology and Programs in Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-6520, USA
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Duric V, Duman RS. Depression and treatment response: dynamic interplay of signaling pathways and altered neural processes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 70:39-53. [PMID: 22585060 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1020-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Since the 1960s, when the first tricyclic and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant drugs were introduced, most of the ensuing agents were designed to target similar brain pathways that elevate serotonin and/or norepinephrine signaling. Fifty years later, the main goal of the current depression research is to develop faster-acting, more effective therapeutic agents with fewer side effects, as currently available antidepressants are plagued by delayed therapeutic onset and low response rates. Clinical and basic science research studies have made significant progress towards deciphering the pathophysiological events within the brain involved in development, maintenance, and treatment of major depressive disorder. Imaging and postmortem brain studies in depressed human subjects, in combination with animal behavioral models of depression, have identified a number of different cellular events, intracellular signaling pathways, proteins, and target genes that are modulated by stress and are potentially vital mediators of antidepressant action. In this review, we focus on several neural mechanisms, primarily within the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, which have recently been implicated in depression and treatment response.
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- Vanja Duric
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06508, USA
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Popic J, Pesic V, Milanovic D, Todorovic S, Kanazir S, Jevtovic-Todorovic V, Ruzdijic S. Propofol-induced changes in neurotrophic signaling in the developing nervous system in vivo. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34396. [PMID: 22496799 PMCID: PMC3319585 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2011] [Accepted: 02/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Several studies have revealed a role for neurotrophins in anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity in the developing brain. In this study we monitored the spatial and temporal expression of neurotrophic signaling molecules in the brain of 14-day-old (PND14) Wistar rats after the application of a single propofol dose (25 mg/kg i.p). The structures of interest were the cortex and thalamus as the primary areas of anesthetic actions. Changes of the protein levels of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and nerve growth factor (NGF), their activated receptors tropomyosin-related kinase (TrkA and TrkB) and downstream kinases Akt and the extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK) were assessed by Western immunoblot analysis at different time points during the first 24 h after the treatment, as well as the expression of cleaved caspase-3 fragment. Fluoro-Jade B staining was used to follow the appearance of degenerating neurons. The obtained results show that the treatment caused marked alterations in levels of the examined neurotrophins, their receptors and downstream effector kinases. However, these changes were not associated with increased neurodegeneration in either the cortex or the thalamus. These results indicate that in the brain of PND14 rats, the interaction between Akt/ERK signaling might be one of important part of endogenous defense mechanisms, which the developing brain utilizes to protect itself from potential anesthesia-induced damage. Elucidation of the underlying molecular mechanisms will improve our understanding of the age-dependent component of anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity.
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- Jelena Popic
- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology, Institute for Biological Research, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Shi GX, Andres DA, Cai W. Ras family small GTPase-mediated neuroprotective signaling in stroke. Cent Nerv Syst Agents Med Chem 2012; 11:114-37. [PMID: 21521171 DOI: 10.2174/187152411796011349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Selective neuronal cell death is one of the major causes of neuronal damage following stroke, and cerebral cells naturally mobilize diverse survival signaling pathways to protect against ischemia. Importantly, therapeutic strategies designed to improve endogenous anti-apoptotic signaling appear to hold great promise in stroke treatment. While a variety of complex mechanisms have been implicated in the pathogenesis of stroke, the overall mechanisms governing the balance between cell survival and death are not well-defined. Ras family small GTPases are activated following ischemic insults, and in turn, serve as intrinsic switches to regulate neuronal survival and regeneration. Their ability to integrate diverse intracellular signal transduction pathways makes them critical regulators and potential therapeutic targets for neuronal recovery after stroke. This article highlights the contribution of Ras family GTPases to neuroprotective signaling cascades, including mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family protein kinase- and AKT/PKB-dependent signaling pathways as well as the regulation of cAMP response element binding (CREB), Forkhead box O (FoxO) and hypoxiainducible factor 1(HIF1) transcription factors, in stroke.
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- Geng-Xian Shi
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 741 S. Limestone St., Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
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Li XL, Nian B, Jin Y, Li LW, Jin GS, Kim MS, Park BR, Jin YZ. Mechanism of glutamate receptor for excitation of medial vestibular nucleus induced by acute hypotension. Brain Res 2012; 1443:27-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Shi C, Zhang K, Xu Q. Gender-specific role of the protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type R gene in major depressive disorder. J Affect Disord 2012; 136:591-8. [PMID: 22100128 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 10/17/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common, chronic, and recurrent mental disease affecting millions of individuals worldwide. The precise mechanism by which the illness is developed remains unknown, but it has been accepted that a genetic component is very likely to be involved. Studies of the pathogenesis of MDD have implicated a reduced activity of the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) signaling system. Protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type R (PTPRR) is a key negative regulator of the ERK signaling pathway and its expression is regulated by androgen. Therefore, it is worth testing whether the PTPRR gene could confer a risk of MDD. METHODS We genotyped 16 SNPs in the PTPRR locus with the MALDI-TOF-MS-based genotyping protocol in 517 patients with MDD and 455 controls among a Chinese Han population. The UNPHASED program was applied to analyze the genotyping data. RESULTS Of the 16 SNPs selected, rs1513105 was the only one showing allelic association (χ2=9.019, p=0.0027) and genotypic association (χ2=8.813, df=2, p=0.012), of which the rs1513105(C) allele was associated with an increased risk of MDD (OR=1.331, 95% CI 1.104-1.604), but the rs1513105 association resulted mainly from female subjects (χ2=12.35, p=0.00044 for allelic association; χ2=11.26, df=2, p=0.0036 for genotypic association). LIMITATIONS Replication and functional study may be required to draw a firm conclusion. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the PTPRR gene may play a role in conferring risk of MDD in the female subjects.
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- Cuijuan Shi
- National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100005, PR China
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Potes CS, Boyle CN, Wookey PJ, Riediger T, Lutz TA. Involvement of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 signaling pathway in amylin's eating inhibitory effect. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 302:R340-51. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00380.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Peripheral amylin inhibits eating via the area postrema (AP). Because amylin activates the extracellular-signal regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK) pathway in some tissues, and because ERK1/2 phosphorylation (pERK) leads to acute neuronal responses, we postulated that it may be involved in amylin's eating inhibitory effect. Amylin-induced ERK phosphorylation (pERK) was investigated by immunohistochemistry in brain sections containing the AP. pERK-positive AP neurons were double-stained for the calcitonin 1a/b receptor, which is part of the functional amylin-receptor. AP sections were also phenotyped using dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH) as a marker of noradrenergic neurons. The effect of fourth ventricular administration of the ERK cascade blocker U0126 on amylin's eating inhibitory action was tested in feeding trials. The number of pERK-positive neurons in the AP was highest ∼10–15 min after amylin treatment; the effect appeared to be dose-dependent (5–20 μg/kg amylin). A portion of pERK-positive neurons in the AP carried the amylin-receptor and 22% of the pERK-positive neurons were noradrenergic. Pretreatment of rats with U0126 decreased the number of pERK-positive neurons in the AP after amylin injection. U0126 also attenuated the ability of amylin to reduce eating, at least when the animals had been fasted 24 h prior to the feeding trial. Overall, our results suggest that amylin directly stimulates pERK in AP neurons in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Part of the AP neurons displaying pERK were noradrenergic. At least under fasting conditions, pERK was shown to be a necessary part in the signaling cascade mediating amylin's anorectic effect.
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- Catarina Soares Potes
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; and
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; and
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; and
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Zurich Switzerland; and
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Serotonin 1A receptor-mediated signaling through ERK and PKCα is essential for normal synaptogenesis in neonatal mouse hippocampus. Transl Psychiatry 2012; 2:e66. [PMID: 22832728 PMCID: PMC3309541 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2011.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Aberrant expression of the presynaptic serotonin 1A receptor (5-HT(1A)-R) because of a polymorphism in the 5-HT(1A)-R gene is associated with severe depression in human, whereas its absence up to postnatal day 21 (P21) in the forebrain of mice results in heightened anxiety in adulthood. These observations collectively indicate that the 5-HT(1A)-R has a crucial role in brain development. To understand the mechanistic underpinnings of this phenomenon, we used organotypic slice cultures of hippocampi from C57BL6 mice (C57) at P15, which coincides with the peak of neonatal synaptogenesis. Stimulation of the hippocampal 5-HT(1A)-R caused a dramatic increase in PSD95 expression and dendritic spine and synapse formation through sequential activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase isozymes Erk1/2 and protein kinase C (PKC). Intrahippocampal infusion of 5-HT(1A)-R agonists and signaling inhibitors at P15 revealed that the same pathway through PKCα augments PSD95 expression and synaptogenesis in vivo in 24 h in both C57 as well as Swiss Webster mice. Furthermore, intrahippocampal infusion of the antidepressant fluoxetine, a serotonin reuptake inhibitor, also augmented PSD95 expression and synaptogenesis through the same pathway. This increased synaptogenesis was observed even 5 days after treatment. Finally, compared with the wild type, the 5-HT(1A)-R(-/-) mice harbor significantly less synapses in the hippocampus, but infusion of the PKC-stimulator and Alzheimer drug bryostatin into the 5-HT(1A)-R(-/-) mice to bypass the non-existent 5-HT(1A)-R boosted PSD95 expression and synaptogenesis. The elucidated signaling cascade explains how 5-HT(1A)-R regulates hippocampal sculpting and function, which may determine the affective phenotype of an adult.
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Besheer J, Fisher KR, Cannady R, Grondin JJM, Hodge CW. Intra-amygdala inhibition of ERK(1/2) potentiates the discriminative stimulus effects of alcohol. Behav Brain Res 2011; 228:398-405. [PMID: 22209853 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2011] [Revised: 12/08/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK(1/2)) has been implicated in modulating drug seeking behavior and is a target of alcohol and other drugs of abuse. Given that the discriminative stimulus (subjective/interoceptive) effects of drugs are determinants of abuse liability and can influence drug seeking behavior, we examined the role of ERK(1/2) in modulating the discriminative stimulus effects of alcohol. Using drug discrimination procedures, rats were trained to discriminate a moderate intragastric (IG) alcohol dose (1g/kg) versus water (IG). Following an alcohol (1g/kg) discrimination session phosphorylated ERK(1/2) (pERK(1/2)) immunoreactivity (IR) was significantly elevated in the amygdala, but not the nucleus accumbens. Therefore, we hypothesized that intra-amygdala inhibition of ERK(1/2) would disrupt expression of the discriminative stimulus effects of alcohol. However, intra-amygdala or accumbens administration of the MEK/ERK(1/2) inhibitor U0126 (1 and 3μg) had no effect on the discriminative stimulus effects of the training dose of alcohol (1g/kg). Contrary to our hypothesis, intra-amygdala infusion of U0126 (3μg) potentiated the discriminative stimulus effects of a low alcohol dose (0.5g/kg) and had no effect following nucleus accumbens infusion. Importantly, site-specific inhibition of pERK(1/2) in each brain region was confirmed. Therefore, the increase in pERK(1/2) IR in the amygdala following systemic alcohol administration may be reflective of the widespread effects of alcohol on the brain (activation/inhibition of brain circuits), whereas the site specific microinjection studies confirmed functional involvement of intra-amygdala ERK(1/2). These findings show that activity of the ERK signaling pathway in the amygdala can influence the discriminative stimulus effects of alcohol.
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- Joyce Besheer
- Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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Spitzer P, Schieb H, Kamrowski-Kruck H, Otto M, Chiasserini D, Parnetti L, Herukka SK, Schuchhardt J, Wiltfang J, Klafki HW. Evidence for Elevated Cerebrospinal Fluid ERK1/2 Levels in Alzheimer Dementia. Int J Alzheimers Dis 2011; 2011:739847. [PMID: 22145083 PMCID: PMC3227514 DOI: 10.4061/2011/739847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples from 33 patients with Alzheimer dementia (AD), 21 patients with mild cognitive impairment who converted to AD during followup (MCI-AD), 25 patients with stable mild cognitive impairment (MCI-stable), and 16 nondemented subjects (ND) were analyzed with a chemiluminescence immunoassay to assess the levels of the mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK1/2 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2). The results were evaluated in relation to total Tau (tTau), phosphorylated Tau (pTau), and beta-amyloid 42 peptide (Aβ42). CSF-ERK1/2 was significantly increased in the AD group as compared to stable MCI patients and the ND group. Western blot analysis of a pooled cerebrospinal fluid sample revealed that both isoforms, ERK1 and ERK2, and low amounts of doubly phosphorylated ERK2 were detectable. As a predictive diagnostic AD biomarker, CSF-ERK1/2 was inferior to tTau, pTau, and Aβ42.
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- Philipp Spitzer
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiology, LVR-Klinikum Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Virchowstraße 174, 45147 Essen, Germany
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Sava A, Formaggio E, Carignani C, Andreetta F, Bettini E, Griffante C. NMDA-induced ERK signalling is mediated by NR2B subunit in rat cortical neurons and switches from positive to negative depending on stage of development. Neuropharmacology 2011; 62:925-32. [PMID: 22001284 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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It is known that NMDA receptor stimulation can activate or inhibit the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signalling cascade, a key pathway involved in neuronal plasticity and survival. However, the specific subtype(s) of NMDA receptor that exert bi-directional regulation of ERK signalling is under debate. Here we show that in young neurons (7-9 days in vitro, DIV), NMDA activated ERK signalling. In mature neurons (14-16 DIV), NMDA-evoked, in coincidence with a concentration-dependent increase in intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)), an increase in ERK phosphorylation at low concentrations (1-30 μM) while an inhibition at high concentrations (30 μM-250 μM). In more mature neurons (21-23 DIV) NMDA inhibited ERK signalling. Both activation and inhibition of ERK signalling were fully reversed by the selective NR2B receptor antagonists Ro 25-6981 and ifenprodil. Thus, the NR2B subunit can be both negatively or positively coupled to ERK signalling in rat cortical neurons, depending on their stage of development. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'.
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- Anna Sava
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neurosciences Centre of Excellence in Drug Discovery, GlaxoSmithKline R&D, 37135 Verona, Italy.
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Herbst KJ, Allen MD, Zhang J. Spatiotemporally regulated protein kinase A activity is a critical regulator of growth factor-stimulated extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling in PC12 cells. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 31:4063-75. [PMID: 21807900 PMCID: PMC3187359 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.05459-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 07/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PC12 cells exhibit precise temporal control of growth factor signaling in which stimulation with epidermal growth factor (EGF) leads to transient extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activity and cell proliferation, whereas nerve growth factor (NGF) stimulation leads to sustained ERK activity and differentiation. While cyclic AMP (cAMP)-mediated signaling has been shown to be important in conferring the sustained ERK activity achieved by NGF, little is known about the regulation of cAMP and cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) in these cells. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensors localized to discrete subcellular locations, we showed that both NGF and EGF potently activate PKA at the plasma membrane, although they generate temporally distinct activity patterns. We further show that both stimuli fail to induce cytosolic PKA activity and identify phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) as a critical regulator in maintaining this spatial compartmentalization. Importantly, inhibition of PDE3, and thus perturbation of the spatiotemporal regulation of PKA activity, dramatically increases the duration of EGF-stimulated nuclear ERK activity in a PKA-dependent manner. Together, these findings identify EGF and NGF as potent activators of PKA activity specifically at the plasma membrane and reveal a novel regulatory mechanism contributing to the growth factor signaling specificity achieved by NGF and EGF in PC12 cells.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences
- Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
- Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Moosavi M, Ghasemi R, Maghsoudi N, Rastegar K, Zarifkar A. The relation between pregnancy and stress in rats: considering corticosterone level, hippocampal caspase-3 and MAPK activation. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 2011; 158:199-203. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2011.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Effects of bee venom on glutamate-induced toxicity in neuronal and glial cells. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2011; 2012:368196. [PMID: 21904562 PMCID: PMC3166716 DOI: 10.1155/2012/368196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bee venom (BV), which is extracted from honeybees, is used in traditional Korean medical therapy. Several groups have demonstrated the anti-inflammatory effects of BV in osteoarthritis both in vivo and in vitro. Glutamate is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS). Changes in glutamate release and uptake due to alterations in the activity of glutamate transporters have been reported in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. To assess if BV can prevent glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity, we examined cell viability and signal transduction in glutamate-treated neuronal and microglial cells in the presence and absence of BV. We induced glutamatergic toxicity in neuronal cells and microglial cells and found that BV protected against cell death. Furthermore, BV significantly inhibited the cellular toxicity of glutamate, and pretreatment with BV altered MAP kinase activation (e.g., JNK, ERK, and p38) following exposure to glutamate. These findings suggest that treatment with BV may be helpful in reducing glutamatergic cell toxicity in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Niewiadomska G, Mietelska-Porowska A, Mazurkiewicz M. The cholinergic system, nerve growth factor and the cytoskeleton. Behav Brain Res 2011; 221:515-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Martinez-Finley EJ, Goggin SL, Labrecque MT, Allan AM. Reduced expression of MAPK/ERK genes in perinatal arsenic-exposed offspring induced by glucocorticoid receptor deficits. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2011; 33:530-7. [PMID: 21784148 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Revised: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Changes within the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) cellular signaling pathway were evaluated in adolescent mice exposed to 50 ppb arsenic during gestation. Previously, we reported increased basal plasma corticosterone levels, decreased hippocampal GR levels and deficits in learning and memory performance in perinatal arsenic-exposed mice. The biosynthesis of members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, known to be involved in learning and memory, is modulated by the binding of GR to glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) in the gene promoters. Two genes of the MAPK pathway, Ras and Raf, contain GREs which are activated upon binding of GRs. We evaluated the activity of GRs at Ras and Raf promoters using chromatin immunoprecipitation and real-time PCR and report decreased binding of the GR at these promoters. An ELISA-based GR binding assay was used to explore whether this decreased binding was restricted to in vivo promoters and revealed no differences in binding of native GR to synthetic GREs. The decreased in vivo GR binding coincides with significantly decreased mRNA levels and slight reductions of protein of both H-Ras and Raf-1 in perinatally arsenic-exposed mice. Nuclear activated extracellular-signal regulated kinase (ERK), a downstream target of Ras and Raf, whose transcriptional targets also play an important role in learning and memory, was decreased in the hippocampus of arsenic-exposed animals when compared to controls. GR-mediated transcriptional deficits in the MAPK/ERK pathway could be an underlying cause of previously reported learning deficits and provide the link to arsenic-induced deficiencies in cognitive development.
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Cellular mechanisms of acute decrease of glutamate release induced by raloxifene in rat cerebral cortex. Neuropharmacology 2011; 61:293-304. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Tian T, Zhao Y, Nakajima S, Huang T, Yao J, Paton AW, Paton JC, Kitamura M. Cytoprotective roles of ERK and Akt in endoplasmic reticulum stress triggered by subtilase cytotoxin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 410:852-8. [PMID: 21703246 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.06.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Subtilase cytotoxin (SubAB) is the prototype of a distinct AB(5) toxin family produced by Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli. Recent reports disclosed pro-apoptotic pathways triggered by SubAB, whereas its anti-apoptotic signals have not been elucidated. In the present study, we investigated pro-survival signaling elicited by SubAB, especially focusing on extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and Akt. We found that SubAB activated ERK and Akt, and inhibition of individual kinases enhanced SubAB-triggered apoptosis. SubAB induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and other ER stress inducers mimicked the stimulatory effects of SubAB on ERK and Akt. Attenuation of ER stress reduced SubAB-induced phosphorylation of these kinases, suggesting involvement of the unfolded protein response (UPR). SubAB induced activation of protein kinase-like ER kinase (PERK) and phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), and phosphorylation of eIF2α by salubrinal caused activation of ERK and Akt, leading to cell survival. Dominant-negative inhibition of PERK enhanced SubAB-induced apoptosis and reduced phosphorylation of ERK and Akt. Furthermore, the anti-apoptotic effect of eIF2α was significantly reversed by inhibition of ERK and Akt. These results suggest cytoprotective roles of ERK and Akt in SubAB-triggered, ER stress-mediated apoptosis.
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- Tian Tian
- Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Shimokato 1110, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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The role of the dorsal hippocampus on the Ginkgo biloba facilitation effect of fear extinction as assessed with fear-potentiated startle. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2011; 215:403-11. [PMID: 21404038 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2244-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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RATIONALE Ginkgo biloba extract, EGb761, is widely used as herbal supplements throughout Western society. It has been used in the treatment of various common geriatric complaints including short-term memory loss. Our previous study has shown that acute systemic administration of EGb761 enhanced extinction of fear-potentiated startle (FPS) in rats. Little is known about the behavioral effects of hippocampally administered EGb761 on the extinction of FPS. OBJECTIVE The current study was performed to evaluate the involvement of the dorsal hippocampus (DH) in the EGb761 facilitation effect on the extinction of FPS. METHODS AND RESULT Male adult SD rats were used. EGb761 (28 ng/side, bilaterally) was infused into DH bilaterally 10 min prior to extinction training. Animals were then tested for FPS 24 h later. Results showed that intra-hippocampal infusion of EGb761 prior to extinction training facilitated extinction, which was not due to impairments of expression of conditioned fear. Intra-hippocampal injection of ERK1/2 inhibitor PD98059 partially attenuates the above EGb761 effect. Therefore, acute EGb761 administration modulated extinction of conditioned fear, which might be mediated by more than one signal cascade. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that DH may participate in the facilitation effect of EGb761 on the extinction of conditioned fear. In addition to ERK1/2, another signal cascade may also be involved in the EGb761 facilitation effect on extinction.
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Traini C, Pedata F, Cipriani S, Mello T, Galli A, Giovannini MG, Cerbai F, Volpini R, Cristalli G, Pugliese AM. P2 receptor antagonists prevent synaptic failure and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 activation induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation in rat CA1 hippocampus in vitro. Eur J Neurosci 2011; 33:2203-15. [PMID: 21453436 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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To investigate the role of purinergic P2 receptors under ischemia, we studied the effect of P2 receptor antagonists on synaptic transmission and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation under oxygen and glucose deprivation (OGD) in rat hippocampal slices. The effect of the P2 antagonists pyridoxalphosphate-6-azophenyl-2',4'-disulfonate (PPADS, unselective, 30 μm), N( 6) -methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine-3',5'-bisphosphate (MRS2179, selective for P2Y(1) receptor, 10 μm), Brilliant Blue G (BBG, selective for P2X(7) receptor, 1 μm), and 5-[[[(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl][(1S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-naphthalenyl]amino]carbonyl]-1,2,4-benzenetricarboxylic acid (A-317491, selective for P2X(3) receptor, 10 μm), and of the newly synthesized P2X(3) receptor antagonists 2-amino-9-(5-iodo-2-isopropyl-4-methoxybenzyl)adenine (PX21, 1 μm) and 2-amino-9-(5-iodo-2-isopropyl-4-methoxybenzyl)-N( 6)-methyladenine (PX24, 1 μm), on the depression of field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) and anoxic depolarization (AD) elicited by 7 min of OGD were evaluated. All antagonists significantly prevented these effects. The extent of CA1 cell injury was assessed 3 h after the end of 7 min of OGD by propidium iodide staining. Substantial CA1 pyramidal neuronal damage, detected in untreated slices exposed to OGD injury, was significantly prevented by PPADS (30 μm), MRS2179 (10 μm), and BBG (1 μm). Western blot analysis showed that, 10 min after the end of the 7 min of OGD, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 MAPK activation was significantly increased. MRS2179, BBG, PPADS and A-317491 significantly counteracted ERK1/2 activation. Hippocampal slices incubated with the ERK1/2 inhibitors 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis(2-aminophenylthio)butadiene (U0126, 10 μm) and α-[amino[(4-aminophenyl)thio]methylene]-2-(trifluoromethyl) benzeneacetonitrile (SL327, 10 μm) showed significant fEPSP recovery after OGD and delayed AD, supporting the involvement of ERK1/2 in neuronal damage induced by OGD. These results indicate that subtypes of hippocampal P2 purinergic receptors have a harmful effect on neurotransmission in the CA1 hippocampus by participating in AD appearance and activation of ERK1/2.
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- Chiara Traini
- Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
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Serafini G, Pompili M, Innamorati M, Giordano G, Tatarelli R, Lester D, Girardi P, Dwivedi Y. Glycosides, depression and suicidal behaviour: the role of glycoside-linked proteins. Molecules 2011; 16:2688-713. [PMID: 21441870 PMCID: PMC6259655 DOI: 10.3390/molecules16032688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Nowadays depression and suicide are two of the most important worldwide public health problems. Although their specific molecular mechanisms are still largely unknown, glycosides can play a fundamental role in their pathogenesis. These molecules act presumably through the up-regulation of plasticity-related proteins: probably they can have a presynaptic facilitatory effect, through the activation of several intracellular signaling pathways that include molecules like protein kinase A, Rap-1, cAMP, cADPR and G proteins. These proteins take part in a myriad of brain functions such as cell survival and synaptic plasticity. In depressed suicide victims, it has been found that their activity is strongly decreased, primarily in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex. These studies suggest that glycosides can regulate neuroprotection through Rap-1 and other molecules, and may play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of depression and suicide.
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- Gianluca Serafini
- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Via Grottarossa 1035-1039, 00189 Rome, Italy.
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Dupont E, Stevens L, Cochon L, Falempin M, Bastide B, Canu MH. ERK is involved in the reorganization of somatosensory cortical maps in adult rats submitted to hindlimb unloading. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17564. [PMID: 21408155 PMCID: PMC3050880 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Sensorimotor restriction by a 14-day period of hindlimb unloading (HU) in the adult rat induces a reorganization of topographic maps and receptive fields. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. Interest was turned towards a possible implication of intracellular MAPK signaling pathway since Extracellular-signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) is known to play a significant role in the control of synaptic plasticity. In order to better understand the mechanisms underlying cortical plasticity in adult rats submitted to a sensorimotor restriction, we analyzed the time-course of ERK1/2 activation by immunoblot and of cortical reorganization by electrophysiological recordings, on rats submitted to hindlimb unloading over four weeks. Immunohistochemistry analysis provided evidence that ERK1/2 phosphorylation was increased in layer III neurons of the somatosensory cortex. This increase was transient, and parallel to the changes in hindpaw cortical map area (layer IV). By contrast, receptive fields were progressively enlarged from 7 to 28 days of hindlimb unloading. To determine whether ERK1/2 was involved in cortical remapping, we administered a specific ERK1/2 inhibitor (PD-98059) through osmotic mini-pump in rats hindlimb unloaded for 14 days. Results demonstrate that focal inhibition of ERK1/2 pathway prevents cortical reorganization, but had no effect on receptive fields. These results suggest that ERK1/2 plays a role in the induction of cortical plasticity during hindlimb unloading.
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Domercq M, Alberdi E, Sánchez-Gómez MV, Ariz U, Pérez-Samartín A, Matute C. Dual-specific phosphatase-6 (Dusp6) and ERK mediate AMPA receptor-induced oligodendrocyte death. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:11825-36. [PMID: 21300799 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.153049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Oligodendrocytes, the myelinating cells of the CNS, are highly vulnerable to glutamate excitotoxicity, a mechanism involved in tissue damage in multiple sclerosis. Thus, understanding oligodendrocyte death at the molecular level is important to develop new therapeutic approaches to treat the disease. Here, using microarray analysis and quantitative PCR, we observed that dual-specific phosphatase-6 (Dusp6), an extracellular regulated kinase-specific phosphatase, is up-regulated in oligodendrocyte cultures as well as in optic nerves after AMPA receptor activation. In turn, Dusp6 is overexpressed in optic nerves from multiple sclerosis patients before the appearance of evident damage in this structure. We further analyzed the role of Dusp6 and ERK signaling in excitotoxic oligodendrocyte death and observed that AMPA receptor activation induces a rapid increase in ERK1/2 phosphorylation. Blocking Dusp6 expression, which enhances ERK1/2 phosphorylation, significantly diminished AMPA receptor-induced oligodendrocyte death. In contrast, MAPK/ERK pathway inhibition with UO126 significantly potentiates excitotoxic oligodendrocyte death and increases cytochrome c release, mitochondrial depolarization, and mitochondrial calcium overload produced by AMPA receptor stimulation. Upstream analysis demonstrated that MAPK/ERK signaling alters AMPA receptor properties. Indeed, Dusp6 overexpression as well as incubation with UO126 produced an increase in AMPA receptor-induced inward currents and cytosolic calcium overload. Together, these data suggest that levels of phosphorylated ERK, controlled by Dusp6 phosphatase, regulate glutamate receptor permeability and oligodendroglial excitotoxicity. Therefore, targeting Dusp6 may be a useful strategy to prevent oligodendrocyte death in multiple sclerosis and other diseases involving CNS white matter.
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- Maria Domercq
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas, Universidad del País Vasco, Leioa, Spain
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Sánchez-Muñoz I, Sánchez-Franco F, Vallejo M, Fernández A, Palacios N, Fernández M, Sánchez-Grande M, Cacicedo L. Regulation of somatostatin gene expression by brain derived neurotrophic factor in fetal rat cerebrocortical cells. Brain Res 2011; 1375:28-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 12/09/2010] [Accepted: 12/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Desarnaud F, Macone BW, Datta S. Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling in the pedunculopontine tegmental cells is involved in the maintenance of sleep in rats. J Neurochem 2011; 116:577-87. [PMID: 21166678 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07146.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Considerable evidence suggests that receptor-mediated excitation and inhibition of brainstem pedunculopontine tegmental (PPT) neurons are critically involved in the regulation of sleep-wake states. However, the molecular mechanisms operating within the PPT-controlling sleep-wake states remain relatively unknown. This study was designed to examine sleep-wake state-associated extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) transduction changes in the PPT of freely moving rats. The results of this study demonstrate that the levels of ERK1/2 expression, phosphorylation, and activity in the PPT increased with increased amount of time spent in sleep. The sleep-associated increases in ERK1/2 expression, phosphorylation, and activity were not observed in the cortex, or in the immediately adjacent medial pontine reticular formation. The results of regression analyses revealed significant positive relationships between the levels of ERK1/2 expression, phosphorylation, and activity in the PPT and amounts of time spent in slow-wave sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, and total sleep. Additionally, these regression analyses revealed significant negative relationships between the levels of ERK1/2 expression, phosphorylation, and activity in the PPT and amounts of time spent in wakefulness. Collectively, these results, for the first time, suggest that the increased ERK1/2 signaling in the PPT is associated with maintenance of sleep via suppression of wakefulness.
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- Frank Desarnaud
- Department of Laboratory of Sleep and Cognitive Neuroscience, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Otani N, Nawashiro H, Nagatani K, Takeuchi S, Kobayashi H, Shima K. Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathways Following Traumatic Brain Injury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.4236/nm.2011.23028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Potential Antidepressant Role of Neurotransmitter CART: Implications for Mental Disorders. DEPRESSION RESEARCH AND TREATMENT 2011; 2011:762139. [PMID: 21785720 PMCID: PMC3138108 DOI: 10.1155/2011/762139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2011] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Depression is one of the most prevalent and debilitating public health concerns. Although no single cause of depression has been identified, it appears that interaction among genetic, epigenetic, biochemical, environmental, and psychosocial factors may explain its etiology. Further, only a fraction of depressed patients show full remission while using current antidepressants. Therefore, identifying common pathways of the disorder and using that knowledge to develop more effective pharmacological treatments are two primary targets of research in this field. Brain-enriched neurotransmitter CART (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) has multiple functions related to emotions. It is a potential neurotrophic factor and is involved in the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and stress response as well as in energy homeostasis. CART is also highly expressed in limbic system, which is considered to have an important role in regulating mood. Notably, adolescents carrying a missense mutation in the CART gene exhibit increased depression and anxiety. Hence, CART peptide may be a novel promising antidepressant agent. In this paper, we summarize recent progress in depression and CART. In particular, we emphasize a new antidepressant function for CART.
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Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase in descending pain modulatory system. JOURNAL OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION 2010; 2011:468061. [PMID: 21637376 PMCID: PMC3101953 DOI: 10.1155/2011/468061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The descending pain modulatory system is thought to undergo plastic changes following peripheral tissue injury and exerts bidirectional (facilitatory and inhibitory) influence on spinal nociceptive transmission. The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) superfamily consists of four main members: the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase1/2 (ERK1/2), the c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), the p38 MAPKs, and the ERK5. MAPKs not only regulate cell proliferation and survival but also play important roles in synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Recently, many studies have demonstrated that noxious stimuli activate MAPKs in several brain regions that are components of descending pain modulatory system. They are involved in pain perception and pain-related emotional responses. In addition, psychophysical stress also activates MAPKs in these brain structures. Greater appreciation of the convergence of mechanisms between noxious stimuli- and psychological stress-induced neuroplasticity is likely to lead to the identification of novel targets for a variety of pain syndromes.
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Donovan M, Doonan F, Cotter TG. Differential roles of ERK1/2 and JNK in retinal development and degeneration. J Neurochem 2010; 116:33-42. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.07056.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Duric V, Banasr M, Licznerski P, Schmidt HD, Stockmeier CA, Simen AA, Newton SS, Duman RS. A negative regulator of MAP kinase causes depressive behavior. Nat Med 2010; 16:1328-32. [PMID: 20953200 PMCID: PMC3066515 DOI: 10.1038/nm.2219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The lifetime prevalence (∼16%) and the economic burden ($100 billion annually) associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) make it one of the most common and debilitating neurobiological illnesses. To date, the exact cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology of MDD have not been identified. Here we use whole-genome expression profiling of postmortem tissue and show significantly increased expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase-1 (MKP-1, encoded by DUSP1, but hereafter called MKP-1) in the hippocampal subfields of subjects with MDD compared to matched controls. MKP-1, also known as dual-specificity phosphatase-1 (DUSP1), is a member of a family of proteins that dephosphorylate both threonine and tyrosine residues and thereby serves as a key negative regulator of the MAPK cascade, a major signaling pathway involved in neuronal plasticity, function and survival. We tested the role of altered MKP-1 expression in rat and mouse models of depression and found that increased hippocampal MKP-1 expression, as a result of stress or viral-mediated gene transfer, causes depressive behaviors. Conversely, chronic antidepressant treatment normalizes stress-induced MKP-1 expression and behavior, and mice lacking MKP-1 are resilient to stress. These postmortem and preclinical studies identify MKP-1 as a key factor in MDD pathophysiology and as a new target for therapeutic interventions.
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- Vanja Duric
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Rationale for routine and immediate administration of intravenous estrogen for all critically ill and injured patients. Crit Care Med 2010; 38:S620-9. [DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181f243a9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Paillusson S, Tasselli M, Lebouvier T, Mahé MM, Chevalier J, Biraud M, Cario-Toumaniantz C, Neunlist M, Derkinderen P. α-Synuclein expression is induced by depolarization and cyclic AMP in enteric neurons. J Neurochem 2010; 115:694-706. [PMID: 20731759 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06962.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Accumulated evidence emphasizes the importance of α-synuclein expression levels in Parkinson's disease (PD) pathogenesis. PD is a multicentric disorder that affects the enteric nervous system (ENS), whose involvement may herald the degenerative process in the CNS. We therefore undertook the present study to investigate the mechanisms involved in the regulation of expression of α-synuclein in the ENS. The regulation of α-synuclein expression was assessed by qPCR and western blot analysis in rat primary culture of ENS treated with KCl and forskolin. A pharmacological approach was used to decipher the signaling pathways involved. Intraperitoneal injections of Bay K-8644 and forskolin were performed in mice, whose proximal colons were further analyzed for α-synuclein expression. Depolarization and forskolin increased α-synuclein mRNA and protein expression in primary cultures of ENS, although L-type calcium channel and protein kinase A, respectively. Both stimuli increased α-synuclein expression through a Ras/extracellular signal-regulated kinases pathway. An increase in α-synuclein expression was also observed in vivo in the ENS of mice injected with Bay K-8644 or forskolin. In conclusion, we have identified stimuli leading to α-synuclein over-expression in the ENS, which could be critical in the initiation of the pathological process in PD.
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Chiu PCN, Wong BST, Lee CL, Lam KKW, Chung MK, Lee KF, Koistinen R, Koistinen H, Gupta SK, Seppälä M, Yeung WSB. Zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in human spermatozoa is potentiated by glycodelin-A via down-regulation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases and up-regulation of zona pellucida-induced calcium influx. Hum Reprod 2010; 25:2721-33. [PMID: 20843776 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deq243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Glycodelin-A interacts with spermatozoa before fertilization, but its role in modulating sperm functions is not known. Zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction is crucial to fertilization and its dysfunction is a cause of male infertility. We hypothesized that glycodelin-A, a glycoprotein found in the female reproductive tract, potentiates human spermatozoa for zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction. METHODS Glycodelin isoforms were immunoaffinity purified. The sperm intracellular cAMP concentration, protein kinase-A (PKA) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activities, and intracellular calcium were measured by ELISA, kinase activity assay kits and Fluo-4AM technique, respectively. The phosphorylation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate type-1 receptor (IP3R1) mediated by ERK was determined by western blotting. Zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction was detected by Pisum sativum staining. RESULTS Pretreatment of spermatozoa with glycodelin-A significantly up-regulated adenylyl cyclase/PKA activity and down-regulated the activity of ERK and its phosphorylation of IP3R1, thereby enhancing zona pellucida-induced calcium influx and zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction. Glycodelin-F or deglycosylated glycodelin-A did not have these actions. Treatment of spermatozoa with a protein kinase inhibitor abolished the priming activity of glycodelin-A, whilst ERK pathway inhibitors mimic the stimulatory effect of glycodelin-A on zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction. CONCLUSIONS Glycodelin-A in the female reproductive tract sensitizes spermatozoa for zona pellucida-induced acrosome reaction in a glycosylation-specific manner through activation of the adenylyl cyclase/PKA pathway, suppression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and up-regulation of zona pellucida-induced calcium influx. The action of glycodelin-A may be important in vivo to ensure full responsiveness of human spermatozoa to the zona pellucida.
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Affiliation(s)
- Philip C N Chiu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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