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Corradini BR, Iamashita P, Tampellini E, Farfel JM, Grinberg LT, Moreira-Filho CA. Complex network-driven view of genomic mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease: analyses in dorsal motor vagal nucleus, locus coeruleus, and substantia nigra. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:543673. [PMID: 25525598 PMCID: PMC4261556 DOI: 10.1155/2014/543673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD)—classically characterized by severe loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta—has a caudal-rostral progression, beginning in the dorsal motor vagal nucleus and, in a less extent, in the olfactory system, progressing to the midbrain and eventually to the basal forebrain and the neocortex. About 90% of the cases are idiopathic. To study the molecular mechanisms involved in idiopathic PD we conducted a comparative study of transcriptional interaction networks in the dorsal motor vagal nucleus (VA), locus coeruleus (LC), and substantia nigra (SN) of idiopathic PD in Braak stages 4-5 (PD) and disease-free controls (CT) using postmortem samples. Gene coexpression networks (GCNs) for each brain region (patients and controls) were obtained to identify highly connected relevant genes (hubs) and densely interconnected gene sets (modules). GCN analyses showed differences in topology and module composition between CT and PD networks for each anatomic region. In CT networks, VA, LC, and SN hub modules are predominantly associated with neuroprotection and homeostasis in the ageing brain, whereas in the patient's group, for the three brain regions, hub modules are mostly related to stress response and neuron survival/degeneration mechanisms.
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- Beatriz Raposo Corradini
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP), Avenida Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar 647, 5 Andar, 05403-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP), Avenida Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar 647, 5 Andar, 05403-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group (BEHEEC), LIM 22, FMUSP, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, 05652-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, 05652-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Division of Geriatrics, FMUSP, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group (BEHEEC), LIM 22, FMUSP, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Pathology, FMUSP, 01246-903 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Department of Neurology and Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina da USP (FMUSP), Avenida Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar 647, 5 Andar, 05403-900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Ravindran J, Gupta N, Agrawal M, Bala Bhaskar AS, Lakshmana Rao PV. Modulation of ROS/MAPK signaling pathways by okadaic acid leads to cell death via, mitochondrial mediated caspase-dependent mechanism. Apoptosis 2011; 16:145-61. [PMID: 21082355 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-010-0554-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Okadaic acid (OA) is a specific and potent protein phosphatase inhibitor and tumor promoter. The present study establishes the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitogen activated protein kinases in cell death induced by okadaic acid. The study showed that okadaic acid is cytotoxic at 10 nM with an IC50 of 100 nM in U-937 cells. The CVDE assay and mitochondrial dehydrogenase assay showed a time dependent cytotoxicity. The phase contrast visualization of the OA treated cells showed the apoptotic morphology and was confirmed with esterase staining for plasma membrane integrity. OA activated caspases-7, 9 and 3, PARP cleavage and induced nuclear damage in a time and dose dependent manner. Compromised mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome-c and apoptosis inducing factor confirms the involvement of mitochondria. A time dependent decrease in glutathione levels and a dose dependent increase in ROS with maximum at 30 min were observed. ROS scavenger-N-acetyl cysteine, mitochondrial stabilizer-cyclosporin-A, and broad spectrum caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK inhibited the OA induced caspase-3 activation, DNA damage and cell death but caspase-8 inhibitor had no effect. OA activated p38 MAPK and JNK in a time dependent manner, but not ERK½. MAP kinase inhibitors SB203580, SP600125 and PD98059 confirm the role of p38 MAPK and JNK in OA induced caspase-3 activation and cell death. Over all, our results indicate that OA induces cell death by generation of ROS, and activation of p38 MAPK and JNK, and executed through mitochondrial mediated caspase pathway.
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- Jayaraj Ravindran
- Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Defence Research and Development Establishment, Jhansi Road, Gwalior 474002, India
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Choy SW, Wong YM, Ho SH, Chow KL. C. elegans SIN-3 and its associated HDAC corepressor complex act as mediators of male sensory ray development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 358:802-7. [PMID: 17506990 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.04.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 04/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mab21 gene family members are required for embryonic development and sensory organ formation in both invertebrates and vertebrates. However, their mechanistic role on differentiation is largely unexplored. We report here the isolation of SIN-3 as a MAB-21 interacting molecule. sin-3 is co-expressed with mab-21 in the ray structural cells and genetically interacts with mab-21 to control sensory organ development. Using pharmacological and RNAi approaches, we demonstrated that histone deacetylase and conserved SIN-3-associated components are required for ray patterning. Conserved physical interactions between these components were also observed, implicating the recruitment of HDAC complex by MAB-21/SIN-3 may occur to determine ray identity in males.
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- S W Choy
- Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Nonner D, Panickar K, Barrett EF, Barrett JN. Bone morphogenetic proteins and neurotrophins provide complementary protection of septal cholinergic function during phosphatase inhibitor-induced stress. J Neurochem 2004; 91:77-87. [PMID: 15379889 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02687.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Cultures of embryonic rat septum were exposed for 24-48 h to 2-5 nm okadaic acid (OA), an inhibitor of pp1A and pp2A phosphatases. This stress killed approximately 75% of neurons. A neurotrophin (NT) combination (nerve growth factor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, each 100 ng/mL) plus a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP6 or BMP7, 5 nm) reduced the death of both cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons, and preserved choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity assayed 2-6 days post-stress. This NT + BMP combination preserved ChAT activity better than either NTs or BMPs alone, and was effective even if trophic factor addition was delayed until 12 h after stress onset. A general caspase inhibitor (qVD-OPH, 10 micro g/mL) also increased survival of stressed cholinergic neurons, but its protection of ChAT activity was shorter lived than that produced by the NT + BMP combination. Neither the NT + BMP combination nor the caspase inhibitor reduced the OA-induced increase in tau phosphorylation. These findings indicate that NTs and BMPs have synergistic protective effects against an OA stress, and suggest that at least some of these protective effects occur upstream of caspase activation.
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- Doris Nonner
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101, USA
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Matsu-ura T, Konishi Y, Aoki T, Naranjo JR, Mikoshiba K, Tamura TA. Seizure-mediated neuronal activation induces DREAM gene expression in the mouse brain. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2002; 109:198-206. [PMID: 12531529 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(02)00562-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Various transcriptional activators are induced in neurons concomitantly with long-lasting neural activity, whereas only a few transcription factors are known to act as neural activity-inducible transcription repressors. In this study, mRNA of DREAM (DRE-antagonizing modulator), a Ca(2+)-modulated transcriptional repressor, was demonstrated to accumulate in the mouse brain after pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-induced seizures. Accumulation in the mouse hippocampus reached maximal level in the late phase (at 7-8 h) after PTZ injection. Kainic acid induced the same response. Interestingly, the late induction of DREAM expression required new protein synthesis and was blocked by MK801 suggesting that Ca(2+)-influx via NMDA receptors is necessary for the PTZ-mediated DREAM expression. In situ hybridization revealed that PTZ-induced DREAM mRNA accumulation was observed particularly in the dentate gyrus, cerebral cortex, and piriform cortex. The results of the present study demonstrate that DREAM is a neural activity-stimulated late gene and suggest its involvement in adaptation to long-lasting neuronal activity.
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- Toru Matsu-ura
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
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Iivonen S, Hiltunen M, Alafuzoff I, Mannermaa A, Kerokoski P, Puoliväli J, Salminen A, Helisalmi S, Soininen H. Seladin-1 transcription is linked to neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience 2002; 113:301-10. [PMID: 12127087 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00180-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Seladin-1 is a gene recently shown to be down-regulated in brain regions selectively degenerated in Alzheimer's disease. The sequence of seladin-1 shares similarities with flavin-adenine-dinucleotide-dependent oxidoreductases and it has been found to protect cells from apoptotic cell death. In this work, we show that the transcription of seladin-1 is selectively down-regulated in the brain areas affected in Alzheimer's disease. The down-regulation in seladin-1 transcription was associated with hyperphosphorylated tau seen as linkage to immunohistochemically detected paired helical filament tau, neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. In contrast, no association was found between seladin-1 transcription and beta-amyloid deposition when analyzing human samples or tissue from transgenic animals. Furthermore, the relative transcription of seladin-1 was found to fluctuate during aging in the transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. The fluctuation was enhanced by Alzheimer's disease causing mutations in presenilin-1 and amyloid precursor protein genes. Finally, seladin-1 transcription was found to be up-regulated in mouse N2a cells induced to undergo apoptosis with okadaic acid. The results presented here indicate that seladin-1 transcription is selectively down-regulated in brain regions vulnerable to Alzheimer's disease and this down-regulation is associated with the hyperphosphorylation of tau protein.
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- S Iivonen
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University Hospital and University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland.
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Vietor I, Vadivelu SK, Wick N, Hoffman R, Cotten M, Seiser C, Fialka I, Wunderlich W, Haase A, Korinkova G, Brosch G, Huber LA. TIS7 interacts with the mammalian SIN3 histone deacetylase complex in epithelial cells. EMBO J 2002; 21:4621-31. [PMID: 12198164 PMCID: PMC125408 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The mammalian SIN3 complex consists of histone deacetylases (HDAC1, HDAC2), several known proteins (SAP30, N-CoR) and as yet unidentified proteins. Here we show that the mouse tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate induced sequence 7 (TIS7) protein is a novel transcriptional co-repressor that can associate with the SIN3 complex. We have identified tis7 as a gene that is up-regulated upon loss of polarity in a mouse mammary gland epithelial cell line expressing an estrogen-inducible c-JunER fusion protein. In unpolarized cells, TIS7 protein levels increase and TIS7 translocates into the nucleus. Overexpression of tis7 causes loss of polarity and represses a set of genes, as revealed by cDNA microarray analysis. We have shown that TIS7 protein interacts with several proteins of the SIN3 complex (mSin3B, HDAC1, N-CoR and SAP30) by yeast two-hybrid screening and co-immunoprecipitations. TIS7 co-immunoprecipitated HDAC complex is enzymatically active and represses a GAL4-dependent reporter transcription. The transcriptional repression of endogenous genes by tis7 overexpression is HDAC dependent. Thus, we propose TIS7 as a transcriptional co-repressor affecting the expression of specific genes in a HDAC activity-dependent manner during cell fate decisions, e.g. scattering.
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- Ilja Vietor
- IMP, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna,
Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Present address: Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Muellerstrasse 59, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Corresponding author e-mail: I.Vietor, S.K.Vadivelu and N.Wick contributed equally to this work
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- IMP, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna,
Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Present address: Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Muellerstrasse 59, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Corresponding author e-mail: I.Vietor, S.K.Vadivelu and N.Wick contributed equally to this work
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- IMP, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna,
Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Present address: Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Muellerstrasse 59, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Corresponding author e-mail: I.Vietor, S.K.Vadivelu and N.Wick contributed equally to this work
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- IMP, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna,
Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Present address: Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Muellerstrasse 59, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Corresponding author e-mail: I.Vietor, S.K.Vadivelu and N.Wick contributed equally to this work
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- IMP, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse 7, A-1030 Vienna,
Institute of Molecular Biology, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Institute of Microbiology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Innsbruck, Austria and Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Palackeho University in Olomouc, Czech Republic Present address: Department of Histology and Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, University of Innsbruck, Medical School, Muellerstrasse 59, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria Corresponding author e-mail: I.Vietor, S.K.Vadivelu and N.Wick contributed equally to this work
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Li DW, Xiang H, Mao YW, Wang J, Fass U, Zhang XY, Xu C. Caspase-3 is actively involved in okadaic acid-induced lens epithelial cell apoptosis. Exp Cell Res 2001; 266:279-91. [PMID: 11399056 DOI: 10.1006/excr.2001.5223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation are important cellular events regulating major metabolic activities such as signal transduction, gene expression, cell cycle progression, and apoptosis. It is well documented that okadaic acid, a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1) and -2A (PP-2A), can induce apoptosis in a variety of cell lines. Our recent studies have revealed that in the immortal rabbit lens epithelial cell line, N/N1003A, inhibition of PP-1, but not PP-2A, leads to rapid apoptosis of the lens epithelial cells. This induction of cell death is associated with up-regulated expression of a set of genes, including the tumor-suppressor gene, p53, and the proapoptotic gene, bax. In the present study, we demonstrate that inhibition of PP-1 by okadaic acid in the primary cultures of rat lens epithelial cells also leads to apoptotic death. Moreover, we show that the cysteine protease, caspase-3, is important in the execution of okadaic acid-induced apoptosis. Treatment of the primary cultures of rat lens epithelial cells with 100 nM okadaic acid up-regulates expression of caspase-3 at the mRNA, protein, and enzyme activity levels. Inhibition of the caspase-3 activity with a chemically synthesized inhibitor prevents okadaic acid-induced apoptosis in rat lens epithelial cells. Similar results are also observed in the immortal cell line N/N1003A. Furthermore, stable expression of the mouse gene encoding lens alphaB crystallin inhibits okadaic acid-induced apoptosis, and this inhibition is associated with repression of the okadaic acid-induced up-regulation of caspase-3 activity. Taken together, these results demonstrate that caspase-3 is actively involved in okadaic acid-induced lens epithelial cell apoptosis.
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- D W Li
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harkness Eye Institute, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Rossini GP, Sgarbi N, Malaguti C. The toxic responses induced by okadaic acid involve processing of multiple caspase isoforms. Toxicon 2001; 39:763-70. [PMID: 11137534 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(00)00202-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The recognized role of caspases as executioners of apoptosis, led us to investigate their involvement in death responses induced by okadaic acid (OA) in HeLa S(3) and MCF-7 cells. A one-day treatment with OA induced accumulation of the 85kDa poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) fragment in cell lysates but the response was prevented if cells were treated with OA in the presence of the caspase inhibitors Z-VAD-FMK and Z-DEVD-FMK. The HeLa S(3) and MCF-7 cells were found to contain measurable levels of the intact caspase-2, -7, -8 and -9 zymogens, whereas caspase-3 was found only in HeLa cells. After one day of OA treatment, pro-caspase-2, -3, -7 and -9 isoforms were found processed in HeLa cells, whereas only pro-caspase-2 was processed in MCF-7 cells. Pro-caspase-8, in turn, was mostly unprocessed in both cell lines. The possible interference of caspase inhibitors on cell death was also evaluated, and we found that both Z-VAD-FMK and Z-DEVD-FMK could contribute different extents of protection of MCF-7 and HeLa cells from toxic effects caused by OA. We concluded that OA triggers multiple pathways of caspase processing, contributing to death responses triggered by OA in HeLa S(3) and MCF-7 cells.
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- G P Rossini
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Chimica Biologica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 287, 41100 Modena, Italy.
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Grandori C, Cowley SM, James LP, Eisenman RN. The Myc/Max/Mad network and the transcriptional control of cell behavior. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2001; 16:653-99. [PMID: 11031250 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.16.1.653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 981] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The Myc/Max/Mad network comprises a group of transcription factors whose distinct interactions result in gene-specific transcriptional activation or repression. A great deal of research indicates that the functions of the network play roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, and death. In this review we focus on the Myc and Mad protein families and attempt to relate their biological functions to their transcriptional activities and gene targets. Both Myc and Mad, as well as the more recently described Mnt and Mga proteins, form heterodimers with Max, permitting binding to specific DNA sequences. These DNA-bound heterodimers recruit coactivator or corepressor complexes that generate alterations in chromatin structure, which in turn modulate transcription. Initial identification of target genes suggests that the network regulates genes involved in the cell cycle, growth, life span, and morphology. Because Myc and Mad proteins are expressed in response to diverse signaling pathways, the network can be viewed as a functional module which acts to convert environmental signals into specific gene-regulatory programs.
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- C Grandori
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109-1024, USA.
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Viidik A. Experimental gerontology in the Nordic countries. Exp Gerontol 2001; 36:383-401. [PMID: 11250112 DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5565(00)00251-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Research in geriatric medicine developed in the Nordic countries in the 1950s, following the tradition from the United Kingdom. Quite early, longitudinal epidemiological studies of 'normal' ageing emerged. Now there are chairs in geriatric medicine at many of the medical schools. Experimental gerontology came much later, typically scattered in a variety of medical school departments. There is only one chair in gerontology (in Tampere). Two major research undertakings have emerged in recent years, the Danish Centre for Molecular Gerontology, and a cluster of research groups at the Division of Geriatrics at the Karolinska Institutet. Other research groups are found in Denmark at the universities in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense; in Finland at the universities in Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Tampere and Turku; and in Norway at the university in Trondheim. These activities are reviewed country-wise.
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- A Viidik
- Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Universitetsparken, Bygning 230, DK-8000 C, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Kuusisto E, Suuronen T, Salminen A. Ubiquitin-binding protein p62 expression is induced during apoptosis and proteasomal inhibition in neuronal cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:223-8. [PMID: 11162503 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neuronal apoptosis is involved in several pathological conditions of the brain. Using cDNA arrays, we observed upregulation of ubiquitin-binding protein p62 expression during serum withdrawal-induced apoptosis in Neuro-2a cells. We demonstrate here that the expression levels of p62 mRNA and protein were increased in Neuro-2a cells and cultured rat hippocampal neurons by different types of proapoptotic treatments, including serum deprivation, okadaic acid, etoposide, and trichostatin A. Ubiquitin-binding protein p62 is a widely expressed cytoplasmic protein of unclear function. The ability of p62 to bind noncovalently to ubiquitin and to several signalling proteins suggests that p62 may play a regulatory role connected to the ubiquitin system. Accordingly, we show that proteasomal inhibitors MG-132, lactacystin, and PSI caused a prominent upregulation of p62 mRNA and protein expression, with a concomitant increase in ubiquitinated proteins. To conclude, p62 upregulation appears to be a common event in neuronal apoptosis. Results also suggest that the induction of p62 expression by proteasomal inhibitors may be a response to elevated levels of ubiquitinated proteins, possibly constituting a protective mechanism.
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- E Kuusisto
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
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Kyrylenko S, Korhonen P, Kyrylenko O, Roschier M, Salminen A. Expression of transcriptional repressor proteins mSin3A and 3B during aging and replicative senescence. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 275:455-9. [PMID: 10964686 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Sin3 proteins have a key role in transcriptional repression mediated by histone deacetylation. Mammalian Sin3 proteins, mSin3A and 3B, act as adapter molecules which bind both to repressive transcription factors and to the methyl-CpG-binding proteins (MeCPs) and recruit histone deacetylases to assemble a multiprotein repressor complex. We have recently observed (Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 252, 274-277, 1998) that the expression of mSin3A but not mSin3B protein is induced during neuronal apoptosis. The purpose of this study was to find out whether aging and replicative senescence affect the expression levels of mSin3A and 3B repressor proteins. We studied the expression levels of mSin3A and 3B mRNAs and proteins both in replicative senescence model of WI-38 fibroblasts and in liver and brain tissues of young (4-6 months) and old (26-30 months) male Wistar rats. Replicative senescence of human WI-38 fibroblasts did not affect the expression levels of mSin3A and 3B mRNAs. However, the late passage WI-38 fibroblasts showed a significant decline in the expression level of mSin3A protein. Immortalization of WI-38 fibroblasts with SV-40 transformation increased the expression level of 6.0 kb mSin3A mRNA. Aging of Wistar rats did not affect the expression levels of either mSin3A or mSin3B mRNAs in the liver and frontal cortex. Similarly, the protein levels of mSin3A and 3B were unaffected in the hippocampus, cerebellum and liver tissues during aging. These results show that aging in vivo, in contrast to replicative senescence, does not affect the expression levels of mSin3A and 3B repressor proteins. However, this does not exclude the possible age-related functional changes mediated by mSin3-histone deacetylase complexes.
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- S Kyrylenko
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, FIN-70211, Finland
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Suuronen T, Kolehmainen P, Salminen A. Protective effect of L-deprenyl against apoptosis induced by okadaic acid in cultured neuronal cells. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 59:1589-95. [PMID: 10799657 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00282-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
L-Deprenyl, an irreversible MAO-B (monoamine oxidase B, EC 1.4.3.4) inhibitor, is used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease and to delay the progression of Alzheimer's disease. L-Deprenyl also exhibits protective effects against neuronal apoptosis which are independent of its ability to inhibit MAO-B. The purpose of this study was to compare the antiapoptotic efficacy of L-deprenyl against different types of apoptotic inducers in three neuronal cell culture models. The level of apoptosis was quantified by measuring the activation of caspase-3 enzyme, which is the main apoptotic executioner in neuronal cells. MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2, 5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] and LDH (lactate dehydrogenase, EC 1. 1.1.27) assays were used to demonstrate the cytotoxic response of apoptotic treatments. Our results showed that okadaic acid, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 and 2A, induced a prominent increase in caspase-3 activity both in cultured hippocampal and cerebellar granule neurons as well as in Neuro-2a neuroblastoma cells. Interestingly, L-deprenyl offered a significant protection against the apoptotic response induced by okadaic acid in all three neuronal models. The best protection appeared at the concentration level of 10(-9) M. L-Deprenyl also provided a protection against apoptosis after AraC (cytosine beta-D-arabinoside) treatment in hippocampal neurons and Neuro-2a cells and after etoposide treatment in Neuro-2a cells. However, L-deprenyl did not offer any protection against apoptosis caused by serum withdrawal or potassium deprivation. Okadaic acid treatment in vivo is known to induce an Alzheimer's type of hyperphosphorylation of tau protein, formation of beta-amyloid plaques, and a severe memory impairment. Our results show that the okadaic acid model provides a promising tool to study the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease and to screen the neuroprotective capacity of L-deprenyl derivatives.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Suuronen
- Department of Neuroscience and Neurology, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland
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