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Valada P, Hinz S, Vielmuth C, Lopes CR, Cunha RA, Müller CE, Lopes JP. The impact of inosine on hippocampal synaptic transmission and plasticity involves the release of adenosine through equilibrative nucleoside transporters rather than the direct activation of adenosine receptors. Purinergic Signal 2022:10.1007/s11302-022-09899-7. [PMID: 36156760 DOI: 10.1007/s11302-022-09899-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Inosine has robust neuroprotective effects, but it is unclear if inosine acts as direct ligand of adenosine receptors or if it triggers metabolic effects indirectly modifying the activity of adenosine receptors. We now combined radioligand binding studies with electrophysiological recordings in hippocampal slices to test how inosine controls synaptic transmission and plasticity. Inosine was without effect at 30 μM and decreased field excitatory post-synaptic potentials by 14% and 33% at 100 and 300 μM, respectively. These effects were prevented by the adenosine A1 receptor antagonist DPCPX. Inosine at 300 (but not 100) μM also decreased the magnitude of long-term potentiation (LTP), an effect prevented by DPCPX and by the adenosine A2A receptor antagonist SCH58261. Inosine showed low affinity towards human and rat adenosine receptor subtypes with Ki values of > 300 µM; only at the human and rat A1 receptor slightly higher affinities with Ki values of around 100 µM were observed. Affinity of inosine at the rat A3 receptor was higher (Ki of 1.37 µM), while it showed no interaction with the human orthologue. Notably, the effects of inosine on synaptic transmission and plasticity were abrogated by adenosine deaminase and by inhibiting equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENT) with dipyridamole and NBTI. This shows that the impact of inosine on hippocampal synaptic transmission and plasticity is not due to a direct activation of adenosine receptors but is instead due to an indirect modification of the tonic activation of these adenosine receptors through an ENT-mediated modification of the extracellular levels of adenosine.
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- Pedro Valada
- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal. .,Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
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- Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, University of Bonn, 53121, Bonn, Germany
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- CNC-Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-504, Coimbra, Portugal
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LC-MS/MS Determination of Modified Nucleosides in The Urine of Parkinson's Disease and Parkinsonian Syndromes Patients. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25214959. [PMID: 33120888 PMCID: PMC7663364 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25214959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Epigenetic modifications play a key role in gene regulation and expression and are involved in numerous cellular processes. Due to the limited research on nucleosides in Parkinson's disease (PD), it is very important to consider epigenetic factors and their role in the development of PD. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the levels of modified nucleosides, such as O-methylguanosine, N6-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine, 1-methyladenosine, 1-methylguanine, 7-methylguanine, 3-methyladenine and 7-methylguanosine in the urine of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients and the control group, and to verify that the results obtained differ in a subgroup of patients with parkinsonian syndromes. The study group comprised 18 patients with diagnosed idiopathic Parkinson's disease and four parkinsonian syndromes. The control group consisted of 30 age- and sex-matched neurological patients without confirmation by neuroimaging brain damage and extrapyramidal symptoms. The levels of nucleosides were determined by validated liquid chromatography coupled with the mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method using the multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. Lower levels of O-methylguanosine, 3-methyladenine, 1-methylguanine, N6-methyl-2'-deoxyadenosine and a higher level of 7-methylguanine in the urine of 22 PD patients were observed. Moreover, elevated levels of 1-methyladenosine, 7-methylguanine, and O-methylguanosine were observed in the parkinsonian syndrome subgroup. These preliminary results may indicate that modified nucleosides describe metabolic disturbances in the metabolism of purine, which was the most severely affected pathway that mediated the detrimental effects of neuroinflammation on PD.
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Denihan NM, Kirwan JA, Walsh BH, Dunn WB, Broadhurst DI, Boylan GB, Murray DM. Untargeted metabolomic analysis and pathway discovery in perinatal asphyxia and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2019; 39:147-162. [PMID: 28840775 PMCID: PMC6311668 DOI: 10.1177/0271678x17726502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Elucidating metabolic effects of hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) may reveal early biomarkers of injury and new treatment targets. This study uses untargeted metabolomics to examine early metabolic alterations in a carefully defined neonatal population. Infants with perinatal asphyxia who were resuscitated at birth and recovered (PA group), those who developed HIE (HIE group) and healthy controls were all recruited at birth. Metabolomic analysis of cord blood was performed using direct infusion FT-ICR mass spectrometry. For each reproducibly detected metabolic feature, mean fold differences were calculated HIE vs. controls (ΔHIE) and PA vs. controls (ΔPA). Putative metabolite annotations were assigned and pathway analysis was performed. Twenty-nine putatively annotated metabolic features were significantly different in ΔPA after false discovery correction ( q < 0.05), with eight of these also significantly altered in ΔHIE. Altered putative metabolites included; melatonin, leucine, kynurenine and 3-hydroxydodecanoic acid which differentiated between infant groups (ΔPA and ΔHIE); and D-erythrose-phosphate, acetone, 3-oxotetradecanoic acid and methylglutarylcarnitine which differentiated across severity grades of HIE. Pathway analysis revealed ΔHIE was associated with a 50% and 75% perturbation of tryptophan and pyrimidine metabolism, respectively. We have identified perturbed metabolic pathways and potential biomarkers specific to PA and HIE, which measured at birth, may help direct treatment.
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- Niamh M Denihan
- 1 Neonatal Brain Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,2 Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- 4 Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,5 Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- 3 School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.,6 Phenome Centre Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- 7 School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Perth, Australia
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- 1 Neonatal Brain Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,2 Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- 1 Neonatal Brain Research Group, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.,2 Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Alonso-Andrés P, Albasanz JL, Ferrer I, Martín M. Purine-related metabolites and their converting enzymes are altered in frontal, parietal and temporal cortex at early stages of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Brain Pathol 2018; 28:933-946. [PMID: 29363833 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Adenosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, guanosine and inosine levels were assessed by HPLC, and the activity of related enzymes 5'-nucleotidase (5'-NT), adenosine deaminase (ADA) and purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) measured in frontal (FC), parietal (PC) and temporal (TC) cortices at different stages of disease progression in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in age-matched controls. Significantly decreased levels of adenosine, guanosine, hypoxanthine and xanthine, and apparently less inosine, are found in FC from the early stages of AD; PC and TC show an opposing pattern, as adenosine, guanosine and inosine are significantly increased at least at determinate stages of AD whereas hypoxanthine and xanthine levels remain unaltered. 5'-NT is reduced in membranes and cytosol in FC mainly at early stages but not in PC, and only at advanced stages in cytosol in TC. ADA activity is decreased in AD when considered as a whole but increased at early stages in TC. Finally, PNP activity is increased only in TC at early stages. Purine metabolism alterations occur at early stages of AD independently of neurofibrillary tangles and β-amyloid plaques. Alterations are stage dependent and region dependent, the latter showing opposite patterns in FC compared with PC and TC. Adenosine is the most affected of the assessed purines.
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- Patricia Alonso-Andrés
- Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas/Facultad de Medicina de Ciudad Real, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas/Facultad de Medicina de Ciudad Real, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Department of Pathology and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Barcelona, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Service of Pathologic Anatomy, Bellvitge University Hospital, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona; Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBERNED, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnologías Químicas/Facultad de Medicina de Ciudad Real, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Orgánica y Bioquímica, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Kékesi KA, Juhász G, Simor A, Gulyássy P, Szegő EM, Hunyadi-Gulyás E, Darula Z, Medzihradszky KF, Palkovits M, Penke B, Czurkó A. Altered functional protein networks in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala of victims of suicide. PLoS One 2012; 7:e50532. [PMID: 23272063 PMCID: PMC3516509 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Probing molecular brain mechanisms related to increased suicide risk is an important issue in biological psychiatry research. Gene expression studies on post mortem brains indicate extensive changes prior to a successful suicide attempt; however, proteomic studies are scarce. Thus, we performed a DIGE proteomic analysis of post mortem tissue samples from the prefrontal cortex and amygdala of suicide victims to identify protein changes and biomarker candidates of suicide. Among our matched spots we found 46 and 16 significant differences in the prefrontal cortex and amygdala, respectively; by using the industry standard t test and 1.3 fold change as cut off for significance. Because of the risk of false discoveries (FDR) in these data, we also made FDR adjustment by calculating the q-values for all the t tests performed and by using 0.06 and 0.4 as alpha thresholds we reduced the number of significant spots to 27 and 9 respectively. From these we identified 59 proteins in the cortex and 11 proteins in the amygdala. These proteins are related to biological functions and structures such as metabolism, the redox system, the cytoskeleton, synaptic function, and proteolysis. Thirteen of these proteins (CBR1, DPYSL2, EFHD2, FKBP4, GFAP, GLUL, HSPA8, NEFL, NEFM, PGAM1, PRDX6, SELENBP1 and VIM,) have already been suggested to be biomarkers of psychiatric disorders at protein or genome level. We also pointed out 9 proteins that changed in both the amygdala and the cortex, and from these, GFAP, INA, NEFL, NEFM and TUBA1 are interacting cytoskeletal proteins that have a functional connection to glutamate, GABA, and serotonin receptors. Moreover, ACTB, CTSD and GFAP displayed opposite changes in the two examined brain structures that might be a suitable characteristic for brain imaging studies. The opposite changes of ACTB, CTSD and GFAP in the two brain structures were validated by western blot analysis.
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- Katalin Adrienna Kékesi
- Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Park KD, Kim D, Reamtong O, Eyers C, Gaskell SJ, Liu R, Kohn H. Identification of a lacosamide binding protein using an affinity bait and chemical reporter strategy: 14-3-3 ζ. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:11320-30. [PMID: 21692503 DOI: 10.1021/ja2034156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have advanced a useful strategy to elucidate binding partners of ligands (drugs) with modest binding affinity. Key to this strategy is attaching to the ligand an affinity bait (AB) and a chemical reporter (CR) group, where the AB irreversibly attaches the ligand to the receptor upon binding and the CR group is employed for receptor detection and isolation. We have tested this AB&CR strategy using lacosamide ((R)-1), a low-molecular-weight antiepileptic drug. We demonstrate that using a (R)-lacosamide AB&CR agent ((R)-2) 14-3-3 ζ in rodent brain soluble lysates is preferentially adducted, adduction is stereospecific with respect to the AB&CR agent, and adduction depends upon the presence of endogenous levels of the small molecule metabolite xanthine. Substitution of lacosamide AB agent ((R)-5) for (R)-2 led to the identification of the 14-3-3 ζ adduction site (K120) by mass spectrometry. Competition experiments using increasing amounts of (R)-1 in the presence of (R)-2 demonstrated that (R)-1 binds at or near the (R)-2 modification site on 14-3-3 ζ. Structure-activity studies of xanthine derivatives provided information concerning the likely binding interaction between this metabolite and recombinant 14-3-3 ζ. Documentation of the 14-3-3 ζ-xanthine interaction was obtained with isothermal calorimetry using xanthine and the xanthine analogue 1,7-dimethylxanthine.
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- Ki Duk Park
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7568, USA
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Gender- and age-dependent changes in nucleoside levels in the cerebral cortex and white matter of the human brain. Brain Res Bull 2010; 81:579-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 10/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lecca D, Ceruti S. Uracil nucleotides: from metabolic intermediates to neuroprotection and neuroinflammation. Biochem Pharmacol 2008; 75:1869-81. [PMID: 18261711 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2007.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Uracil nucleotides (i.e., UTP and UDP) have been known for years as fundamental intermediates in the de novo synthesis of the other pyrimidine nucleotides, which altogether represent key building blocks for nucleic acid synthesis. In addition, their sugar conjugates (i.e., UDP-glucose and UDP-galactose) enter in several biochemical routes, for example leading to glycogen biosynthesis, and protein and lipid glycosylation, which in turn contribute to the synthesis of essential components of the cellular plasma membrane. More recently, the existence of a "pyrimidinergic transmission" has arisen from the discovery that several purinergic G protein-coupled P2Y receptors can be activated also or exclusively by uracil nucleotides and sugar conjugates. The number of these receptors is continuously growing over years with the discovery that previously "orphan" G protein-coupled receptors are actually responding to this class of molecules. Therefore, new unforeseen effects mediated by uracil derivatives have emerged, in particular in the nervous system, and previously unexplored avenues for the pharmacological manipulation of this system are currently under investigation. In this commentary we shall try to put together our current knowledge on the biochemical and receptor-mediated effects of uracil nucleotide derivatives with a specific focus on the nervous system in order to depict a clearer view of the importance of the pyrimidinergic system in both physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Davide Lecca
- Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology of Purinergic Transmission, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Italy
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