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Harnessing conserved signaling and metabolic pathways to enhance the maturation of functional engineered tissues. NPJ Regen Med 2022; 7:44. [PMID: 36057642 PMCID: PMC9440900 DOI: 10.1038/s41536-022-00246-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The development of induced-pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cell types offers promise for basic science, drug testing, disease modeling, personalized medicine, and translatable cell therapies across many tissue types. However, in practice many iPSC-derived cells have presented as immature in physiological function, and despite efforts to recapitulate adult maturity, most have yet to meet the necessary benchmarks for the intended tissues. Here, we summarize the available state of knowledge surrounding the physiological mechanisms underlying cell maturation in several key tissues. Common signaling consolidators, as well as potential synergies between critical signaling pathways are explored. Finally, current practices in physiologically relevant tissue engineering and experimental design are critically examined, with the goal of integrating greater decision paradigms and frameworks towards achieving efficient maturation strategies, which in turn may produce higher-valued iPSC-derived tissues.
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Sim KH, Lee YJ. Perfluorohexane sulfonate induces memory impairment and downregulation of neuroproteins via NMDA receptor-mediated PKC-ERK/AMPK signaling pathway. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 288:132503. [PMID: 34626661 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2021] [Revised: 10/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS) is a widely used industrial chemical detected in human umbilical cord blood and breast milk, and has been suggested to exhibit developmental neurotoxicity. Previous studies on mice reported that neonatal exposure to PFHxS altered neuroprotein levels in the developing brain, and caused behavioral toxicity and cognitive dysfunction in the mature brain. However, the underlying mechanisms responsible for PFHxS-induced neuroprotein dysregulation are poorly understood. In this study, we examined the effect of neonatal exposure to PFHxS on memory function using an in vivo mice model. Furthermore, we examined the levels of growth associated protein-43 (GAP-43) and calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) (biomarkers of neuronal development) and the involved signaling pathways using differentiated neuronal PC12 cells. PFHxS decreased cell viability, GAP-43 and CaMKII levels, and neurite formation. These effects were mediated by the NMDA receptor, PKC-α, PKC-δ, AMPK and ERK pathways. MK801, an NMDA receptor antagonist, reduced the activation of PKC-α, PKC-δ, ERK and AMPK. The activation of ERK was suppressed by pharmacological and knockdown inhibition of PKC-α and -δ. Interestingly, the AMPK pathway was selectively inhibited by inhibiting PKC-δ but not PKC-ɑ. Consistent with PFHxS-induced neuronal death, and GAP-43 and CaMKII downregulation, neonatal exposure to PFHxS caused significant memory impairment in adult mice. Collectively, these results demonstrate that PFHxS induces persistent developmental neurotoxicity, as well as GAP-43 and CaMKII downregulation via the NMDA receptor-mediated PKCs (α and δ)-ERK/AMPK pathways.
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- Kyeong Hwa Sim
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Triningsih D, Yang JH, Sim KH, Lee C, Lee YJ. Acrylamide and its metabolite induce neurotoxicity via modulation of protein kinase C and AMP-activated protein kinase pathways. Toxicol In Vitro 2021; 72:105105. [PMID: 33545342 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2021.105105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acrylamide is known as a neurotoxicant found in commonly consumed food as well as in human body. However, the underlying mechanisms involved in neurotoxicity by acrylamide and its metabolite, glycidamide remain largely unknown. In this study, we have examined the interplay between CYP2E1, AMPK, ERK and PKC in acrylamide-induced neurotoxicity associated with autophagy in PC12 cells. Acrylamide-induced cell death was mediated by CYP2E1 expression and the activation of ERK, PKC-ɑ and PKC-δ, whereas AMPK knockdown exacerbated the acrylamide-induced neurotoxic effects. PKC-ɑ, but not PKC-δ, plays an upstream regulator of ERK and AMPK. Moreover, AMPK activation suppressed ERK, and CYP2E1 and AMPK bilaterally inhibit each other. Furthermore, acrylamide increased autophagy with impaired autophagic flux, evidenced by the increased beclin-1, LC3-II and p62 protein. Acrylamide-induced neuronal death was ameliorated by 3-methyladenine, an autophagy inhibitor, whereas neuronal death was exacerbated by chloroquine, a lysosomal inhibitor. Interestingly, PKC-δ siRNA, but not PKC-ɑ siRNA, dramatically reduced acrylamide-induced beclin-1 and LC3-II levels, whereas AMPK siRNA further increased beclin-1, LC3-II and p62 protein levels. Glycidamide, a major metabolite, mimicked acrylamide only with a higher potency. Taken together, acrylamide- and glycidamide-induced neurotoxicity may involve cytotoxic autophagy, which is mediated by interplay between PKCs and AMPK pathways.
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- Dahlia Triningsih
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Akinyemi AJ, Miah MR, Ijomone OM, Tsatsakis A, Soares FAA, Tinkov AA, Skalny AV, Venkataramani V, Aschner M. Lead (Pb) exposure induces dopaminergic neurotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans: Involvement of the dopamine transporter. Toxicol Rep 2019; 6:833-840. [PMID: 31463204 PMCID: PMC6709386 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Lead (Pb) is an environmental neurotoxicant, and has been implicated in several neurological disorders of dopaminergic dysfunction; however, the molecular mechanism of its toxicity has yet to be fully understood. This study investigated the effect of Pb exposure on dopaminergic neurodegeneration and function, as well as expression level of several dopaminergic signaling genes in wild type (N2) and protein kinase C (pkc) mutant Caenorhabditis elegans. Both N2 and pkc mutant worms were exposed to Pb2+ for 1 h. Thereafter, dopaminergic (DAergic) neurodegeneration, behavior and gene expression levels were assessed. The results revealed that Pb2+ treatment affects dopaminergic cell morphology and structure in worms expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) under a DAergic cell specific promoter. Also, there was a significant impairment in dopaminergic neuronal function as tested by basal slowing response (BSR) in wild-type, N2 worms, but no effect was observed in pkc mutant worms. Furthermore, Pb2+ exposure increased dat-1 gene expression level when compared with N2 worms, but no alteration was observed in the pkc mutant strains. LC–MS analysis revealed a significant decrease in dopamine content in worms treated with Pb2+ when compared with controls. In summary, our results revealed that Pb2+ exposure induced dopaminergic dysfunction in C. elegans by altering dat-1 gene levels, but pkc mutants showed significant resistance to Pb2+ toxicity. We conclude that PKC activation is directly involved in the neurotoxicity of Pb.
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- Ayodele Jacob Akinyemi
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.,Department of Anatomy, School of Health and Health Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), Nigeria
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- Laboratory of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States.,Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russian Federation.,I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States
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Zhao J, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Wang C, Mao J, Li T, Wang X, Nie X, Jiang S, Wu Q. 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure influence the expression of glutamate transporter GLT-1 in C6 glioma cells via the Ca(2+) /protein kinase C pathway. J Appl Toxicol 2016; 36:1409-17. [PMID: 26988466 DOI: 10.1002/jat.3294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Revised: 12/16/2015] [Accepted: 12/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The widespread environmental contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), is considered one of the most toxic dioxin-like compounds. Although epidemiological studies have shown that TCDD exposure is linked to some neurological and neurophysiological disorders, the underlying mechanism of TCDD-mediated neurotoxicity has remained unclear. Astrocytes are the most abundant cells in the nervous systems, and are recognized as the important mediators of normal brain functions as well as neurological, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative brain diseases. In this study, we investigated the role of TCDD in regulating the expression of glutamate transporter GLT-1 in astrocytes. TCDD, at concentrations of 0.1-100 nm, had no significantly harmful effect on the viability of C6 glioma cells. However, the expression of GLT-1 in C6 glioma cells was downregulated in a dose- and time-dependent manner. TCDD also caused activation of protein kinase C (PKC), as TCDD induced translocation of the PKC from the cytoplasm or perinuclear to the membrane. The translocation of PKC was inhibited by one Ca(2+) blocker, nifedipine, suggesting that the effects are triggered by the initial elevated intracellular concentration of free Ca(2+) . Finally, we showed that inhibition of the PKC activity reverses the TCDD-triggered reduction of GLT-1. In summary, our results suggested that TCDD exposure could downregulate the expression of GLT-1 in C6 via Ca(2+) /PKC pathway. The downregulation of GLT-1 might participate in TCDD-mediated neurotoxicity. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Jianya Zhao
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Labor and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Labor and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Labor and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Labor and Environmental Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, 226001, People's Republic of China.
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Lee HG, Lee YJ, Yang JH. Perfluorooctane sulfonate induces apoptosis of cerebellar granule cells via a ROS-dependent protein kinase C signaling pathway. Neurotoxicology 2012; 33:314-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2011] [Revised: 01/11/2012] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Lead-induced accumulation of beta-amyloid in the choroid plexus: role of low density lipoprotein receptor protein-1 and protein kinase C. Neurotoxicology 2010; 31:524-32. [PMID: 20488202 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The choroid plexus (CP), constituting the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier, has the capacity to remove beta-amyloid (Abeta) from the cerebrospinal fluid. Our previous work indicates that exposure to lead (Pb) results in Abeta accumulation in the CP by decreasing the expression of low density lipoprotein receptor protein-1 (LRP1), a protein involved in the transport and clearance of Abeta. The current study was designed to explore the relationship between Abeta accumulation, protein kinase C (PKC) activity, and LRP1 status in the CP following Pb exposure. Confocal microscopy revealed that LRP1 was primarily localized in the cytosol of the CP in control rats and migrated distinctly towards the apical surface and the microvilli following acute Pb exposure (27 mg Pb/kg, i.p., 24h). Co-immunostaining revealed a co-localization of both PKC-delta and LRP1 in the cytosol of control rats, with a distinct relocalization of both towards the apical membrane following Pb exposure. Preincubation of the tissues with PKC-delta inhibitor rottlerin (2 microM) prior to Pb exposure in vitro, resulted in abolishing the Pb-induced relocalization of LRP1 to the apical surface. Importantly, a significant elevation in intracellular Abeta levels (p<0.01) was observed in the cytosol of the CP following Pb exposure, which was abolished following preincubation with rottlerin. In addition, rottlerin caused a relocalization of Abeta from the cytosol to the nucleus in both Pb-treated and control CP tissues. Finally, co-immunoprecipitation studies revealed a strong protein-protein interaction between LRP1 and PKC-delta in the CP. These studies suggest that Pb exposure disrupts Abeta homeostasis at the CP, owing partly to a Pb-induced relocalization of LRP1 via PKC-delta.
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Kim SY, Lee HG, Choi EJ, Park KY, Yang JH. TCDD alters PKC signaling pathways in developing neuronal cells in culture. CHEMOSPHERE 2007; 67:S421-7. [PMID: 17222441 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is known to induce neurodevelopmental deficits such as poor cognitive development and motor dysfunction. However, the mechanism of TCDD-mediated neurotoxicity remains unclear. Since PKC signaling is one of the most pivotal events involved in neuronal function and development, we analyzed the effects of TCDD on the PKC signaling pathway in cerebellar granule cells derived from PND-7 rat brain. Immunoblot analysis revealed the presence of PKC-alpha, betaII, delta, epsilon, lambda and iota in both cytosol and membrane fractions of cerebellar granule cells, but PKC-gamma was below the detectable level. TCDD induced a significant translocation of PKC-alpha, -betaII and -epsilon from cytosol to membrane fraction (p<0.05) and a marginal translocation of PKC-delta at high dose only (p<0.1). It also increased RACK-1, an adaptor protein for PKC, in a dose-dependent manner. Exposure to TCDD induced a dose-dependent increase of both [3H] PDBu binding and the intracellular calcium level. The results suggest that the selective PKC isozymes and RACK-1 are involved in TCDD-mediated signaling pathway and these proteins may be possible molecular targets in neuronal cells for TCDD exposure. Our study provides basic data to understand mechanism of TCDD-induced neurotoxicity with respect to PKC signaling pathway and a scientific basis for improving the health risk assessment of neurotoxicants by identifying intracellular target molecules in neuronal cells.
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- Sun-Young Kim
- Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology, Catholic University of Daegu, School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Chen L, Bohanick JD, Nishihara M, Seamans JK, Yang CR. Dopamine D1/5 receptor-mediated long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability in rat prefrontal cortical neurons: Ca2+-dependent intracellular signaling. J Neurophysiol 2007; 97:2448-64. [PMID: 17229830 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00317.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Prefrontal cortex (PFC) dopamine D1/5 receptors modulate long- and short-term neuronal plasticity that may contribute to cognitive functions. Synergistic to synaptic strength modulation, direct postsynaptic D1/5 receptor activation also modulates voltage-dependent ionic currents that regulate spike firing, thus altering the neuronal input-output relationships in a process called long-term potentiation of intrinsic excitability (LTP-IE). Here, the intracellular signals that mediate this D1/5 receptor-dependent LTP-IE were determined using whole cell current-clamp recordings in layer V/VI rat pyramidal neurons from PFC slices. After blockade of all major amino acid receptors (V(hold) = -65 mV) brief tetanic stimulation (20 Hz) of local afferents or application of the D1 agonist SKF81297 (0.2-50 microM) induced LTP-IE, as shown by a prolonged (>40 min) increase in depolarizing pulse-evoked spike firing. Pretreatment with the D1/5 antagonist SCH23390 (1 microM) blocked both the tetani- and D1/5 agonist-induced LTP-IE, suggesting a D1/5 receptor-mediated mechanism. The SKF81297-induced LTP-IE was significantly attenuated by Cd(2+), [Ca(2+)](i) chelation, by inhibition of phospholipase C, protein kinase-C, and Ca(2+)/calmodulin kinase-II, but not by inhibition of adenylate cyclase, protein kinase-A, MAP kinase, or L-type Ca(2+) channels. Thus this form of D1/5 receptor-mediated LTP-IE relied on Ca(2+) influx via non-L-type Ca(2+) channels, activation of PLC, intracellular Ca(2+) elevation, activation of Ca(2+)-dependent CaMKII, and PKC to mediate modulation of voltage-dependent ion channel(s). This D1/5 receptor-mediated modulation by PKC coexists with the previously described PKA-dependent modulation of K(+) and Ca(2+) currents to dynamically regulate overall excitability of PFC neurons.
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- Long Chen
- National Standard Lab of Pharmacology for Chinese Materia Medica, Research Center of Acupuncture and Pharmacology, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
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Lee HG, Kim SY, Choi EJ, Park KY, Yang JH. Translocation of PKC-betaII is mediated via RACK-1 in the neuronal cells following dioxin exposure. Neurotoxicology 2006; 28:408-14. [PMID: 16797713 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 04/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is known to induce neurotoxic effects. However, the mechanism of TCDD-mediated signaling pathways and its possible molecular targets in neurons remains unknown. In this study, we analyzed effects of TCDD on neurofilament subunits, receptor for activated C kinase-1 (RACK-1), and PKC-betaII activity in developing neuronal cells. TCDD induced a significant increase of RACK-1, an adaptor protein for protein kinase C (PKC), in cerebellar granule cells in both dose- and time-dependent manner, indicating that RACK-1 is a sensitive molecular target in neuronal cells for TCDD exposure. TCDD induced a dose-dependent translocation of PKC-betaII from cytosol to membrane fractions. However, when RACK-1 induction was blocked by antisense oligonucleotide or alpha-naphthoflavone, Ah receptor (AhR) inhibitor, the translocation of PKC-betaII was inhibited. Our data suggests that TCDD activates PKC-betaII via RACK-1 in an AhR-dependent manner. This is the first report identifying RACK-1 as a target molecule involved in TCDD-mediated signaling pathways. TCDD exposure also increased the level of neurofilament-H mRNA. These results suggest that identification of target molecules may contribute to improve our understanding of TCDD-mediated signaling pathway and the risk assessment of TCDD-induced neurotoxicities.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Benzoflavones/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cerebellum/chemistry
- Cerebellum/enzymology
- Cerebellum/metabolism
- Cerebellum/pathology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Environmental Pollutants/toxicity
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Neurofilament Proteins/genetics
- Neurofilament Proteins/metabolism
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/enzymology
- Neurons/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/metabolism
- Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins/toxicity
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Kinase C beta
- Protein Transport/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors for Activated C Kinase
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/drug effects
- Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Time Factors
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- Hyun-Gyo Lee
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu, 3056-6 Daemyong-4-dong, Namgu, Daegu 705-718, Republic of Korea
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Faillace MP, Zwiller J, Di Scala G, Bernabeu R. Odor increases [3H]phorbol dibutyrate binding to protein kinase C in olfactory structures of rat brain. Effect of entorhinal cortex lesion. Brain Res 2006; 1068:16-22. [PMID: 16386712 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Since protein kinase C (PKC) is known to be activated in the olfactory bulb and in several limbic areas related to odor processing, we determined whether an olfactory stimulus was able to modulate the activity of PKC in animals with bilateral entorhinal cortex lesion. The translocation of PKC from the cytosol to the membrane was studied using the phorbol ester 12,13-dibutyrate ([3H]PDBu) binding in control and bilateral entorhinal cortex (EC) lesioned rats. The lesion of EC per se did not significantly affect [3H]PDBu binding in any of the brain structures analyzed, while odor stimulation induced it in both control and EC-lesioned groups in the external plexiform layer of the olfactory bulb. In contrast, an odor-induced increase of [3H]PDBu binding in internal glomerular layer of the olfactory bulb was only observed in EC lesioned animals. Similar results were obtained in the piriform cortex. In both CA1 and CA3 hippocampal subfields, odor stimulation induced an increase of [3H]PDBu binding in both control and EC-lesioned animals, the increase being potentiated only in CA1 of lesioned rats. The dentate gyrus and the amygdala exhibited a similar pattern of [3H]PDBu binding, showing a significant increase exclusively in EC-lesioned animals after odor stimulation. The results strongly suggest that the EC plays a key role in odor processing. PKC appears to play an important role in responding to the activation of lipid second messengers, which have been described to be involved in the processing of odor stimuli in several structures of the olfactory pathway.
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- Maria Paula Faillace
- Laboratorio de Biologia de Vertebrados, IQUIFIB, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956, piso 6, Buenos Aires (1121), Argentina
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Nagai K, Chiba A, Nishino T, Kubota T, Kawagishi H. Dilinoleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine from Hericium erinaceum protects against ER stress-dependent Neuro2a cell death via protein kinase C pathway. J Nutr Biochem 2005; 17:525-30. [PMID: 16426828 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2005.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2005] [Revised: 09/19/2005] [Accepted: 09/30/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In many types of neurodegeneration, neuronal cell death is induced by endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Hence, natural products able to reduce ER stress are candidates for use in the attenuation of neuronal cell death and, hence, in the reduction of the damage, which occurs in neurodegenerative disease. In this study, we investigated ER stress-reducing natural products from an edible mushroom, Hericium erinaceum. As a result of screening by cell viability assay on the protein glycosylation inhibitor tunicamycin-induced (i.e., ER stress-dependent) cell death, we found that dilinoleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (DLPE) was one of the molecules effective at reducing ER stress-dependent cell death in the mouse neuroblastoma cell line Neuro2a cells. A purified DLPE, commercially available, also exhibited a reducing effect on this ER stress-dependent cell death. Therefore, we concluded that DLPE has potential as a protective molecule in ER stress-induced cell death. From the structure of DLPE, it was hypothesized that it might activate protein kinase C (PKC). The activity of PKC-epsilon, a novel-type PKC, was increased by adding DLPE, and PKC-gamma, a conventional-type PKC, was activated on the coaddition of diolein and DLPE, as shown by in vitro enzyme activity analysis. The protecting activity of DLPE was attenuated in the presence of a PKC inhibitor GF109203X but not completely diminished. Therefore, DLPE can protect neuronal cells from ER stress-induced cell death, at least in part by the PKC pathway.
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- Kaoru Nagai
- Department of Epigenetic Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
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Hsieh YS, Yang SF, Chiou HL, Kuo DY. Transcriptional involvement of protein kinase C-alpha isozyme in amphetamine-mediated appetite suppression. Eur J Neurosci 2005; 22:715-23. [PMID: 16101753 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04245.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Amphetamine (AMPH) is known as an anorectic agent. The anorectic action of AMPH has been attributed to its inhibitory action on hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY), an appetite stimulant in the brain. The molecular mechanisms behind this anorectic action of AMPH are still unclear. This study investigated the possible role of protein kinase C (PKC) isotypes in this anorectic action. Results revealed that most PKC isotypes (alpha, betaII, gamma, delta, eta, lambda and zeta), except betaI and epsilon isotypes, were stimulated during a repeated treatment of AMPH. Among these stimulated isotypes, three isotypes (alpha, delta, lambda) were activated and expressed in a similar manner, while the other isotypes were expressed differently and specifically. To determine if PKCalpha was involved in the anorectic response of AMPH, the infusions of antisense oligonucleotide into the brain were performed 1 h before daily AMPH treatment in freely moving rats, and the results showed that PKCalpha knock down could block the anorectic response and restore NPY mRNA levels in AMPH-treated rats. These results suggest that PKC isotypes- (at least the alpha isotype), related modification of NPY gene expression in hypothalamus might play an essential role in the central regulation of AMPH-mediated feeding suppression.
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- Yih-Shou Hsieh
- Institute of Biochemistry, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Yang JH, Kodavanti PR. Possible molecular targets of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in neuronal cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:1372-7. [PMID: 11162682 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent and bioaccumulative environmental toxicants. Although health effects associated with exposure to these chemicals, including motor dysfunction and impairment in memory and learning, have been identified, their molecular site of action is unknown. Previous study from this laboratory demonstrated that, while ortho PCBs perturbed intracellular signaling mechanisms including Ca2+ homeostasis, receptor-mediated inositol phosphate production and translocation of PKC, non-ortho PCBs did not. Since PKC signaling pathway is implicated in the modulation of motor behavior, as well as learning and memory, and the roles of PKC are isoform-specific, we have now studied the effects of two structurally distinct PCBs on isoforms of PKC in cerebellar granule cell culture model. Cells were exposed to 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl (ortho PCB; 2,2'-DCB) or 4,4'-dichlorobiphenyl (non-ortho PCB; 4,4'-DCB) for 15 min, respectively, and subsequently fractionated and immunoblotted against the selected PKC monoclonal antibodies (alpha, gamma, delta, epsilon, lambda, iota). While 2,2'-DCB induced a translocation of PKC-alpha [cytosol (% control): 54 +/- 12 at 25 microM and 66 +/- 10 at 50 microM; membrane (% control): 186 +/- 37 at 25 microM and 200 +/- 48 at 50 microM] and -epsilon [cytosol (% control): 92 +/- 12 at 25 microM and 97 +/- 15 at 50 microM; membrane (% control): 143 +/- 23 at 25 microM and 192 +/- 24 at 50 microM] from cytosol to membrane fraction in a concentration-dependent manner, 4,4'-DCB had no effects. 2,2'-DCB induced translocation of PKC-alpha was blocked by pretreatment with sphingosine, suggesting a possible role of sphingolipid pathway. Although reports on implication of PKC-gamma with learning and memory are relatively extensive, the expression of this particular isoform in the primary cerebellar granule cells was below the detectable level. PKC-delta, -lambda and -iota were present in these cells, but were not altered by PCB exposure. These results suggest that the effects of 2,2'-DCB on PKC is isoform-dependent and PKC-alpha as well as PKC-epsilon may be target molecules for ortho-PCBs in neuronal cells.
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- J H Yang
- Neurotoxicology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, USA
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Protein kinase C (PCK) is a family of isoforms that are implicated in subcellular signal transduction. The authors investigated the distribution of several PKC isoforms (PKC-alpha, PKC-beta, PKC-gamma, PKC-delta, and PKC-epsilon) within major cerebellar cell types as well as cerebellar projection target neurons, including Purkinje neurons, cerebellar nuclear neurons, and secondary vestibular neurons. PKC-alpha, PKC-beta, PKC-gamma, PKC-delta, and PKC-epsilon are found within the cerebellum. Of these isoforms, PKC-gamma and PKC-delta are highly expressed in Purkinje cells. PKC-gamma is expressed in all Purkinje cells, whereas the expression of PKC-delta is restricted to sagittal bands of Purkinje cells in the posterior cerebellar cortex. In the lower folia of the uvula and nodulus, Purkinje cell expression of PKC-delta is uniformly high, and the sagittal banding for PKC-delta expression is absent. Within the cerebellar nuclei, PKC-delta-immunolabeled axons terminate within the medial aspect of the caudal half of the ipsilateral interpositus nucleus. PKC delta-immunolabeled axons also terminated within the caudal medial and descending vestibular nuclei (MVN and DVN, respectively), the parasolitary nucleus (Psol), and the nucleus prepositus hypoglossi (NPH). PKC-gamma-immunolabeled axons terminated in all of the cerebellar nuclei as well as in the lateral and superior vestibular nuclei and the MVN, DVN, Psol, and NPH. The projection patterns of PKC-immunolabeled Purkinje cells were confirmed by lesion-depletion studies in which unilateral uvula-nodular lesions caused depletion of PKC-immunolabeled terminals ipsilateral to the lesion in the vestibular complex. These data identify circuitry that is unique to cerebellar-vestibular interactions.
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- N H Barmack
- Neurological Sciences Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA.
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Perrin RJ, Woods WS, Clayton DF, George JM. Interaction of human alpha-Synuclein and Parkinson's disease variants with phospholipids. Structural analysis using site-directed mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:34393-8. [PMID: 10952980 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004851200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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alpha-Synuclein has been centrally implicated in neurodegenerative disease, and a normal function in developmental synaptic plasticity has been suggested by studies in songbirds. A variety of observations suggest the protein partitions between membrane and cytosol, a behavior apparently conferred by a conserved structural similarity to the exchangeable apolipoproteins. Here we show that the capacity to bind lipids is broadly distributed across exons 3, 4, and 5 (encoding residues 1-102). Binding to phosphatidylserine-containing vesicles requires the presence of all three exons, while binding to phosphatidic acid can be mediated by any one of the three. Consistent with a "class A2" helical binding mechanism, lipid association is disrupted by introduction of charged residues along the hydrophobic face of the predicted alpha-helix and also by biotinylation of conserved lysines (which line the interfacial region). Circular dichroism spectroscopy reveals a general correlation between the amount of lipid-induced alpha-helix content and the degree of binding to PS-containing vesicles. Two point mutations associated with Parkinson's disease have little (A30P) or no (A53T) effect on lipid binding or alpha-helicity. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that alpha-synuclein's normal functions depend on an ability to undergo a large conformational change in the presence of specific phospholipids.
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- R J Perrin
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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van der Zee EA, Luiten PG. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampus, neocortex and amygdala: a review of immunocytochemical localization in relation to learning and memory. Prog Neurobiol 1999; 58:409-71. [PMID: 10380240 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00092-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Immunocytochemical mapping studies employing the extensively used monoclonal anti-muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAChR) antibody M35 are reviewed. We focus on three neuronal muscarinic cholinoceptive substrates, which are target regions of the cholinergic basal forebrain system intimately involved in cognitive functions: the hippocampus; neocortex; and amygdala. The distribution and neurochemistry of mAChR-immunoreactive cells as well as behaviorally induced alterations in mAChR-immunoreactivity (ir) are described in detail. M35+ neurons are viewed as cells actively engaged in neuronal functions in which the cholinergic system is typically involved. Phosphorylation and subsequent internalization of muscarinic receptors determine the immunocytochemical outcome, and hence M35 as a tool to visualize muscarinic receptors is less suitable for detection of the entire pool of mAChRs in the central nervous system (CNS). Instead, M35 is sensitive to and capable of detecting alterations in the physiological condition of muscarinic receptors. Therefore, M35 is an excellent tool to localize alterations in cellular cholinoceptivity in the CNS. M35-ir is not only determined by acetylcholine (ACh), but by any substance that changes the phosphorylation/internalization state of the mAChR. An important consequence of this proposition is that other neurotransmitters than ACh (especially glutamate) can regulate M35-ir and the cholinoceptive state of a neuron, and hence the functional properties of a neuron. One of the primary objectives of this review is to provide a synthesis of our data and literature data on mAChR-ir. We propose a hypothesis for the role of muscarinic receptors in learning and memory in terms of modulation between learning and recall states of brain areas at the postsynaptic level as studied by way of immunocytochemistry employing the monoclonal antibody M35.
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- E A van der Zee
- Department of Zoology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
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Epidemiological studies have shown a strong relationship between the level of lead in blood and bone as assessed by performance on IQ tests and other psychometric tests. Approximately 1 out of 10 children in the United States have blood lead levels above 10 microg/dl, which has been established as the level of concern. Studies on experimental animals exposed to lead after birth have shown learning deficits at similar blood lead levels. Since learning requires the remodeling of synapses in the brain, lead may specifically affect synaptic transmission. Although the molecular targets for lead are unknown, a vast amount of evidence accumulated over many years has shown that lead disrupts processes that are regulated by calcium. Our laboratory has been studying the effect of lead on protein kinase C, a family of isozymes some of which require calcium for activity. We and others have shown that picomolar concentrations of lead can replace micromolar concentrations of calcium in a protein kinase C enzyme assay. Furthermore, lead activates protein kinase C in intact cells and induces the expression of new genes by a mechanism dependent on protein kinase C. We propose that the learning deficits caused by lead are due to events regulated by protein kinase C that most likely occur at the synapse.
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- J Bressler
- Dept. of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and Hygiene and The Kennedy Krieger Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Stojilkovic SS. Calcium Signaling Systems. Compr Physiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp070109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We have found that phosphorylation of a G-protein-coupled receptor by protein kinase C (PKC) disrupts modulation of ion channels by the receptor. In AtT-20 cells transfected with rat cannabinoid receptor (CB1), the activation of an inwardly rectifying potassium current (Kir current) and depression of P/Q-type calcium channels by cannabinoids were prevented by stimulation of protein kinase C by 100 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). In contrast, activation of Kir current by somatostatin was unaffected, and inhibition of calcium channels was only modestly attenuated. The possibility that PKC acted by phosphorylating CB1 receptors was confirmed by demonstrating that PKC phosphorylated a single serine (S317) of a fusion protein incorporating the third intracellular loop of CB1. Mutating this serine to alanine did not affect the ability of CB1 to modulate currents, but it eliminated disruption by PMA, demonstrating that PKC can disrupt ion channel modulation by receptor phosphorylation.
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Bazarsky E, Wolfson M, Galron D, Granot Y, Argov S, Isakov N, Rager-Zisman B. Persistent measles virus infection of murine neuroblastoma cells differentially affects the expression of PKC individual isoenzymes. Virus Genes 1998; 15:227-34. [PMID: 9482588 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007980504092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Measles virus (MV) is among the infectious agents displaying a propensity for establishing persistent infections of the CNS. It is assumed that continuous presence of MV defective particles or viral genome in persistently infected cells may influence host cellular processes and perturb biochemical signal transduction pathways operating in linkage to various cell surface receptors. PKC expression in a MV persistently infected neuroblastoma cell line (NS20Y/MS) was investigated. The relative levels of PKC isoenzymes were determined by Western blot analysis. We found that protein levels of PKCalpha, epsilon and zeta, but not PKCdelta, were increased in NS20Y/MS cells. PKCbeta, gamma and eta were undetectable. Treatment of NS20Y/MS cells with anti-MV Abs, which downregulated MV protein synthesis, also reduced PKCalpha expression to the basal level observed in the uninfected NS20Y cells. Our results suggest that a persistent MV infection has specific effects on the expression of certain PKC isoenzymes. We postulate that the MV-associated neurologic changes may reflect virus induced changes in biochemical signaling pathways and that these effects are likely to be regulated by the host's anti-viral humoral immune response.
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- E Bazarsky
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cancer Research Center, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Wackym PA, Balaban CD. Molecules, Motion, and Man. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998; 118:S16-24. [PMID: 9525485 DOI: 10.1016/s0194-59989870003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The application of cell and molecular biology techniques to vestibular research is resulting in rapid changes in our understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of vestibular function. The clinical problems encountered in space travel together with the acute and chronic vestibular dysfunction affecting many of the patients otolaryngologists care for have driven this research at a rapid pace. A review of these methods and highlights of the major advances are discussed. (Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998;118:S16-S24.)
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- P A Wackym
- Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA
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Zhao Q, Slavkovich V, Zheng W. Lead exposure promotes translocation of protein kinase C activities in rat choroid plexus in vitro, but not in vivo. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1998; 149:99-106. [PMID: 9512732 PMCID: PMC4988658 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1997.8352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Lead (Pb) exposure reportedly modulates PKC activity in brain endothelial preparations, which may underlie Pb-induced damage at the blood-brain barrier. Our previous work indicates that Pb accumulates in the choroid plexus and causes dysfunction of this blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. The present studies were undertaken to test the hypothesis that Pb in the choroid plexus may alter PKC activity and thus affect the functions of the blood-CSF barrier. When choroidal epithelial cells in a primary culture were exposed to Pb (10 microM in culture medium), the membrane-bound PKC activity increased by 5.2-fold, while the cytosolic PKC activities decreased, an indication of the induction of PKC translocation by Pb. The effect of Pb on cellular PKC was concentration dependent in the range of 0.1-10 microM. We further evaluated PKC activity of the choroid plexus in rats chronically exposed to Pb in the drinking water (control, 50 or 250 micrograms Pb/ml) for 30, 60, or 90 days. Two-way analysis of variance revealed a significant age-related decline of PKC activities in both cytosol and membrane of the choroid plexus. However, Pb treatment did not alter plexus PKC activities. In addition, we found that short-term, acute Pb exposure in rats did not significantly change PKC activities nor did it affect the expression of PKC isoenzymes in the choroid plexus. Our results suggest that Pb exposure may promote the translocation of PKC from cytosol to membrane in rat blood-CSF barrier in vitro, but not in vivo.
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- Qiuqu Zhao
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
- Department of Pharmacology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Shoji T, Park HY, Jalbert N, Bhawan J, Byers HR. In situ and in vitro expression of protein kinase C alpha in human melanocytes. PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH 1998; 11:18-23. [PMID: 9523331 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00706.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Protein kinase C (PKC) is a multigene family of at least 12 isoforms involved in the transduction of extracellular signals. We investigated whether PKC-alpha, a major isoform known to be relatively abundant in brain tissue, is increased in human melanocytes relative to keratinocytes in vitro and in situ. Immunohistochemical staining for PKC-alpha in frozen neonatal human foreskin exhibited intermittent 2-3 + staining along the basal cell layer consistent with melanocytes, and 0-1 + staining of keratinocytes (on a scale of 0-3). Microscopic densitometry of the intermittent cellular staining was at least 3-fold greater than that of adjacent keratinocyte cell cytoplasm. Sequential frozen sections revealed similar intermittent cell staining with PKC-alpha and Mel-5 (tyrosinase related protein-1), known to specifically react with melanocytes. Northern blot analysis with a specific cDNA probe for PKC-alpha showed strong PKC-alpha mRNA expression in cultured melanocytes, whereas PKC-alpha mRNA in cultured non-stratifying keratinocytes was expressed at low levels. Western blot analysis revealed a prominent PKC-alpha band at approximately 80 kDa in melanocytes as opposed to a weak band in keratinocytes. Densitometry of the northern and western blots revealed that melanocytes had at least 10-fold more PKC-alpha mRNA and approximately 6-fold more PKC-alpha protein expression than keratinocytes. Total PKC activity measured in vitro revealed that melanocytes had 5-fold more activity than keratinocytes. The marked difference in melanocyte and keratinocyte expression of PKC-alpha provides further evidence for cell type specificity in the balance of PKC-alpha expression and may implicate differential PKC isoform signaling pathways in neuro-ectodermally derived cells.
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- T Shoji
- Department of Dermatology, Boston University School of Medicine, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Luo Y, Hawver DB, Iwasaki K, Sunderland T, Roth GS, Wolozin B. Physiological levels of beta-amyloid peptide stimulate protein kinase C in PC12 cells. Brain Res 1997; 769:287-95. [PMID: 9374197 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(97)00718-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alzheimer's beta-amyloid peptide (A beta) is normally present at nanomolar concentrations in body fluids and in the medium of cultured cells. In vitro experiments have shown that A beta has neurotrophic effects and can promote neuronal adhesion and elongation of axon-like processes. In an attempt to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying such effects, we have recently reported that nanomolar doses of A beta can stimulate protein tyrosine phosphorylation and activate phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase in neuronal cells. Here we show evidence that A beta can also activate protein kinase C, a serine/threonine kinase, in PC12 cells. First, using a serine-containing S6 peptide as an exogenous substrate, we found that nanomolar levels of A beta peptides 1-40 or 1-42 significantly stimulated an S6 phosphorylating kinase activity, whereas the A beta40-1 reverse sequence peptide had no effect. Down-regulation of PKC by prolonged (18 h) treatment with 1 microM PMA prevented the A beta-induced S6 phosphorylation. Using a more specific PKC substrate, N-terminal acetylated peptide (4-14) from myelin basic protein, we then demonstrated that A beta indeed increased PKC activity and that this activity could be blocked by the PKC inhibitor, staurosporine. Finally, immunoblotting experiments showed that A beta induced translocation of PKCgamma from cytosol to membrane and also significantly reduced cytosolic PKCalpha levels. Taken together, these data suggest that physiological levels of A beta can regulate PKC activity.
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- Y Luo
- Molecular Physiology and Genetics Section, Gerontology Research Center, NIA, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Rao K, Paik WY, Zheng L, Jobin RM, Tomić M, Jiang H, Nakanishi S, Stojilkovic SS. Wortmannin-sensitive and -insensitive steps in calcium-controlled exocytosis in pituitary gonadotrophs: evidence that myosin light chain kinase mediates calcium-dependent and wortmannin-sensitive gonadotropin secretion. Endocrinology 1997; 138:1440-9. [PMID: 9075700 DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.4.5078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In cultured rat pituitary cells, increases in the cytosolic calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) and LH release are induced by activation of GnRH receptors as well as by nonreceptor-mediated stimuli. Treatment of pituitary cells with the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) inhibitor, wortmannin, attenuated GnRH-induced LH release. Wortmannin also reduced the LH responses to nonreceptor-mediated elevation of [Ca2+]i by ionomycin and activation of voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels by Bay K 8644 or high K+, as well as Ca2+-induced LH release in permeabilized pituitary cells. The [Ca2+]i responses to these stimuli were unaltered in wortmannin-treated pituitary cells, indicating that this compound inhibits a Ca2+-dependent step in exocytosis without affecting Ca2+ signaling. In perifused pituitary cells, the GnRH-induced early spike phase of LH release was not affected by wortmannin, whereas the subsequent plateau phase was almost completely inhibited. No significant changes in GnRH-induced phospholipase D activity and diacylglycerol production were observed in wortmannin-treated pituitary cells during the sustained phase of agonist stimulation. Wortmannin also had no effect on LH responses to the protein kinase C activator, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, further indicating that the attenuation of agonist-induced LH release is not related to inhibition of the diacylglycerol/protein kinase C pathway. In addition, agonist-induced LH release was attenuated by two other MLCK inhibitors, MS-347a and KT5926. These data suggest that MLCK mediates the downstream effects of Ca2+ on exocytosis, an action supported by the finding of wortmannin-sensitive phosphorylation of a 20-kDa protein in pituitary cells and alphaT3-1 gonadotrophs treated with GnRH, K+, and Bay K 8644. This protein was coprecipitated from pituitary extracts with a specific antibody to nonmuscle myosin IIB and comigrated with 20-kDa smooth muscle myosin light chain on SDS-PAGE. These results demonstrate that Ca2+ controls exocytosis through an initial wortmannin-insensitive step and a sustained wortmannin-sensitive step and suggest that the latter event in the cascade of cellular responses is dependent on phosphorylation of nonmuscle myosin IIB light chain by MLCK.
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- K Rao
- Endocrinology and Reproduction Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Noguès X. Protein kinase C, learning and memory: a circular determinism between physiology and behaviour. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1997; 21:507-29. [PMID: 9153070 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(97)00015-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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1. In vertebrates as in invertebrates, protein kinase C appears to have a key role in learning and memory, probably given its involvement in synaptic plasticity. 2. Hippocampal PKC in mammalians is activated by learning in a large variety of memory tasks. However, the kind of information processed, the type of task, and the dynamics of learning processes all induce differential changes in the mode of PKC activation and in its anatomy. 3. The behaviourally induced changes in PKC activity are often varying in their magnitude. Inter-individual differences in PKC basal activity are generally correlated to the ability to learn. 4. Pharmacologic activation and inhibition of brain PKC shows that PKC activation plays an important role in cognitive function. 5. Basal PKC stores characterising each individual could be determined by genetic factors and modulated through life by individual experience. 6. The issue of PKC and memory relationships is reformulated through a comprehensive interactionist model which leads to formulating some new testable predictions.
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- X Noguès
- Laboratoire de Neurosciences Comportementales et Cognitives, URA CNRS 339 Talence, France
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Angenstein F, Staak S. Receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase C in hippocampal long-term potentiation: facts, problems and implications. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 1997; 21:427-54. [PMID: 9153067 DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(97)00012-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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During the last decade hippocampal long-term potentiation has become one of the most frequently used models to study cellular mechanisms of learning and memory. Receptor-mediated activation of protein kinase C is thought to be involved in LTP stabilisation. In the present review, 1. the molecular structure and activation mechanisms of PKC isoenzymes, 2. the biochemical evidences for PKC activation after induction of LTP using different stimulation paradigms as well as 3. the involvement of metabotropic glutamate receptors in PKC activation after induction of LTP are critically discussed.
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- F Angenstein
- Federal Institute for Neurobiology, Laboratory for Cellular Signalling Magdeburg, Germany
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Ueno E, Rosenberg P. Differential effects of snake venom phospholipase A2 neurotoxin (beta-bungarotoxin) and enzyme (Naja naja atra) on protein kinases. Biochem Pharmacol 1996; 52:1287-93. [PMID: 8937437 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00484-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The phospholipase A2 (PLA2) neurotoxin, beta-bungarotoxin (beta-BuTX), presynaptically alters acetylcholine release. We previously found that beta-BuTX inhibits protein phosphorylation in rat brain synaptosomes. This inhibition was not due to the inhibition of ATP synthesis, the action of arachidonic acid (AA) metabolites, or the stimulation of phosphatase activities. A typical PLA2 enzyme from Naja naja atra (N. n. atra) venom also inhibited phosphorylation but with lesser potency than that of beta-BuTX. We now report the effects of beta-BuTX and N. n. atra PLA2 on the activities of protein kinases. Treatments of synaptic plasma membrane or cytosol with N. n. atra PLA2 stimulated the activities of cAMP-dependent kinase, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II, and protein kinase C (PKC), whereas beta-BuTX had no effect on these kinases. Calyculin A, a phosphatase-1 and -2A inhibitor, increased the stimulation of phosphorylation by N. n. atra PLA2, indicating that the stimulation is not due to an inhibition of phosphatase activities. The stimulation of PKC by N. n. atra PLA2 appears to be mediated by free fatty acids (FFAs) resulting from phospholipid hydrolysis by PLA2, since (1) treatment of either synaptic plasma membrane or cytosol with N. n. atra PLA2 produced large amounts of FFAs, and (2) AA, an exogenous FFA, stimulated PKC activity to an extent similar to that caused by N. n. atra PLA2. Thus, the mechanisms of action of beta-BuTX and N. n. atra PLA2 appear quite different from each other although both agents inhibit phosphorylation in intact synaptosomes.
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- E Ueno
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, School of Pharmacy, Storrs 06269, USA
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Lei T, Adams EF, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R. Relationship between protein kinase C and adenylyl cyclase activity in the regulation of growth hormone secretion by human pituitary somatotrophinomas. Neurosurgery 1996; 39:569-75; discussion 575-6. [PMID: 8875488 DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199609000-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the potential role of protein kinase C (PKC) and its relationship to adenylyl cyclase activity in controlling growth hormone (GH) secretion by human pituitary somatotrophinomas. METHODS Twenty-eight somatotrophinomas were placed into cell culture, and the in vitro effects of the PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA) and the PKC inhibitor staurosporine on basal and GH-releasing hormone (GHRH)-stimulated GH secretion were examined. In addition, the influence of chronic exposure of cultured somatotrophinoma cells to TPA on the rate of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production was determined. Each tumor was assessed for the presence of gsp oncogenes, and thus constitutive adenylyl cyclase activity, by direct sequence analysis of polymerase chain reaction-generated deoxyribonucleic acid. GH secretory responses of tumors with and without these oncogenes were compared. RESULTS TPA consistently stimulated GH secretion by cultured somatotrophinoma cells. There was no difference in response between somatotrophinomas with and without gsp oncogenes, and the effects did not correlate with the variable stimulation exerted by GHRH. Tumors in which GHRH had no significant effect nevertheless responded to TPA. In combination, TPA and GHRH exerted additive stimulation. TPA treatment of cultured somatotrophinoma cells eventually resulted in suppression of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate production, probably reflecting down-regulation of membrane phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis, a second messenger system that also generates the endogenous PKC activator diacylglycerol. GHRH had no effect on phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis. In contrast to the effects of TPA, the PKC inhibitor staurosporine tended to reduce GH secretion, although this effect was not observed in all tumors examined. As with TPA, the effects of staurosporine did not correlate with presence or absence of gsp oncogenes. Furthermore, staurosporine did not reduce the stimulatory effects exerted by GHRH on GH secretion. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate a role for the phosphatidylinositol-PKC second messenger cascade in controlling GH secretion by human pituitary somatotrophinomas. The results also show that the system operates relatively independent of intracellular adenylyl cyclase and, thus, protein kinase A.
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- T Lei
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
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Lei T, Adams EF, Buchfelder M, Fahlbusch R. Relationship between Protein Kinase C and Adenylyl Cyclase Activity in the Regulation of Growth Hormone Secretion by Human Pituitary Somatotrophinomas. Neurosurgery 1996. [DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199609000-00027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Meller ST, Dykstra C, Gebhart GF. Acute thermal hyperalgesia in the rat is produced by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors and protein kinase C and production of nitric oxide. Neuroscience 1996; 71:327-35. [PMID: 9053788 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00442-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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There is general agreement that activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor is involved in thermal hyperalgesia. However, there is less agreement on the specific intracellular events subsequent to receptor activation and the involvement of other excitatory amino acid receptors in thermal hyperalgesia. In the present study, we found that the intrathecal administration of N-methyl-D-aspartate produced a dose- (1 fmol-1 pmol) and time-dependent thermal hyperalgesia. In contrast, over the dose range tested, intrathecal administration of either alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-proprionate (AMPA; 10 fmol-100 pmol), 1,3-trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate (10 fmol-100 pmol), quisqualate (10 pmol-5 nmol) or a 1:1 combination of AMPA and 1,3-trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate (total dose 20 fmol-200 pmol) did not produce any evidence of thermal hyperalgesia; greater doses produced a caudally-directed biting and scratching behavior that precluded testing in the paradigm used. A fixed dose of 1,3-trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate (100 pmol) did, however, potentiate the effects of N-methyl-D-aspartate (1-100 fmol). Thermal hyperalgesia produced by N-methyl-D-aspartate (1 pmol) was attenuated by intrathecal administration of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor-selective antagonist 2-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate (100 pmol), but not by the AMPA receptor-selective antagonist 6,7-dinitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione (1 nmol) or the metabotropic receptor antagonist 2-amino-3-phosphonoproprionate (10 nmol). In a second series of experiments, we examined the role of different signal transduction systems in acute N-methyl-D-aspartate-produced thermal hyperalgesia. N-Methyl-D-aspartate-produced thermal hyperalgesia (1 pmol) was attenuated by intrathecal hemoglobin (1-100 pmol) and dose-dependently by intrathecal N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (10 pmol-l nmol), Methylene Blue (10 pmol-l nmol) and chelerythrine (1-100 pmol), suggesting that acute N-methyl-D-aspartate-mediated thermal hyperalgesia involves activation of nitric oxide synthase and protein kinase C. In contrast, N-methyl-D-aspartate-produced thermal hyperalgesia was unaffected by intrathecal administration of the phospholipase A2 inhibitor mepacrine (10 nmol) or the phospholipase C inhibitor neomycin (10 nmol). While prostaglandins and leukotrienes have been suggested to play a role in hyperalgesia, N-methyl-D-aspartate-produced thermal hyperalgesia (1 pmol) was unaffected by the non-selective eicosanoid inhibitor nordihydroguaiarate (1 nmol), the cyclo-oxygenase selective inhibitor indomethacin (10 nmol) or the lipoxygenase selective inhibitor baicalein (1 nmol). The results of the present study suggest that acute thermal hyperalgesia can be produced by activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors. Activation of AMPA, metabotropic or co-activation of AMPA and metabotropic glutamate receptors, at the doses tested, did not produce an acute thermal hyperalgesia. The thermal hyperalgesia produced by N-methyl-D-aspartate is mediated by activation of nitric oxide synthase and protein kinase C, but not by phospholipase C, phospholipase A2, cyclo-oxygenase or lipoxygenase. Collectively, the results are consistent with a role for spinal N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, nitric oxide and protein kinase C in thermal hyperalgesia.
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- S T Meller
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Wyss-Coray T, Masliah E, Toggas SM, Rockenstein EM, Brooker MJ, Lee HS, Mucke L. Dysregulation of signal transduction pathways as a potential mechanism of nervous system alterations in HIV-1 gp120 transgenic mice and humans with HIV-1 encephalitis. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:789-98. [PMID: 8609236 PMCID: PMC507117 DOI: 10.1172/jci118478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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HIV-1 associated central nervous system (CNS) disease involves neuronal damage and prominent reactive astrocytosis, the latter characterized by strong upregulation of the glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in astrocytes. Similar alterations are found in transgenic mice expressing the HIV-1 envelope protein gp120 in the CNS. Because alterations of astrocyte functions could contribute to neuronal impairment, we compared brains of gp120 transgenic mice and gp120-transfected C6 astrocytoma cells with controls and found that gp120 induced a prominent elevation of steady state GFAP mRNA levels, primarily due to transcript stabilization. Increased levels of GFAP mRNA were also found in nontransfected C6 cells exposed to recombinant gp120. Exposure of C6 cells or primary mouse astrocytes to soluble gp120 led to activation of PKC as indicated by redistribution and increase in PKC immunoreactivity at the single cell level. gp120 effects were diminished by inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC) but not inhibitors of protein kinase A. PKC activity was upmodulated in gp120-transfected C6 cells and in the CNS of gp120 transgenic mice. Further, brain tissue from patients with HIV-1 encephalitis and from gp120 transgenic mice showed increased PKC immunoreactivity. Taken together, these results indicate that gp120-induced increases in PKC activity may contribute to the gliosis seen in gp120 transgenic mice as well as in HIV-1-infected humans and raise the question of whether dysregulation of signal transduction pathways represents a general mechanism of HIV-associated pathogenesis.
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- T Wyss-Coray
- Gladstone Molecular Neurobiology Program, University of California, San Francisco 94141-9100, USA
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McCord R, Klein A, Osborne NN. The occurrence of protein kinase C theta and lambda isoforms in retina of different species. Neurochem Res 1996; 21:259-66. [PMID: 9182251 DOI: 10.1007/bf02529143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The localization and immunochemical identification of the novel protein kinase C theta (nPKC theta) and the atypical protein kinase C lambda (aPKC lambda) isoforms in retinas of different species were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and SDS-PAGE/Western blotting. nPKC theta immunoreactivity is associated with bipolar cells of mammalian (rabbit, rat and guinea pig) retinas but not the non-mammalian goldfish retina which has a lower concentration of nPKC theta. However, SDS-PAGE and Western blotting data indicate the antigen recognized by the nPKC theta monoclonal antibody in the retina is of a lower molecular weight than that expected for nPKC theta. This would suggest nPKC theta is more susceptible to degradation/breakdown than other PKC isoforms found in the retina or that the nPKC theta antibody may be recognizing an unknown retinal antigen. A comparison of nPKC theta and cPKC alpha immunoreactivities in bipolar cells shows unique distributions exist for the two isoforms. nPKC theta is present in the developing retina at an earlier stage than cPKC alpha. The typical 'transport' of cPKC alpha toward axonal terminals by phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate does not occur for nPKC theta yet both are translocated from the cytosolic to membrane compartments. The inner plexiform layer and the inner nuclear layer (putative horizontal cells) of all species examined (rabbit, rat, guinea pig and goldfish) exhibited positive immunoreactivity for aPKC lambda as confirmed by SDS-PAGE/Western blotting.
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- R McCord
- Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Oxford University, Oxford, U.K
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- J P Liu
- Department of Medical Oncology, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
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Bernabeu R, Izquierdo I, Cammarota M, Jerusalinsky D, Medina JH. Learning-specific, time-dependent increase in [3H]phorbol dibutyrate binding to protein kinase C in selected regions of the rat brain. Brain Res 1995; 685:163-8. [PMID: 7583242 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)00310-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Several lines of evidence indicate that protein kinase C (PKC) participates in long-term potentiation (LTP) and in certain forms of learning. Here we describe a rapid, specific and time-dependent increase in [3H]phorbol-12,13-dibutyrate ([3H]PDBu) binding to membrane-associated PKC in selected brain regions of rats submitted to an inhibitory avoidance task. A quantitative film autoradiographic method was used to determine the amount and distribution of membrane-bound PKC in rats sacrificed at various time intervals after training. At 0, 30 and 120 min following training there was a prominent increase (up to 200%) in the binding of [3H]PDBu throughout the hippocampus relative to naive, shocked or habituated control groups. No significant changes in [3H]PDBu binding in any brain region were found at 180 min after training. Similar training-specific increments in the binding of [3H]PDBu were observed in the frontal, parietal and entorhinal cerebral cortices, amygdala and cerebellum. The maximal effect was seen at 30 min in the CA2 region of the hippocampus (+200%) and at 30 and 120 min after training in the amygdala (+170%) in comparison to naive control values. No alterations in [3H]PDBu binding were found in the other brain regions studied. The present findings, together with previous data reporting a similar temporal course in the effects of intrahippocampal or intraamygdala infusion of specific PKC inhibitors on memory, suggest that PKC activation plays a role in the acquisition and consolidation of an inhibitory avoidance learning.
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- R Bernabeu
- Instituto de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Paraguay, Argentina
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Ueno E, Rosenberg P. beta-Bungarotoxin blocks phorbol ester-stimulated phosphorylation of MARCKS, GAP-43 and synapsin I in rat brain synaptosomes. Toxicon 1995; 33:747-62. [PMID: 7676466 DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00020-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The phospholipase A2 neurotoxin, beta-bungarotoxin, presynaptically blocks acetylcholine release. Its mechanism of action is unknown; however, our previous studies suggest that it inhibits phosphorylation of synaptosomal proteins, which might be expected to decrease neurotransmitter release. In our present study, we found that 1 nM beta-BuTX blocked phorbol ester-stimulated phosphorylation of GAP-43, MARCKS and synapsin I without affecting their basal phosphorylation. In contrast, a 1 nM concentration of the non-neurotoxic enzyme. Naja naja atra phospholipase A2 did not affect the phorbol ester-stimulated phosphorylation of these proteins but increased the basal phosphorylation of GAP-43 and MARCKS. Although it has been suggested that cytosolic calmodulin is increased by phosphorylation of the protein kinase C substrates, GAP-43 and MARCKS, we found no change in calmodulin levels by phorbol ester or beta-bungarotoxin. The stimulation of phosphorylation by Naja naja atra phospholipase A2 may be due to products liberated as a result of its phospholipase A2 activity. In contrast, the inhibition of phosphorylation by beta-bungarotoxin appears to be due to an action which may be unrelated its relatively weak phospholipase A2 activity. Inhibition of phosphorylation by beta-bungarotoxin is a possible mechanism by which it could block acetylcholine release. Furthermore, beta-bungarotoxin may be a useful tool to study the physiological role of phosphorylation of synaptosomal proteins in neurotransmitter release.
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- E Ueno
- Section of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
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Haun SE, Trapp VL, Clotz MA, Horrocks LA. Nordihydroguaiaretic acid and RHC 80267 potentiate astroglial injury during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation. MOLECULAR AND CHEMICAL NEUROPATHOLOGY 1995; 25:35-49. [PMID: 7546017 DOI: 10.1007/bf02815085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Membrane phospholipid degradation has been proposed to play a key role in hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. We tested the hypotheses that both nordihydroguaiaretic acid, a phospholipase A2 and lipoxygenase inhibitor, and RHC 80267, a diacylglycerol lipase inhibitor, would decrease the release of [3H]arachidonic acid metabolites from prelabeled cultures of astroglia subjected to combined glucose-oxygen deprivation and that these inhibitors would also decrease astroglial injury during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation. Both nordihydroguaiaretic acid and RHC 80267 significantly inhibited the release of [3H]arachidonic acid metabolites during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation. This suggests that two separate enzymic pathways, the phospholipase A2 pathway and the phospholipase C/diacylglycerol lipase pathway, contribute to the release of astroglial [3H]arachidonic acid metabolites during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation. However, both of these lipase inhibitors increased astroglial cell death during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation, probably due to inhibition of arachidonic acid release. We speculate that arachidonic acid release may be a mechanism of astroglial self-preservation during combined glucose-oxygen deprivation.
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- S E Haun
- Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
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The effect of potassium cyanide-induced chemical hypoxia on protein kinase C (PKC) translocation and cell injury was studied in differentiated PC12 cells. The cellular distribution of PKC in control cells and cells exposed to 100 microM and 1 mM KCN for 30 min. was visualized by use of an anti-PKC antibody and confocal laser scanning microscope. In control differentiated PC12 cells, PKC was localized perinuclearly, while following 12-phorbol 13-myristate acetate (PMA) or KCN it was translocated to the plasma and organelle membranes. Western blot analysis was used to quantify the translocation. Chemical hypoxia increased the membrane-bound PKC to 210% of control levels, while chelerythrine, a PKC inhibitor, and block of calcium influx into the cells (with calcium channel blocker and calcium-free medium) prevented this effect. Cyanide-induced PKC translocation persisted for at least 120 min. Cell injury was monitored by measuring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) efflux from the cells 24 hr after addition of cyanide. PKC activation plays a role in hypoxic damage, since PKC down-regulation (by overnight exposure to PMA) or inhibition (with chelerythrine or staurosporine) conferred protection against KCN-induced cytotoxicity. Ca2+ channel blocker nifedipine also protected against chemical hypoxia. None of the pretreatments rendered complete protection against cyanide-induced hypoxia, indicating that PKC-independent mechanism(s) are also activated during chemical hypoxia and contribute to cell injury.
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- G Pavlaković
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1334, USA
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Jia WW, Liu Y, Cynader M. Postnatal development of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors: a disparity with protein kinase C. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1995; 85:109-18. [PMID: 7781157 DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(94)00181-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Ligand-stimulated phosphoinositide hydrolysis activates a bifurcating second messenger system, releasing inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DG), which activates protein kinase C (PKC). Yet, in developing cat visual cortex and hippocampus, high levels of [3H]PDBu binding (labelling PKC) appear much earlier than do [3H]IP3 labelled sites. Binding distributions for the two ligands also appear to be complimentary in both brain regions. Moreover, early surgical removal of input to the visual cortex increases [3H]PDBu binding without affecting that of [3H]IP3. Our results suggest that, (1) at certain developmental stages, IP3 and PKC may act individually or complimentarily rather than synergistically in the visual cortex and hippocampus; (2) in neonatal cortex, IP3 metabolites rather than IP3 itself may act as second messengers; (3) although both IP3 receptors and PKC are localized in intracortical cells, their expression is regulated by different mechanisms during development.
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- W W Jia
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Kodavanti PR, Shafer TJ, Ward TR, Mundy WR, Freudenrich T, Harry GJ, Tilson HA. Differential effects of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners on phosphoinositide hydrolysis and protein kinase C translocation in rat cerebellar granule cells. Brain Res 1994; 662:75-82. [PMID: 7859093 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(94)90797-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Previous reports from our laboratory have suggested that the neuroactivity of some polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners is associated with perturbations in cellular Ca(2+)-homeostasis. We have characterized further the neurochemical effects of PCBs on signal transduction in primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells. The present experiments found that neither 2,2'-dichlorobiphenyl (DCBP), an ortho-substituted congener, nor 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCBP), a non-ortho-substituted congener, affected basal phosphoinositide (PI) hydrolysis in cerebellar granule cells. However, at concentrations up to 50 microM, DCBP potentiated carbachol-stimulated PI hydrolysis, while decreasing it at 100 microM. PCBP, on the other hand, had no effect on carbachol-stimulated PI hydrolysis in concentrations up to 100 microM. [3H]Phorbol ester ([3H]PDBu) binding was used to determine protein kinase C (PKC) translocation. DCBP increased [3H]PDBu binding in a concentration-dependent manner and a twofold increase was observed at 100 microM in cerebellar granule cells. PCBP had no effect on [3H]PDBu binding at concentrations up to 100 microM. The effect of DCBP on [3H]PDBu binding was time-dependent and was also dependent on the presence of external Ca2+ in the medium. To test the hypothesis that DCBP increases [3H]PDBu binding by acting on receptor-activated calcium channels, the effects of DCBP were compared to those of L-glutamate. The effects of DCBP (50 microM) and glutamate (20 microM) were additive.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P R Kodavanti
- Cellular and Molecular Toxicology Branch, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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Chen CC. Effects of Ca2+ on the activation of conventional and new PKC isozymes and on TPA and endothelin-1 induced translocations of these isozymes in intact cells. FEBS Lett 1994; 348:21-6. [PMID: 8026577 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00571-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The effects of Ca2+ on the translocation of conventional and new protein kinase C isozymes in intact cells were studied by using C6 glioma cells as a model system. Two conditions which monitor intracellular Ca2+ were performed: one is extracellular Ca(2+)-depletion by treating the cells with physiological saline solution (PSS) without Ca2+ but containing 0.5 mM EGTA, the other is treating the cells with 1 microM ionomycin to induce Ca(2+)-influx. In addition, the TPA and endothelin-1 induced translocations of conventional and new PKC isozymes under these two conditions were also comparatively studied. When the intact cells were treated with Ca(2+)-free, EGTA containing PSS, the membrane-bound conventional PKC alpha (cPKC alpha) was greatly reduced and cytosolic cPKC alpha was slightly increased. However, neither membrane bound nor cytosolic new PKC delta (nPKC delta) was affected by extracellular Ca(2+)-depletion. On the other hand, when the cells were treated with 1 microM ionomycin, the translocation of cPKC alpha itself was observed while nPKC delta was not affected. In extracellular Ca(2+)-depletion, the translocation of cPKC alpha induced by 100 nM TPA still occurred although the extent of translocation was smaller than that induced by TPA under normal Ca2+ conditions; however, that induced by 30 nM ET-1 was blocked. After the cells were treated with 1 microM ionomycin, the translocation of cPKC alpha induced by 30 nM TPA was further increased compared to 1 microM ionomycin or 30 nM TPA alone, while that induced by ET-1 was only slightly further increased. All these results suggested that in intact cells, the activation of cPKC alpha was operated by both the intracellular Ca2+ level and diacylglycerol and that of nPKC delta was operated by diacylglycerol alone as predicted by their properties from purified enzyme or cDNA. In addition, the translocation of cPKC alpha induced by the natural activator ET-1 seemed to be more dependent on Ca2+ than TPA in intact cells.
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- C C Chen
- Institute of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, ROC
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