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Gui Y, Kim Y, Brenna S, Wilmes M, Zaghen G, Goulbourne CN, Kuchenbecker-Pöls L, Siebels B, Voß H, Gocke A, Schlüter H, Schweizer M, Altmeppen HC, Magnus T, Levy E, Puig B. Cystatin C loaded in brain-derived extracellular vesicles rescues synapses after ischemic insult in vitro and in vivo. Cell Mol Life Sci 2024; 81:224. [PMID: 38769196 PMCID: PMC11106054 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05266-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
Synaptic loss is an early event in the penumbra area after an ischemic stroke. Promoting synaptic preservation in this area would likely improve functional neurological recovery. We aimed to detect proteins involved in endogenous protection mechanisms of synapses in the penumbra after stroke and to analyse potential beneficial effects of these candidates for a prospective stroke treatment. For this, we performed Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)-based proteomics of synaptosomes isolated from the ipsilateral hemispheres of mice subjected to experimental stroke at different time points (24 h, 4 and 7 days) and compared them to sham-operated mice. Proteomic analyses indicated that, among the differentially expressed proteins between the two groups, cystatin C (CysC) was significantly increased at 24 h and 4 days following stroke, before returning to steady-state levels at 7 days, thus indicating a potential transient and intrinsic rescue mechanism attempt of neurons. When CysC was applied to primary neuronal cultures subjected to an in vitro model of ischemic damage, this treatment significantly improved the preservation of synaptic structures. Notably, similar effects were observed when CysC was loaded into brain-derived extracellular vesicles (BDEVs). Finally, when CysC contained in BDEVs was administered intracerebroventricularly to stroked mice, it significantly increased the expression of synaptic markers such as SNAP25, Homer-1, and NCAM in the penumbra area compared to the group supplied with empty BDEVs. Thus, we show that CysC-loaded BDEVs promote synaptic protection after ischemic damage in vitro and in vivo, opening the possibility of a therapeutic use in stroke patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuqi Gui
- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Intensive Care Unit, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 610072, China
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- Center for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, 10962, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and the Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, 10962, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and the Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Center for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, 10962, USA
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- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section for Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Morphology and Electron Microscopy Core Facility, Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Dementia Research, Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, 10962, USA
- Departments of Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and the Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Neurology Department, Experimental Research in Stroke and Inflammation (ERSI) Group, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistraße, 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Lv W, Wu X, Dou Y, Yan Y, Chen L, Fei Z, Fei F. Homer1 Protects against Retinal Ganglion Cell Pyroptosis by Inhibiting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Associated TXNIP/NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation after Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion-Induced Retinal Ischemia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16811. [PMID: 38069134 PMCID: PMC10706256 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/24/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Retinal ischemia, after cerebral ischemia, is an easily overlooked pathophysiological problem in which inflammation is considered to play an important role. Pyroptosis is a kind of cell death pattern accompanied by inflammation. Homer scaffold protein 1 (Homer1) has anti-inflammation properties and protects against ischemic injury. However, little is known about pyroptosis following middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)-induced retinal ischemia and the regulatory mechanisms involved by Homer1 for the development of pyroptosis. In the present study, retinal ischemic injury was induced in mice by permanent MCAO in vivo, and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) were subjected to Oxygen and Glucose Deprivation (OGD) to establish an in vitro model. It was shown that TXNIP/NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis was located predominantly in RGCs, which gradually increased after retinal ischemia and peaked at 24 h after retinal ischemia. Interestingly, the RGCs pyroptosis occurred not only in the cell body but also in the axon. Notably, the occurrence of pyroptosis coincided with the change of Homer1 expression in the retina after retinal ischemia and Homer1 also co-localized with RGCs. It was demonstrated that overexpression of Homer1 not only alleviated RGCs pyroptosis and inhibited the release of pro-inflammatory factors but also led to the increase in phosphorylation of AMPK, inhibition of ER stress, and preservation of visual function after retinal ischemia. In conclusion, it was suggested that Homer1 may protect against MCAO-induced retinal ischemia and RGCs pyroptosis by inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress-associated TXNIP/NLRP3 inflammasome activation after MCAO-induced retinal ischemia.
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- Weihao Lv
- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China; (W.L.); (X.W.); (Y.D.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China; (W.L.); (X.W.); (Y.D.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China; (W.L.); (X.W.); (Y.D.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China; (W.L.); (X.W.); (Y.D.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China; (W.L.); (X.W.); (Y.D.); (Y.Y.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University, No. 127, Changle West Road, Xincheng District, Xi’an 710032, China
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Gender-Dependent Deregulation of Linear and Circular RNA Variants of HOMER1 in the Entorhinal Cortex of Alzheimer's Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179205. [PMID: 34502114 PMCID: PMC8430762 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The HOMER1 gene is involved in synaptic plasticity, learning and memory. Recent studies show that circular RNA derived from HOMER1 (circHOMER1) expression is altered in some Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brain regions. In addition, HOMER1 messenger (mRNA) levels have been associated with β-Amyloid (Aβ) deposits in brain cortical regions. Our aim was to measure the expression levels of HOMER1 circRNAs and their linear forms in the human AD entorhinal cortex. First, we showed downregulation of HOMER1B/C and HOMER1A mRNA and hsa_circ_0006916 and hsa_circ_0073127 levels in AD female cases compared to controls by RT-qPCR. A positive correlation was observed between HOMER1B/C, HOMER1A mRNA, and hsa_circ_0073128 with HOMER1B/C protein only in females. Global average area of Aβ deposits in entorhinal cortex samples was negatively correlated with HOMER1B/C, HOMER1A mRNA, and hsa_circ_0073127 in both genders. Furthermore, no differences in DNA methylation were found in two regions of HOMER1 promoter between AD cases and controls. To sum up, we demonstrate that linear and circular RNA variants of HOMER1 are downregulated in the entorhinal cortex of female patients with AD. These results add to the notion that HOMER1 and its circular forms could be playing a female-specific role in the pathogenesis of AD.
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Cui Z, Zhou L, Liu C, Zhu G, Wu X, Yan Y, Xia X, Ben Z, Song Y, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Zhang D. The role of Homer1b/c in neuronal apoptosis following LPS-induced neuroinflammation. Neurochem Res 2014; 40:204-15. [PMID: 25503822 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-014-1460-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2014] [Revised: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Homer, also designated Vesl, is one member of the newly found postsynaptic density scaffold proteins, playing a vital role in maintaining synaptic integrity, regulating intracellular calcium mobilization, and being critical for the regulation of cellular apoptosis. However, its function in the inflamed central nervous system (CNS) is not fully elucidated. Here, we investigated the role of Homer1b/c, a long form of Homer1, in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced neuroinflammation in CNS. Western blot analysis indicated that LPS administration significantly increased the expression of Homer1b/c in rat brain. Moreover, double immunofluorescent staining suggested Homer1b/c was mainly distributed in the cytoplasm of neurons and had a close association with cleaved caspase-3 level in neurons in rat brain after LPS injection. In vitro studies indicated that up-regulation of Homer1b/c might be related to the subsequent apoptosis in neurons treated by conditioned media (CM), collected from LPS-stimulated mixed glial cultures (MGC). We also found down-regulation of Homer1b/c partly blocked the increase of cleaved caspase-3 and the proportion of Bax/Bcl-2 in neurons induced by MGC-CM. Taken together, these findings suggested that Homer1b/c might promote neuronal apoptosis via the Bax/Bcl-2 dependent pathway during neuroinflammation in CNS, and inhibiting Homer1b/c expression might provide a novel neuroprotective strategy against the inflammation-related neuronal apoptosis.
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- Zhiming Cui
- Department of Orthopaedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Inflammation and Molecular Drug Target, Nantong University, Nantong, 226002, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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