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Jiang Y, Bai X, Li TT, Al-Hawwas M, Jin Y, Zou Y, Hu Y, Liu LY, Zhang Y, Liu Q, Yang H, Ma J, Wang TH, Liu J, Xiong LL. COX5A over-expression protects cortical neurons from hypoxic ischemic injury in neonatal rats associated with TPI up-regulation. BMC Neurosci 2020; 21:18. [PMID: 32349668 PMCID: PMC7191708 DOI: 10.1186/s12868-020-00565-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) represents as a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms in brain damage are still not fully elucidated. This study was conducted to determine the specific potential molecular mechanism in the hypoxic-ischemic induced cerebral injury. METHODS Here, hypoxic-ischemic (HI) animal models were established and primary cortical neurons were subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) to mimic HIE model in vivo and in vitro. The HI-induced neurological injury was evaluated by Zea-longa scores, Triphenyte-trazoliumchloride (TTC) staining the Terminal Deoxynucleotidyl Transferased Utp Nick End Labeling (TUNEL) and immunofluorescent staining. Then the expression of Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5a (COX5A) was determined by immunohistochemistry, western blotting (WB) and quantitative real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qRT-PCR) techniques. Moreover, HSV-mediated COX5A over-expression virus was transducted into OGD neurons to explore the role of COX5A in vitro, and the underlying mechanism was predicted by GeneMANIA, then verified by WB and qRT-PCR. RESULTS HI induced a severe neurological dysfunction, brain infarction, and cell apoptosis as well as obvious neuron loss in neonatal rats, in corresponding to the decrease on the expression of COX5A in both sides of the brain. What's more, COX5A over-expression significantly promoted the neuronal survival, reduced the apoptosis rate, and markedly increased the neurites length after OGD. Moreover, Triosephosephate isomerase (TPI) was predicted as physical interactions with COX5A, and COX5A over-expression largely increased the expressional level of TPI. CONCLUSIONS The present findings suggest that COX5A plays an important role in promoting neurological recovery after HI, and this process is related to TPI up-regulation.
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- Ya Jiang
- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base and Western Medicine Translational Medicine Research Center, Department of Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base and Western Medicine Translational Medicine Research Center, Department of Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5000, South Australia
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Zhaotong, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base and Western Medicine Translational Medicine Research Center, Department of Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base and Western Medicine Translational Medicine Research Center, Department of Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Zhaotong, Zhaotong, 657000, China
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
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- Laboratory Zoology Department, Institute of Neuroscience, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Division of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5000, South Australia.
- National Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Base and Western Medicine Translational Medicine Research Center, Department of Cardiac and Cerebral Diseases, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, 646000, China.
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Foo ASC, Soong TW, Yeo TT, Lim KL. Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Parkinson's Disease-Near-Infrared Photobiomodulation as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy. Front Aging Neurosci 2020; 12:89. [PMID: 32308618 PMCID: PMC7145956 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2020.00089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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As the main driver of energy production in eukaryotes, mitochondria are invariably implicated in disorders of cellular bioenergetics. Given that dopaminergic neurons affected in Parkinson's disease (PD) are particularly susceptible to energy fluctuations by their high basal energy demand, it is not surprising to note that mitochondrial dysfunction has emerged as a compelling candidate underlying PD. A recent approach towards forestalling dopaminergic neurodegeneration in PD involves near-infrared (NIR) photobiomodulation (PBM), which is thought to enhance mitochondrial function of stimulated cells through augmenting the activity of cytochrome C oxidase. Notwithstanding this, our understanding of the neuroprotective mechanism of PBM remains far from complete. For example, studies focusing on the effects of PBM on gene transcription are limited, and the mechanism through which PBM exerts its effects on distant sites (i.e., its "abscopal effect") remains unclear. Also, the clinical application of NIR in PD proves to be challenging. Efficacious delivery of NIR light to the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), the primary site of disease pathology in PD, is fraught with technical challenges. Concerted efforts focused on understanding the biological effects of PBM and improving the efficiency of intracranial NIR delivery are therefore essential for its successful clinical translation. Nonetheless, PBM represents a potential novel therapy for PD. In this review, we provide an update on the role of mitochondrial dysfunction in PD and how PBM may help mitigate the neurodegenerative process. We also discussed clinical translation aspects of this treatment modality using intracranially implanted NIR delivery devices.
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- Aaron Song Chuan Foo
- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University Surgical Cluster, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Research, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore, Singapore
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Calabrese F, Brivio P, Sbrini G, Gruca P, Lason M, Litwa E, Niemczyk M, Papp M, Riva MA. Effect of lurasidone treatment on chronic mild stress-induced behavioural deficits in male rats: The potential role for glucocorticoid receptor signalling. J Psychopharmacol 2020; 34:420-428. [PMID: 31913065 DOI: 10.1177/0269881119895547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Stress represents one of the main precipitating factors for psychiatric diseases, characterised by an altered function of glucocorticoid receptors (GR), known to play a role in mood and cognitive function. We investigated the ability of the antipsychotic lurasidone to modulate the involvement of genomic and non-genomic GR signalling in the behavioural alterations due to chronic stress exposure. METHODS Male Wistar rats were exposed to seven weeks of chronic mild stress (CMS) and treated with lurasidone (3 mg/kg/day) starting from the second week of stress for more five weeks. Gene expression and protein analyses were conducted in dorsal hippocampus. RESULTS Seven weeks of CMS induced anhedonia and cognitive impairment, which were normalised by lurasidone. At molecular level, CMS rats showed an increase of GR protein levels by 60% (p<0.001 vs. CTRL/VEH) in the membrane compartment, which was paralleled by an up-regulation of phosphoSINAPSYN Ia/b by 88% (p<0.01 vs. CTRL/VEH) and of the mitochondrial marker Cox3 by 21% (p<0.05 vs. CTRL/VEH). Moreover, while exposure to the novel object recognition test increased the nuclear translocation of GRs by 96% (p<0.01 vs. CTRL/VEH/Naïve) and their transcriptional activity in non-stressed rats, such mechanisms were impaired in CMS rats. Interestingly, the genomic and non-genomic alterations of GR, induced by CMS, were normalised by lurasidone. CONCLUSION Our results further support the role of glucocorticoid signalling in the dysfunction associated with stress exposure. We provide novel insights on the mechanism of lurasidone, suggesting its effectiveness on different domains associated with psychiatric disorders.
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- Francesca Calabrese
- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Mitochondrial signaling in inflammation-induced depressive behavior in female and male rats: The role of glucocorticoid receptor. Brain Res Bull 2019; 150:317-327. [PMID: 31251961 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2019.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction can result from the interplay between elevated inflammatory markers and alterations in hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, and can contribute to pathogenesis of major depression. Therefore, in this study we investigated whether the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on glucocorticoid receptor (GR) could be associated with alterations in mitochondrial apoptotic signaling in the prefrontal cortex of male and female Wistar rats with depressive-like behavior. To that end, we measured LPS-induced alterations in the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways in mitochondria and cytosol of PFC of female and male rats, as well as the levels of cleaved cytosolic PARP-1. We also measured the mitochondrial levels of GR and its phosphoisoforms pGR232 and pGR246, as well as the mRNA levels of two GR-regulated mitochondrial genes, COX-1 and COX-3. We discovered that although seven-day LPS treatment evoked depressive-like behavior and induced apoptosis in the PFC of both sexes, it affected apoptotic cascades in both sexes differently. In females the treatment initiated both intrinsic and extrinsic apoptotic cascade, while in males only intrinsic cascade was engaged. Alterations in intrinsic apoptotic pathway were more associated with GR alterations in males, where LPS treatment decreased levels of mitochondrial GR and increased pGR232/pGR246 ratio. Alterations in mitochondrial GR could be associated with changes in expression of genes involved in oxidative metabolism in the PFC of this sex, and could, in combination with elevated levels of BCL-2 and decreased levels of BAX detected in this cell fraction, mitigate the detrimental effect of LPS on mitochondria in male PFC.
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Nagai N, Mano Y, Otake H, Shibata T, Kubo E, Sasaki H. Changes in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase mRNA levels with cataract severity in lens epithelia of Japanese patients. Mol Med Rep 2019; 19:5464-5472. [PMID: 31059062 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2019.10214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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We previously reported that the collapse of ATP production via mitochondrial damage causes ATPase dysfunction, resulting in the onset or progression of lens opacification in cataracts in model rats. In the present study, it was investigated whether the mRNA expression levels of the three subtypes of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (MTCO)1, 2 and 3 and ATP content change with the type and severity of cataracts in human lens. Samples of lens epithelium were collected from Japanese patients during cataract surgery, and the type and severity of the cataracts (grade) were determined according to the WHO classification [cortical (COR), nuclear (NUC), posterior subcapsular (PSC) opacification]. The MTCO1‑3 mRNA expression levels in patients with grade‑1 COR, NUC and PSC opacification were significantly enhanced compared with those of normal patients. The enhanced MTCO1‑3 mRNA levels subsequently decreased in patients with COR, and the MTCO1‑3 mRNA levels and ATP levels in patients with grade‑3 COR were similar to those in normal patients. However, the mRNA expression levels of MTCO3 in patients with grade 3‑NUC opacification and MTCO1‑3 in patients with grade‑3 PSC opacification, along with the ATP content, were significantly lower than in patients without cataracts. In conclusion, it was revealed that ATP production in lens epithelium is enhanced in early‑stage cataracts (grade‑1) in Japanese patients with COR, NUC and PSC opacification. In addition, in severe cataracts (grade‑3), ATP production and content are strongly decreased in Japanese patients with PSC opacification. ATP depletion in human lens epithelium with PSC opacification may promote lens opacification by ATPase dysfunction.
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- Noriaki Nagai
- Department of Pharmacy, Kindai University, Higashi‑Osaka, Osaka 577‑8502, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kindai University, Higashi‑Osaka, Osaka 577‑8502, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kindai University, Higashi‑Osaka, Osaka 577‑8502, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920‑0293, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920‑0293, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920‑0293, Japan
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Schizophrenia is a complex disorder lacking an effective treatment option for the pervasive and debilitating cognitive impairments experienced by patients. Working memory is a core cognitive function impaired in schizophrenia that depends upon activation of distributed neural network, including the circuitry of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). Accordingly, individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia show reduced DLPFC activation while performing working-memory tasks. This lower DLPFC activation appears to be an integral part of the disease pathophysiology, and not simply a reflection of poor performance. Thus, the cellular and circuitry alterations that underlie lower DLPFC neuronal activity in schizophrenia must be determined in order to identify appropriate therapeutic targets. Studies using human postmortem brain tissue provide a robust way to investigate and characterize these cellular and circuitry alterations at multiple levels of resolution, and such studies provide essential information that cannot be obtained either through in vivo studies in humans or through experimental animal models. Studies examining neuronal morphology, protein expression and localization, and transcript levels indicate that a microcircuit composed of excitatory pyramidal cells and inhibitory interneurons containing the calcium-binding protein parvalbumin is altered in the DLPFC of subjects with schizophrenia and likely contributes to DLPFC dysfunction.
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- Jill R Glausier
- Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Translational Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
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Kamhi JF, Gronenberg W, Robson SKA, Traniello JFA. Social complexity influences brain investment and neural operation costs in ants. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2016.1949. [PMID: 27798312 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The metabolic expense of producing and operating neural tissue required for adaptive behaviour is considered a significant selective force in brain evolution. In primates, brain size correlates positively with group size, presumably owing to the greater cognitive demands of complex social relationships in large societies. Social complexity in eusocial insects is also associated with large groups, as well as collective intelligence and division of labour among sterile workers. However, superorganism phenotypes may lower cognitive demands on behaviourally specialized workers resulting in selection for decreased brain size and/or energetic costs of brain metabolism. To test this hypothesis, we compared brain investment patterns and cytochrome oxidase (COX) activity, a proxy for ATP usage, in two ant species contrasting in social organization. Socially complex Oecophylla smaragdina workers had larger brain size and relative investment in the mushroom bodies (MBs)-higher order sensory processing compartments-than the more socially basic Formica subsericea workers. Oecophylla smaragdina workers, however, had reduced COX activity in the MBs. Our results suggest that as in primates, ant group size is associated with large brain size. The elevated costs of investment in metabolically expensive brain tissue in the socially complex O. smaragdina, however, appear to be offset by decreased energetic costs.
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- J Frances Kamhi
- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA .,Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Zoology and Ecology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
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- Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Graduate Program for Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Adzic M, Lukic I, Mitic M, Djordjevic J, Elaković I, Djordjevic A, Krstic-Demonacos M, Matić G, Radojcic M. Brain region- and sex-specific modulation of mitochondrial glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation in fluoxetine treated stressed rats: effects on energy metabolism. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2013; 38:2914-24. [PMID: 23969420 DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Antidepressants affect glucocorticoid receptor (GR) functioning partly through modulation of its phosphorylation but their effects on mitochondrial GR have remained undefined. We investigated the ability of chronic fluoxetine treatment to affect chronic stress-induced changes of mitochondrial GR and its phosphoisoforms (pGRs) in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus of female and male rats. Since mitochondrial GR regulates oxidative phosphorylation, expression of mitochondrial-encoded subunits of cytochrome (cyt) c oxidase and its activity were also investigated. Chronic stress caused accumulation of the GR in mitochondria of female prefrontal cortex, while the changes in the hippocampus were sex-specific at the levels of pGRs. Expression of mitochondrial COXs genes corresponded to chronic stress-modulated mitochondrial GR in both tissues of both genders and to cyt c oxidase activity in females. Moreover, the metabolic parameters in stressed animals were affected by fluoxetine therapy only in the hippocampus. Namely, fluoxetine effects on mitochondrial COXs and cyt c oxidase activity in the hippocampus seem to be conveyed through pGR232 in females, while in males this likely occurs through other mechanisms. In summary, sex-specific regulation of cyt c oxidase by the stress and antidepressant treatment and its differential convergence with mitochondrial GR signaling in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus could contribute to clarification of sex-dependent vulnerability to stress-related disorders and sex-specific clinical impact of antidepressants.
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- Miroslav Adzic
- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia.
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Aberrant increase in cytochrome c oxidase subunit I precedes neuronal death after cerebral ischemia. Neuroreport 2013; 24:872-7. [DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000000018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Johar K, Priya A, Dhar S, Liu Q, Wong-Riley MTT. Neuron-specific specificity protein 4 bigenomically regulates the transcription of all mitochondria- and nucleus-encoded cytochrome c oxidase subunit genes in neurons. J Neurochem 2013; 127:496-508. [PMID: 24032355 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Revised: 08/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Neurons are highly dependent on oxidative metabolism for their energy supply, and cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is a key energy-generating enzyme in the mitochondria. A unique feature of COX is that it is one of only four proteins in mammalian cells that are bigenomically regulated. Of its thirteen subunits, three are encoded in the mitochondrial genome and ten are nuclear-encoded on nine different chromosomes. The mechanism of regulating this multisubunit, bigenomic enzyme poses a distinct challenge. In recent years, we found that nuclear respiratory factors 1 and 2 (NRF-1 and NRF-2) mediate such bigenomic coordination. The latest candidate is the specificity factor (Sp) family of proteins. In N2a cells, we found that Sp1 regulates all 13 COX subunits. However, we discovered recently that in primary neurons, it is Sp4 and not Sp1 that regulates some of the key glutamatergic receptor subunit genes. The question naturally arises as to the role of Sp4 in regulating COX in primary neurons. The present study utilized multiple approaches, including chromatin immunoprecipitation, promoter mutational analysis, knockdown and over-expression of Sp4, as well as functional assays to document that Sp4 indeed functionally regulate all 13 subunits of COX as well as mitochondrial transcription factors A and B. The present study discovered that among the specificity family of transcription factors, it is the less known neuron-specific Sp4 that regulates the expression of all 13 subunits of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase (COX) enzyme in primary neurons. Sp4 also regulates the three mitochondrial transcription factors (TFAM, TFB1M, and TFB2M) and a COX assembly protein SURF-1 in primary neurons.
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- Kaid Johar
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Aluminium induced oxidative stress results in decreased mitochondrial biogenesis via modulation of PGC-1α expression. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2013; 273:365-80. [PMID: 24084166 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2013] [Revised: 09/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The present investigation was carried out to elucidate a possible molecular mechanism related to the effects of aluminium-induced oxidative stress on various mitochondrial respiratory complex subunits with special emphasis on the role of Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma co-activator 1α (PGC-1α) and its downstream targets i.e. Nuclear respiratory factor-1(NRF-1), Nuclear respiratory factor-2(NRF-2) and Mitochondrial transcription factor A (Tfam) in mitochondrial biogenesis. Aluminium lactate (10mg/kgb.wt./day) was administered intragastrically to rats for 12 weeks. After 12 weeks of exposure, we found an increase in ROS levels, mitochondrial DNA oxidation and decrease in citrate synthase activity in the Hippocampus (HC) and Corpus striatum (CS) regions of rat brain. On the other hand, there was a decrease in the mRNA levels of the mitochondrial encoded subunits-NADH dehydrogenase (ND) subunits i.e. ND1, ND2, ND3, Cytochrome b (Cytb), Cytochrome oxidase (COX) subunits i.e. COX1, COX3, ATP synthase (ATPase) subunit 6 along with reduced expression of nuclear encoded subunits COX4, COX5A, COX5B of Electron transport chain (ETC). Besides, a decrease in mitochondrial DNA copy number and mitochondrial content in both regions of rat brain was observed. The PGC-1α was down-regulated in aluminium treated rats along with NRF-1, NRF-2 and Tfam, which act downstream from PGC-1α in aluminium treated rats. Electron microscopy results revealed a significant increase in the mitochondrial swelling, loss of cristae, chromatin condensation and decreases in mitochondrial number in case of aluminium treated rats as compared to control. So, PGC-1α seems to be a potent target for aluminium neurotoxicity, which makes it an almost ideal target to control or limit the damage that has been associated with the defective mitochondrial function seen in neurodegenerative diseases.
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Andric SA, Kojic Z, Bjelic MM, Mihajlovic AI, Baburski AZ, Sokanovic SJ, Janjic MM, Stojkov NJ, Stojilkovic SS, Kostic TS. The opposite roles of glucocorticoid and α1-adrenergic receptors in stress triggered apoptosis of rat Leydig cells. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 304:E51-9. [PMID: 23149620 PMCID: PMC3774172 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00443.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The stress-induced initiation of proapoptotic signaling in Leydig cells is relatively well defined, but the duration of this signaling and the mechanism(s) involved in opposing the stress responses have not been addressed. In this study, immobilization stress (IMO) was applied for 2 h daily, and animals were euthanized immediately after the first (IMO1), second (IMO2), and 10th (IMO10) sessions. In IMO1 and IMO2 rats, serum corticosterone and adrenaline were elevated, whereas serum androgens and mRNA transcription of insulin-like factor-3 in Leydig cells were inhibited. Reduced oxygen consumption and the mitochondrial membrane potential coupled with a leak of cytochrome c from mitochondria and increased caspase-9 expression, caspase-3 activity, and number of apoptotic Leydig cells was also observed. Corticosterone and adrenaline were also elevated in IMO10 rats but were accompanied with a partial recovery of androgen secretion and normalization of insulin-like factor-3 transcription coupled with increased cytochrome c expression, abolition of proapoptotic signaling, and normalization of the apoptotic events. Blockade of intratesticular glucocorticoid receptors diminished proapoptotic effects without affecting antiapoptotic effects, whereas blockade of intratesticular α(1)-adrenergic receptors diminished the antiapoptotic effects without affecting proapoptotic effects. These results confirmed a critical role of glucocorticoids in mitochondria-dependent apoptosis and showed for the first time the relevance of stress-induced upregulation of α(1)-adrenergic receptor expression in cell apoptotic resistance to repetitive IMOs. The opposite role of two hormones in control of the apoptotic rate in Leydig cells also provides a rationale for a partial recovery of androgen production in chronically stressed animals.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Apoptosis/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Corticosterone/blood
- Corticosterone/metabolism
- Corticosterone/pharmacology
- Corticosterone/physiology
- Drug Antagonism
- Glucocorticoids/pharmacology
- Glucocorticoids/physiology
- Immobilization/psychology
- Leydig Cells/drug effects
- Leydig Cells/metabolism
- Leydig Cells/physiology
- Male
- Mitochondria/drug effects
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Mitochondria/physiology
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/genetics
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/metabolism
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha-1/physiology
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Stress, Psychological/blood
- Stress, Psychological/genetics
- Stress, Psychological/metabolism
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- Silvana A Andric
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling Group, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Wong-Riley MTT. Bigenomic regulation of cytochrome c oxidase in neurons and the tight coupling between neuronal activity and energy metabolism. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012; 748:283-304. [PMID: 22729863 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3573-0_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cytochrome c oxidase is the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, without which oxidative metabolism cannot be carried to completion. It is one of only four unique, bigenomic proteins in mammalian cells. The holoenzyme is made up of three mitochondrial-encoded and ten nuclear-encoded subunits in a 1:1 stoichiometry. The ten nuclear subunit genes are located in nine different chromosomes. The coordinated regulation of such a multisubunit, multichromosomal, bigenomic enzyme poses a challenge. It is especially so for neurons, whose mitochondria are widely distributed in extensive dendritic and axonal processes, resulting in the separation of the mitochondrial from the nuclear genome by great distances. Neuronal activity dictates COX activity that reflects protein amount, which, in turn, is regulated at the transcriptional level. All 13 COX transcripts are up- and downregulated by neuronal activity. The ten nuclear COX transcripts and those for Tfam and Tfbms important for mitochondrial COX transcripts are transcribed in the same transcription factory. Bigenomic regulation of all 13 transcripts is mediated by nuclear respiratory factors 1 and 2 (NRF-1 and NRF-2). NRF-1, in addition, also regulates critical neurochemicals of glutamatergic synaptic transmission, thereby ensuring the tight coupling of energy metabolism and neuronal activity at the molecular level in neurons.
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- Margaret T T Wong-Riley
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
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Nagai N, Ito Y. Dysfunction in cytochrome c oxidase caused by excessive nitric oxide in human lens epithelial cells stimulated with interferon-γ and lipopolysaccharide. Curr Eye Res 2012; 37:889-97. [PMID: 22632269 DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2012.689070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE We previously found two mechanisms for the dysfunction in Ca(2+) regulation caused by excessive nitric oxide (NO) using the lenses of hereditary cataract model rats: the first is that NO causes a decrease in Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) level via cytochrome c oxidase (CCO), resulting in a decrease in ATPase function; the second is that NO causes enhanced lipid peroxidation, resulting in the oxidative inhibition of Ca(2+)-ATPase. In this study, we demonstrate the effect of excessive NO on lipid peroxidation and ATP production in human lens using a human lens epithelial cell line, SRA 01/04 (human lens epithelial (HLE) cells). METHODS Excessive NO via inducible NO synthase (iNOS) was induced by stimulating cells with a combination of interferon-gamma (1000 IU IFN-γ) and lipopolysaccharide (100 ng/mL LPS). CCO activity was measured using a Mitochondrial Isolation kit and Cytochrome c Oxidase Assay kit, and ATP levels were determined using a Sigma ATP Bioluminescent Assay Kit and a luminometer AB-2200. RESULTS Cytochrome c oxidase activity and ATP levels were decreased in HLE cells stimulated with IFN-γ and LPS, and aminoguanidine (AG) and diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) added 6 h before cell collection significantly attenuated these decreases in cells stimulated with the IFN-γ and LPS for 24-30 h. However, the lower CCO activity and ATP levels in HLE cells stimulated with the IFN-γ and LPS for 30 h were not changed by treatment with AG or DDC for 6-12 h, while the CCO activity and ATP levels in HLE cells treated with AG or DDC for 18 were recovered. CONCLUSION Excessive NO causes a decrease in CCO activity and ATP levels, and the recovery time for CCO activity is related to exposure time to NO in HLE cells.
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- Noriaki Nagai
- School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Research and Technology Institute, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka, Japan
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Fidalgo C, Conejo NM, González-Pardo H, Lazo PS, Arias JL. A role for dorsal and ventral hippocampus in response learning. Neurosci Res 2012; 73:218-23. [PMID: 22507525 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2012.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2012] [Revised: 03/21/2012] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The hippocampus and the striatum have been traditionally considered as part of different and independent memory systems despite growing evidence supporting that both brain regions may even compete for behavioral control in particular learning tasks. In this regard, it has been reported that the hippocampus could be necessary for the use of idiothetic cues in several types of spatial learning tasks. Accordingly, the ventral striatum receives strong anatomical projections from the hippocampus, suggesting a participation of both regions in goal-directed behavior. Our work examined the role of the dorsal and ventral hippocampus on a response learning task. Cytochrome c oxidase (C.O.) quantitative histochemistry was used as an index of brain oxidative metabolism. In addition, determination of C.O. subunit I levels in the hippocampus by western blot analysis was performed to assess the contribution of this subunit to overall C.O. activity. Increased brain oxidative metabolism was found in most of the studied hippocampal subregions when experimental group was compared with a swim control group. However, no differences were found in the amount of C.O. subunit I expressed in the hippocampus by western blot analysis. Our results support that both the dorsal and ventral hippocampus are associated with the use of response strategies during response learning.
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- C Fidalgo
- Laboratory of Neuroscience, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
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Isolation Stress During the Prepubertal Period in Rats Induces Long-Lasting Neurochemical Changes in the Prefrontal Cortex. Neurochem Res 2012; 37:1063-73. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The kinesin superfamily protein KIF17 is regulated by the same transcription factor (NRF-1) as its cargo NR2B in neurons. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1813:403-11. [PMID: 21172391 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2010] [Revised: 11/12/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The kinesin superfamily of motor proteins is known to be ATP-dependent transporters of various types of cargoes. In neurons, KIF17 is found to transport vesicles containing the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor NR2B subunit from the cell body specifically to the dendrites. These subunits are intimately associated with glutamatergic neurotransmission as well as with learning and memory. Glutamatergic synapses are highly energy-dependent, and recently we found that the same transcription factor, nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1), co-regulates energy metabolism (via its regulation of cytochrome c oxidase and other mitochondrial enzymes) and neurochemicals of glutamatergic transmission (NR1, NR2B, GluR2, and nNOS). The present study tested our hypothesis that NRF-1 also transcriptionally regulates KIF17. By means of in silico analysis, electrophoretic mobility shift and supershift assays, in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation assays, promoter mutations, and real-time quantitative PCR, we found that NRF-1 (but not NRF-2) functionally regulates Kif17, but not Kif1a, gene. NRF-1 binding sites on Kif17 gene are highly conserved among mice, rats, and humans. Silencing of NRF-1 with small interference RNA blocked the up-regulation of Kif17 mRNA and proteins (and of Grin1 and Grin2b) induced by KCl-mediated depolarization, whereas over-expressing NRF-1 rescued these transcripts and proteins from being suppressed by TTX. Thus, NRF-1 co-regulates oxidative enzymes that generate energy and neurochemicals that consume energy related to glutamatergic neurotransmission, such as KIF17, NR1, and NR2B, thereby ensuring that energy production matches energy utilization at the molecular and cellular levels.
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Anderson BJ, Greenwood SJ, McCloskey D. Exercise as an intervention for the age-related decline in neural metabolic support. Front Aging Neurosci 2010; 2. [PMID: 20802804 PMCID: PMC2928710 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2010.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/27/2010] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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To identify interventions for brain aging, we must first identify the processes in which we hope to intervene. Brain aging is a period of decreasing functional capacity and increasing vulnerability, which reflect a reduction in morphological organization and perhaps degeneration. Since life is ultimately dependent upon the ability to maintain cellular organization through metabolism, this review explores evidence for a decline in neural metabolic support during aging, which includes a reduction in whole brain cerebral blood flow, and cellular metabolic capacity. Capillary density may also decrease with age, although the results are less clear. Exercise may be a highly effective intervention for brain aging, because it improves the cardiovascular system as a whole, and increases regional capillary density and neuronal metabolic capacity. Although the evidence is strongest for motor regions, more work may yield additional evidence for exercise-related improvement in metabolic support in non-motor regions. The protective effects of exercise may be specific to brain region and the type of insult. For example, exercise protects striatal cells from ischemia, but it produces mixed results after hippocampal seizures. Exercise can improve metabolic support and bioenergetic capacity in adult animals, but it remains to be determined whether it has similar effects in aging animals. What is clear is that exercise can influence the multiple levels of support necessary for maintaining optimal neuronal function, which is unique among proposed interventions for aging.
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- Brenda J Anderson
- Department of Psychology and Program Neuroscience, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Yu L, Yang SJ. AMP-activated protein kinase mediates activity-dependent regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha and nuclear respiratory factor 1 expression in rat visual cortical neurons. Neuroscience 2010; 169:23-38. [PMID: 20438809 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.04.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2009] [Revised: 04/23/2010] [Accepted: 04/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) is one of the key transcription factors implicated in mitochondrial biogenesis by activating the transcription of mitochondrial transcription factor A (mtTFA) and subunit genes of respiratory enzymes. NRF-1 transactivation activity can be enhanced by interaction with transcription coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha). The expression of PGC-1alpha, NRF-1 and mtTFA in neurons is known to be tightly regulated by neuronal activity. However, the coupling signaling mechanism is poorly understood. Here, we use primary cultures of rat visual cortical neurons and a rat model of monocular deprivation (MD) to investigate whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is implicated in mediating activity-dependent regulation of PGC-1alpha and NRF-1 expression in neurons. We find that KCl depolarization rapidly activates AMPK and significantly increases PGC-1alpha, NRF-1, and mtTFA levels with increased ATP production in neuron cultures. Similarly, pharmacological activation of AMPK with 5'-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAR) or resveratrol also markedly increases PGC-1alpha and NRF-1 mRNA levels in neuron cultures. All these effects can be completely blocked by an AMPK inhibitor, Compound C. Conversely, 1 week of MD significantly reduces AMPK phosphorylation and activity, dramatically down-regulates PGC-1alpha and NRF-1 expression in deprived primary visual cortex. Administration of resveratrol in vivo significantly activates AMPK activity and attenuates the effects of MD on mitochondria by significant increase in PGC-1alpha and NRF-1 levels, mitochondria amount, and coupled respiration. These results strongly indicate that AMPK is an essential upstream mediator that couples neuronal activity to mitochondrial energy metabolism by regulation of PGC-1alpha-NRF-1 pathway in neurons.
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- L Yu
- Department of Pathology, Xi Jing Hospital, 4th Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, PR China
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Liang HL, Dhar SS, Wong-Riley MTT. p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and calcium channels mediate signaling in depolarization-induced activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1alpha in neurons. J Neurosci Res 2010; 88:640-9. [PMID: 19774670 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha) coactivates a number of transcription factors critical for mitochondrial biogenesis. Previously, we found that the expression of PGC-1alpha is governed by neuronal activity, but the signaling mechanism is poorly understood. The present study aimed at testing our hypothesis that depolarizing activation of PGC-1alpha in neurons is mediated by p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and calcium channels. Cultured primary neurons and N2a cells were depolarized with 20 mM KCl for varying times, and increases in PGC-1alpha mRNA and protein levels were found after 0.5 and 1 hr of stimulation, respectively. These levels returned to those of controls after the withdrawal of KCl. Significantly, 15 min of KCl stimulation induced an up-regulation of both p38 MAPK and phosphorylated p38 MAPK that were suppressed by 30 min of pretreatment with SB203580, a blocker of p38 MAPK that also blocked the up-regulation of PGC-1alpha by KCl. Likewise, 30 min of pretreatment with nifedipine, a calcium channel blocker, also prevented the up-regulation of PGC-1alpha mRNA and proteins by KCl. Furthermore, a knockdown of p38 MAPK with small interference hairpin RNA significantly suppressed PGC-1alpha mRNA and protein levels. Our results indicate that both p38 MAPK and calcium play important roles in mediating signaling in depolarization-induced activation of PGC-1alpha at the protein and message levels in neurons.
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- Huan Ling Liang
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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The neurogenic basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor NeuroD6 concomitantly increases mitochondrial mass and regulates cytoskeletal organization in the early stages of neuronal differentiation. ASN Neuro 2009; 1:AN20090036. [PMID: 19743964 PMCID: PMC2785511 DOI: 10.1042/an20090036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mitochondria play a central role during neurogenesis by providing energy in the form of ATP for cytoskeletal remodelling, outgrowth of neuronal processes, growth cone activity and synaptic activity. However, the fundamental question of how differentiating neurons control mitochondrial biogenesis remains vastly unexplored. Since our previous studies have shown that the neurogenic bHLH (basic helix–loop–helix) transcription factor NeuroD6 is sufficient to induce differentiation of the neuronal progenitor-like PC12 cells and that it triggers expression of mitochondrial-related genes, we investigated whether NeuroD6 could modulate the mitochondrial biomass using our PC12-ND6 cellular paradigm. Using a combination of flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and mitochondrial fractionation, we demonstrate that NeuroD6 stimulates maximal mitochondrial mass at the lamellipodia stage, thus preceding axonal growth. NeuroD6 triggers remodelling of the actin and microtubule networks in conjunction with increased expression of the motor protein KIF5B, thus promoting mitochondrial movement in developing neurites with accumulation in growth cones. Maintenance of the NeuroD6-induced mitochondrial mass requires an intact cytoskeletal network, as its disruption severely reduces mitochondrial mass. The present study provides the first evidence that NeuroD6 plays an integrative role in co-ordinating increase in mitochondrial mass with cytoskeletal remodelling, suggestive of a role of this transcription factor as a co-regulator of neuronal differentiation and energy metabolism.
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Key Words
- COX, cytochrome c oxidase
- E, embryonic day
- ESC, embryonic stem cell
- F-actin, filamentous actin
- GAPDH, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- MAP, microtubule-associated protein
- MMP, mitochondrial membrane potential
- MTG, MitoTracker® Green
- MTR, MitoTracker® Red
- NGF, nerve growth factor
- NRF, nuclear respiratory factor
- NeuroD family
- PDL, poly-d-lysine
- PGC-1, peroxisome-proliferator-activated receptor-γ co-activator-1
- SOD2, superoxide dismutase 2
- WGA, wheat germ agglutinin
- bHLH, basic helix–loop–helix
- basic helix–loop–helix transcription factor
- cytoskeletal remodelling
- mitochondrial biogenesis
- mtDNA, mitochondrial DNA
- neuronal differentiation
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Diaz F. Cytochrome c oxidase deficiency: patients and animal models. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1802:100-10. [PMID: 19682572 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2009] [Revised: 07/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/31/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiencies are one of the most common defects of the respiratory chain found in mitochondrial diseases. COX is a multimeric inner mitochondrial membrane enzyme formed by subunits encoded by both the nuclear and the mitochondrial genome. COX biosynthesis requires numerous assembly factors that do not form part of the final complex but participate in prosthetic group synthesis and metal delivery in addition to membrane insertion and maturation of COX subunits. Human diseases associated with COX deficiency including encephalomyopathies, Leigh syndrome, hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, and fatal lactic acidosis are caused by mutations in COX subunits or assembly factors. In the last decade, numerous animal models have been created to understand the pathophysiology of COX deficiencies and the function of assembly factors. These animal models, ranging from invertebrates to mammals, in most cases mimic the pathological features of the human diseases.
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- Francisca Diaz
- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1095 NW 14th Terrace, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
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Heterogeneity of nervous system mitochondria: Location, location, location! Exp Neurol 2009; 218:293-307. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2009] [Revised: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/08/2009] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Dhar SS, Liang HL, Wong-Riley MTT. Transcriptional coupling of synaptic transmission and energy metabolism: role of nuclear respiratory factor 1 in co-regulating neuronal nitric oxide synthase and cytochrome c oxidase genes in neurons. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:1604-13. [PMID: 19615412 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 07/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Neuronal activity is highly dependent on energy metabolism; yet, the two processes have traditionally been regarded as independently regulated at the transcriptional level. Recently, we found that the same transcription factor, nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) co-regulates an important energy-generating enzyme, cytochrome c oxidase, as well as critical subunits of glutamatergic receptors. The present study tests our hypothesis that the co-regulation extends to the next level of glutamatergic synapses, namely, neuronal nitric oxide synthase, which generates nitric oxide as a downstream signaling molecule. Using in silico analysis, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation, promoter mutations, and NRF-1 silencing, we documented that NRF-1 functionally bound to Nos1, but not Nos2 (inducible) and Nos3 (endothelial) gene promoters. Both COX and Nos1 transcripts were up-regulated by depolarizing KCl treatment and down-regulated by TTX-mediated impulse blockade in neurons. However, NRF-1 silencing blocked the up-regulation of both Nos1 and COX induced by KCl depolarization, and over-expression of NRF-1 rescued both Nos1 and COX transcripts down-regulated by TTX. These findings are consistent with our hypothesis that synaptic neuronal transmission and energy metabolism are tightly coupled at the molecular level.
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- Shilpa S Dhar
- Department of Cell Biology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Dhar SS, Ongwijitwat S, Wong-Riley MTT. Chromosome conformation capture of all 13 genomic Loci in the transcriptional regulation of the multisubunit bigenomic cytochrome C oxidase in neurons. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:18644-50. [PMID: 19439416 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.019976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is the terminal enzyme of the electron transport chain composed of 13 subunits; three are mitochondria-encoded, and 10 are nucleus-inscribed on nine different chromosomes within the mammalian genome. The transcriptional regulation of such a multisubunit, multichromosomal, and bigenomic enzyme is mechanistically challenging. Transcription factories have been proposed as one mechanism by which genes from different genomic loci congregate to transcribe functionally related genes, and chromosome conformation capture (3C) is a means by which such interactions can be revealed. Thus far, however, only loci from the same chromosome or at most two chromosomes have been co-localized by 3C. The present study used 3C to test our hypothesis that not only the 10 genomic loci from nine chromosomes encoding the 10 nuclear subunits of COX, but also genes from three chromosomes encoding mitochondrial transcription factors A and B (Tfam, Tfb1m, and Tfb2m) critical for the transcription of the three mitochondria-encoded COX subunit genes all occupy common intranuclear sites in the murine neuronal nuclei. The pairing of various COX subunit genes and Tf genes indicates that interactions are present among all of them. On the other hand, genes for a non-mitochondrial protein (calreticulin) as well as a mitochondrial enzyme (citrate synthase) did not interact with COX genes. Furthermore, interactions between COX subunit and Tf genes were up-regulated by depolarizing stimulation and down-regulated by impulse blockade in primary neurons. Thus, a viable mechanism is in place for a synchronized, coordinated transcriptional regulation of this multisubunit, bigenomic COX enzyme in neurons.
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- Shilpa S Dhar
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Adzic M, Djordjevic A, Demonacos C, Krstic-Demonacos M, Radojcic MB. The role of phosphorylated glucocorticoid receptor in mitochondrial functions and apoptotic signalling in brain tissue of stressed Wistar rats. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2009; 41:2181-8. [PMID: 19782950 PMCID: PMC3183230 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2009] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a key component in compromised neuroendocrine stress response and, among other etiological causes, it may also involve action of glucocorticoid hormones. In the current study we followed glucocorticoid receptor and identified its mitochondrial phosphoisophorms in hippocampus and prefrontal brain cortex of Wistar male rats subjected to acute, chronic and combined neuroendocrine stresses. In both brain structures chronic social isolation caused marked increase in mitochondrial glucocorticoid receptor that was preferentially phosphorylated at serine 232 compared to serine 246 or serine 171. This increase corresponded with the decreased expression of mitochondrially encoded cytochrome oxidase subunits 1 and 3 in hippocampus, and with their increased expression in prefrontal brain cortex. Prefrontal brain cortex appeared to be more sensitive to chronic stress, since it exibited higher levels of mitochondrial Bax and cytoplasmic Bcl2 compared to hippocampus. Chronic stress also altered the response of both brain structures to subsequent acute stress according to the studied parameters. Therefore, prolonged social isolation may cause susceptibility to mitochondria triggered proapototic signalling, which at least in part may be mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor dependent mechanism.
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- Miroslav Adzic
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINCA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box-522-MBE090, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Coupling of energy metabolism and synaptic transmission at the transcriptional level: role of nuclear respiratory factor 1 in regulating both cytochrome c oxidase and NMDA glutamate receptor subunit genes. J Neurosci 2009; 29:483-92. [PMID: 19144849 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3704-08.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neuronal activity and energy metabolism are tightly coupled processes. Regions high in neuronal activity, especially of the glutamatergic type, have high levels of cytochrome c oxidase (COX). Perturbations in neuronal activity affect the expressions of COX and glutamatergic NMDA receptor subunit 1 (NR1). The present study sought to test our hypothesis that the coupling extends to the transcriptional level, whereby NR1 and possibly other NR subunits and COX are coregulated by the same transcription factor, nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1), which regulates all COX subunit genes. By means of multiple approaches, including in silico analysis, electrophoretic mobility shift and supershift assays, in vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation, promoter mutations, and real-time quantitative PCR, NRF-1 was found to functionally bind to the promoters of Grin 1 (NR1), Grin 2b (NR2b) and COX subunit genes, but not of Grin2a and Grin3a genes. These transcripts were upregulated by KCl and downregulated by tetrodotoxin (TTX) in cultured primary neurons. However, silencing of NRF-1 with small interference RNA blocked the upregulation of Grin1, Grin2b, and COX induced by KCl, and overexpression of NRF-1 rescued these transcripts that were suppressed by TTX. NRF-1 binding sites on Grin1 and Grin2b genes are also highly conserved among mice, rats, and humans. Thus, NRF-1 is an essential transcription factor critical in the coregulation of NR1, NR2b, and COX, and coupling exists at the transcriptional level to ensure coordinated expressions of proteins important for synaptic transmission and energy metabolism.
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Dhar SS, Liang HL, Wong-Riley MTT. Nuclear respiratory factor 1 co-regulates AMPA glutamate receptor subunit 2 and cytochrome c oxidase: tight coupling of glutamatergic transmission and energy metabolism in neurons. J Neurochem 2009; 108:1595-606. [PMID: 19166514 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.05929.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Neuronal activity, especially of the excitatory glutamatergic type, is highly dependent on energy from the oxidative pathway. We hypothesized that the coupling existed at the transcriptional level by having the same transcription factor to regulate a marker of energy metabolism, cytochrome c oxidase (COX) and an important subunit of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid glutamate receptors, GluR2 (Gria2). Nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) was a viable candidate because it regulates all COX subunits and potentially activates Gria2. By means of in silico analysis, electrophoretic mobility shift and supershift, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and promoter mutational assays, we found that NRF-1 functionally bound to Gria2 promoter. Silencing of NRF-1 with small interference RNA prevented the depolarization-stimulated up-regulation of Gria2 and COX, and over-expression of NRF-1 rescued neurons from tetrodotoxin-induced down-regulation of Gria2 and COX transcripts. Thus, neuronal activity and energy metabolism are tightly coupled at the molecular level, and NRF-1 is a critical agent in this process.
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- Shilpa S Dhar
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Nagai N, Ito Y, Takeuchi N, Usui S, Hirano K. Comparison of the mechanisms of cataract development involving differences in Ca2+ regulation in lenses among three hereditary cataract model rats. Biol Pharm Bull 2009; 31:1990-5. [PMID: 18981561 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.31.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We previously found that the increases in Ca2+ content in the lenses of three hereditary cataract model rats, UPL rat (UPLR), Shumiya cataract rat (SCR) and Ihara cataract rat (ICR), are inhibited by aminoguanidine, a selective inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, and that the mechanisms of Ca2+ enhancement in these rat models differ. In this study, we compare the mechanisms for dysfunction in Ca2+ regulation in UPLR, SCR and ICR. Decreases in the activity of Ca2+-ATPase were found in the lenses of SCR and ICR concurrent with cataract development. In contrast, the Ca2+-ATPase activity in UPLR with opaque lenses was higher than in those with transparent lenses. On the other hand, ATP levels were markedly decreased in UPLR with opaque lenses. The expression of cytochrome c oxidase (CCO)-1 mRNA and CCO activity in UPLR lenses was found to decrease during cataract development. The nitric oxide (NO) and lipid peroxide levels were also increased in the lenses of UPLR, SCR and ICR with opaque lenses. In UPLR, excessive NO may cause damage to the mitochondrial genome, resulting in a decrease in ATP production and increase in Ca2+-ATPase activity. The decrease in ATP content may cause the decrease in Ca2+-ATPase function resulting in the elevation in lens Ca2+. In SCR and ICR, excessive NO may cause an enhancement of lipid peroxidation resulting in the oxidative inhibition of Ca2+-ATPase. The decrease in Ca2+-ATPase activity may cause the elevation in the level of lens Ca2+, thus leading to lens opacification. Our findings show that the Ca2+ contents in the cataractous lenses of all three model rats are increased, the mechanisms for this Ca2+ enhancement is different in each rat model.
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Dhar SS, Ongwijitwat S, Wong-Riley MTT. Nuclear respiratory factor 1 regulates all ten nuclear-encoded subunits of cytochrome c oxidase in neurons. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:3120-3129. [PMID: 18077450 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707587200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is one of only four bigenomic proteins in mammalian cells, having ten subunits encoded in the nuclear genome and three in the mitochondrial DNA. The mechanism of its bigenomic control is not well understood. The ten nuclear subunits are on different chromosomes, and the possibility of their coordinate regulation by the same transcription factor(s) deserves serious consideration. The present study tested our hypothesis that nuclear respiratory factor 1 (NRF-1) serves such a role in subunit coordination. Following in silico analysis of murine nuclear-encoded COX subunit promoters, electrophoretic mobility shift and supershift assays indicated NRF-1 binding to all ten promoters. In vivo chromatin immunoprecipitation assays also showed NRF-1 binding to all ten promoters in murine neuroblastoma cells. Site-directed mutagenesis of putative NRF-1 binding sites confirmed the functionality of NRF-1 binding on all ten COX promoters. These sites are highly conserved among mice, rats, and humans. Silencing of NRF-1 with RNA interference reduced all ten COX subunit mRNAs and mRNAs of other genes involved in mitochondrial biogenesis. We conclude that NRF-1 plays a significant role in coordinating the transcriptional regulation of all ten nuclear-encoded COX subunits in neurons. Moreover, NRF-1 is known to activate mitochondrial transcription factors A and B, thereby indirectly regulating the expressions of the three mitochondrial-encoded COX subunits. Thus, NRF-1 and our previously described NRF-2 prove to be the two key bigenomic coordinators for transcriptional regulation of all cytochrome c oxidase subunits in neurons. Possible interactions between the NRFs will be investigated in the future.
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- Shilpa S Dhar
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
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- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226.
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Jiao F, Yan JB, Yang XY, Li H, Wang Q, Huang SZ, Zeng F, Zeng YT. Effect of oocyte mitochondrial DNA haplotype on bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency. Mol Reprod Dev 2007; 74:1278-86. [PMID: 17290429 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The development capability of reconstructed bovine embryos via ovum pick-up (OPU)-somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) technique has been influenced by the maternal lineage of oocyte cytoplasm, but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Since mitochondria are the richest maternal-inherited organelle, in this study, we intended to clarify the effect of mtDNA haplotypes on cloning efficiency. By PCR-RFLP method, we identified mtDNA haplotypes A and B, differing in six restriction sites. Reconstructed embryos with haplotype A cytoplast achieved better fusion and blastocyst formation rate (64.6% and 39.4%), as compared with haplotype B (53.6% and 26.3%; P < 0.05). To further evaluate the role of mitochondria, the quantity of mtDNA, ATP content, and mRNA level of mtDNA-encoded COXI, COXIII in both oocytes were measured. Our data indicated that mtDNA copy number in haplotype A oocyte was significantly higher than that in haplotype B oocyte, both at the GV (10(5.03 +/- 0.69) vs. 10(4.81 +/- 0.86) copies/oocyte) and MII stages (10(5.31 +/- 0.71) vs. 10(5.13 +/- 0.63) copies/oocyte; logarithmically transformed values; P < 0.05). ATP content in type A oocyte was also greater at the GV (1.67 +/- 0.09 vs. 1.27 +/- 0.1 pmol) and MII stages (5.18 +/- 0.07 vs. 2.68 +/- 0.03 pmol; P < 0.05). Similarly, the mRNA expression level of mtDNA-encoded COXI and COXIII in haplotype A oocyte was significantly higher comparing to haplotype B oocyte (3.3 +/- 2.0 x 10(3) vs. 0.68 +/- 0.45 x 10(3); 24.9 +/- 10.5 x 10(3) vs. 9.4 +/- 3.3 x 10(3), respectively; P < 0.05). The data suggest that mitochondrial structure, quantity, and function may significantly affect the developmental competence of reconstructed embryos.
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- Fei Jiao
- Shanghai Institute of Medical Genetics, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Adverse effects of excessive nitric oxide on cytochrome c oxidase in lenses of hereditary cataract UPL rats. Toxicology 2007; 242:7-15. [PMID: 17936468 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2007] [Revised: 09/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/03/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The UPL rat is a newly developed hereditary cataract model. We previously found that the ATP content in UPL rat lenses decreases during cataract development, and the decrease in ATP content causes Ca(2+)-ATPase dysfunction resulting in an elevation in Ca(2+) and cataract development. In addition, we reported that the oral administration of disulfiram and aminoguanidine ameliorates the decrease in ATP content and the elevation in Ca(2+) content in UPL rat lenses. In this study, we demonstrate the effect of nitric oxide (NO) on the expression and activity of cytochrome c oxidase (CCO) in normal and UPL rat lenses during cataract development. We also determined the effects of the oral administration of disulfiram and aminoguanidine on the mRNA expression and activity of CCO and NO production in UPL rat lenses. The expression of CCO-1 mRNA in UPL rat lenses, determined by a quantitative real-time RT-PCR method, decreased during cataract development. CCO activity in UPL rat lenses also decreased with aging. On the other hand, the oral administration of disulfiram and aminoguanidine attenuated the decrease in CCO-1 mRNA expression and CCO activity. These results suggest that excessive NO causes the decrease in CCO-1 mRNA expression and CCO activity, and that the decrease in CCO may cause the decrease in ATP production in UPL rat lenses. Disulfiram and aminoguanidine may attenuate the decrease in ATP production, resulting in a delay in cataract development.
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