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Wu S, Zhang YF, Gui Y, Jiang T, Zhou CM, Li JY, Suo JL, Li YN, Jin RL, Li SL, Cui JY, Tan BH, Li YC. A detection method for neuronal death indicates abnormalities in intracellular membranous components in neuronal cells that underwent delayed death. Prog Neurobiol 2023; 226:102461. [PMID: 37179048 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2023.102461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Acute neuronal degeneration is always preceded under the light and electron microscopes by a stage called microvacuolation, which is characterized by a finely vacuolar alteration in the cytoplasm of the neurons destined to death. In this study, we reported a method for detecting neuronal death using two membrane-bound dyes, rhodamine R6 and DiOC6(3), which may be associated with the so-called microvacuolation. This new method produced a spatiotemporally similar staining pattern to Fluoro-Jade B in kainic acid-damaged brains in mice. Further experiments showed that increased staining of rhodamine R6 and DiOC6(3) was observed only in degenerated neurons, but not in glia, erythrocytes, or meninges. Different from Fluoro-Jade-related dyes, rhodamine R6 and DiOC6(3) staining is highly sensitive to solvent extraction and detergent exposure. Staining with Nile red for phospholipids and filipin III for non-esterified cholesterol supports that the increased staining of rhodamine R6 and DiOC6(3) might be associated with increased levels of phospholipids and free cholesterol in the perinuclear cytoplasm of damaged neurons. In addition to kainic acid-injected neuronal death, rhodamine R6 and DiOC6(3) were similarly useful for detecting neuronal death in ischemic models either in vivo or in vitro. As far as we know, the staining with rhodamine R6 or DiOC6(3) is one of a few histochemical methods for detecting neuronal death whose target molecules have been well defined and therefore may be useful for explaining experimental results as well as exploring the mechanisms of neuronal death. (250 words).
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- Shuang Wu
- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130041, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Neurology, Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province 150001, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Laboratory Teaching Center of Basic Medicine, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Norman Bethune Health Science Center of Jilin University, Jilin Province 130021, PR China.
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Koch E, Bagci M, Kuhn M, Hartung NM, Mainka M, Rund KM, Schebb NH. GC-MS analysis of oxysterols and their formation in cultivated liver cells (HepG2). Lipids 2023; 58:41-56. [PMID: 36195466 DOI: 10.1002/lipd.12360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Oxysterols play a key role in many (patho)physiological processes and they are potential biomarkers for oxidative stress in several diseases. Here we developed a rapid gas chromatographic-mass spectrometry-based method for the separation and quantification of 11 biologically relevant oxysterols bearing hydroxy, epoxy, and dihydroxy groups. Efficient chromatographic separation (resolution ≥ 1.9) was achieved using a medium polarity 35%-diphenyl/65%-dimethyl polysiloxane stationary phase material (30 m × 0.25 mm inner diameter and 0.25 μm film thickness). Based on thorough analysis of the fragmentation during electron ionization we developed a strategy to deduce structural information of the oxysterols. Optimized sample preparation includes (i) extraction with a mixture of n-hexane/iso-propanol, (ii) removal of cholesterol by solid phase extraction with unmodified silica, and (iii) trimethylsilylation. The method was successfully applied on the analysis of brain samples, showing consistent results with previous studies and a good intra- and interday precision of ≤20%. Finally, we used the method for the investigation of oxysterol formation during oxidative stress in HepG2 cells. Incubation with tert-butyl hydroperoxide led to a massive increase in free radical formed oxysterols (7-keto-chol > 7β-OH-chol >> 7α-OH-chol), while 24 h incubation with the glutathione peroxidase 4 inhibitor RSL3 showed no increase in oxidative stress based on the oxysterol pattern. Overall, the new method described here enables the robust analysis of a biologically meaningful pattern of oxysterols with high sensitivity and precision allowing us to gain new insights in the biological formation and role of oxysterols.
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- Elisabeth Koch
- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Chair of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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Cholesteryl ester levels are elevated in the caudate and putamen of Huntington's disease patients. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20314. [PMID: 33219259 PMCID: PMC7680097 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76973-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative illness caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene (HTT) and subsequent protein (mhtt), to which the brain shows a region-specific vulnerability. Disturbances in neural cholesterol metabolism are established in HD human, murine and cell studies; however, cholesteryl esters (CE), which store and transport cholesterol in the brain, have not been investigated in human studies. This study aimed to identify region-specific alterations in the concentrations of CE in HD. The Victorian Brain Bank provided post-mortem tissue from 13 HD subjects and 13 age and sex-matched controls. Lipids were extracted from the caudate, putamen and cerebellum, and CE were quantified using targeted mass spectrometry. ACAT 1 protein expression was measured by western blot. CE concentrations were elevated in HD caudate and putamen compared to controls, with the elevation more pronounced in the caudate. No differences in the expression of ACAT1 were identified in the striatum. No remarkable differences in CE were detected in HD cerebellum. The striatal region-specific differences in CE profiles indicate functional subareas of lipid disturbance in HD. The increased CE concentration may have been induced as a compensatory mechanism to reduce cholesterol accumulation.
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Agrawal RR, Montesinos J, Larrea D, Area-Gomez E, Pera M. The silence of the fats: A MAM's story about Alzheimer. Neurobiol Dis 2020; 145:105062. [PMID: 32866617 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 08/22/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The discovery of contact sites was a breakthrough in cell biology. We have learned that an organelle cannot function in isolation, and that many cellular functions depend on communication between two or more organelles. One such contact site results from the close apposition of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and mitochondria, known as mitochondria-associated ER membranes (MAMs). These intracellular lipid rafts serve as hubs for the regulation of cellular lipid and calcium homeostasis, and a growing body of evidence indicates that MAM domains modulate cellular function in both health and disease. Indeed, MAM dysfunction has been described as a key event in Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis. Our most recent work shows that, by means of its affinity for cholesterol, APP-C99 accumulates in MAM domains of the ER and induces the uptake of extracellular cholesterol as well as its trafficking from the plasma membrane to the ER. As a result, MAM functionality becomes chronically upregulated while undergoing continual turnover. The goal of this review is to discuss the consequences of C99 elevation in AD, specifically the upregulation of cholesterol trafficking and MAM activity, which abrogate cellular lipid homeostasis and disrupt the lipid composition of cellular membranes. Overall, we present a novel framework for AD pathogenesis that can be linked to the many complex alterations that occur during disease progression, and that may open a door to new therapeutic strategies.
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- Rishi R Agrawal
- Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA; Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Departament of Basic Sciences, Facultat de Medicina I Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Sant Cugat del Vallés, 08195, Spain.
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Chali F, Milior G, Marty S, Morin-Brureau M, Le Duigou C, Savary E, Blugeon C, Jourdren L, Miles R. Lipid markers and related transcripts during excitotoxic neurodegeneration in kainate-treated mice. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:1759-1778. [PMID: 30767299 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14375] [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: 11/23/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Lipid homeostasis is dysregulated in some neurodegenerative diseases and after brain injuries due to excess glutamate or lack of oxygen. However the kinetics and cell specificity of dysregulation in different groups of lipids during excitotoxic neuronal death are not clear. Here we examined the changes during excitotoxic neuronal death induced by injecting kainic acid (KA) into the CA1 region of mouse hippocampus. We compared neuronal loss and glial cell proliferation with changes in lipid-related transcripts and markers for different lipid groups, over 12 days after KA-treatment. As neurons showed initial signs of damage, transcripts and proteins linked to fatty acid oxidation were up-regulated. Cholesterol biosynthesis induced by transcripts controlled by the transcription factor Srebp2 seems to be responsible for a transient increase in neuronal free cholesterol at 1 to 2 days. In microglia, but not in neurons, Perilipin-2 associated lipid droplets were induced and properties of Nile red emissions suggest lipid contents change over time. After microglial expression of phagocytotic markers at 2 days, some neutral lipid deposits co-localized with lysosome markers of microglia and were detected within putative phagocytotic cups. These data delineate distinct lipid signals in neurons and glial cells during excitotoxic processes from initial neuronal damage to engagement of the lysosome-phagosome system.
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- Farah Chali
- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'École normale supérieure (IBENS), École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM PSL Université Paris, Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l'École normale supérieure (IBENS), École Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM PSL Université Paris, Paris, France
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- Inserm U1127, CNRS UMR7225, Sorbonne Université, UPMC Université Paris 6 UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Mao XW, Sandberg LB, Gridley DS, Herrmann EC, Zhang G, Raghavan R, Zubarev RA, Zhang B, Stodieck LS, Ferguson VL, Bateman TA, Pecaut MJ. Proteomic Analysis of Mouse Brain Subjected to Spaceflight. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 20:ijms20010007. [PMID: 30577490 PMCID: PMC6337482 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20010007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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There is evidence that spaceflight poses acute and late risks to the central nervous system. To explore possible mechanisms, the proteomic changes following spaceflight in mouse brain were characterized. Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) was launched from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) on a 13-day mission. Within 3–5 h after landing, brain tissue was collected to evaluate protein expression profiles using quantitative proteomic analysis. Our results showed that there were 26 proteins that were significantly altered after spaceflight in the gray and/or white matter. While there was no overlap between the white and gray matter in terms of individual proteins, there was overlap in terms of function, synaptic plasticity, vesical activity, protein/organelle transport, and metabolism. Our data demonstrate that exposure to the spaceflight environment induces significant changes in protein expression related to neuronal structure and metabolic function. This might lead to a significant impact on brain structural and functional integrity that could affect the outcome of space missions.
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- Xiao Wen Mao
- Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
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- Department of Pathology and Human Anatomy, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, SE 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Pharmacological and Technological Chemistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, SE 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Department of Pharmacological and Technological Chemistry, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia.
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- BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
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- BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80303, USA.
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
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Cabrerizo J, Urcola JA, Vecino E, Melles G. Changes in lipidomic profile of aqueous humour in Fuchs endothelial dystrophy. Acta Ophthalmol 2017; 95:727-732. [PMID: 28258620 DOI: 10.1111/aos.13374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PURPOSE To identify and determine differences in lipid profile of aqueous humour (AH) in patients with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD). METHODS Lipidomic profile of eight AH samples of FECD patients and 10 control samples was analysed. Patients with previous history of anterior segment surgery, anterior segment pathology or intraocular injections were excluded. Topical ocular medications within the last 6 months were reported. Aqueous humour (AH) was obtained during the first step of Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty in FECD patients and during refractive lensectomy in the control group. Lipidomic ultra-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry was used to perform an optimal profiling of glycerolipids, sterol lipids, sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids. Metabolite extraction was accomplished by fractionating the samples into pools of species with similar physicochemical properties. RESULTS The levels of 27 of 110 lipids change significantly in the AH of FECD eyes when compared to control samples. The concentration of most diacylglycerophosphocholines and 1-ether, 2-acylglycerophosphocholines increases in the AH of FECD eyes when compared to healthy controls. In addition, eight sphingomyelins and up to two long-chain highly unsaturated cholesteryl esters present higher levels in FECD samples when compared to controls. CONCLUSION The lipid composition of AH in FECD patients differs from that of healthy subjects. Those changes may reflect oxidative stress-related changes in the lipid metabolism of the corneal endothelial cells in FECD.
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- Javier Cabrerizo
- Department of Ophthalmology; Rigshospitalet/Glostrup; University of Copenhagen; Copenhagen Denmark
- Copenhagen Eye Foundation (CEF); Copenhagen Denmark
- Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS); Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology; University Hospital of Alava; Vitoria Spain
- Experimental Ophthalmo-Biology Group (GOBE); University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Leioa Spain
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- Experimental Ophthalmo-Biology Group (GOBE); University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU); Leioa Spain
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- Netherlands Institute for Innovative Ocular Surgery (NIIOS); Rotterdam The Netherlands
- Melles Cornea Clinic Rotterdam; Rotterdam The Netherlands
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Barbacci DC, Roux A, Muller L, Jackson SN, Post J, Baldwin K, Hoffer B, Balaban CD, Schultz JA, Gouty S, Cox BM, Woods AS. Mass Spectrometric Imaging of Ceramide Biomarkers Tracks Therapeutic Response in Traumatic Brain Injury. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:2266-2274. [PMID: 28745861 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health problem and the leading cause of death in children and young adults. It also contributes to a substantial number of cases of permanent disability. As lipids make up over 50% of the brain mass and play a key role in both membrane structure and cell signaling, their profile is of particular interest. In this study, we show that advanced mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has sufficient technical accuracy and reproducibility to demonstrate the anatomical distribution of 50 μm diameter microdomains that show changes in brain ceramide levels in a rat model of controlled cortical impact (CCI) 3 days post injury with and without treatment. Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats received one strike and were euthanized 3 days post trauma. Brain MS images showed increase in ceramides in CCI animals compared to control as well as significant reduction in ceramides in CCI treated animals, demonstrating therapeutic effect of a peptide agonist. The data also suggests the presence of diffuse changes outside of the injured area. These results shed light on the extent of biochemical and structural changes in the brain after traumatic brain injury and could help to evaluate the efficacy of treatments.
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Communication Sciences & Disorders, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States
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- Center
for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States
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- Center
for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, United States
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- Structural
Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, United States
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Roux A, Muller L, Jackson SN, Post J, Baldwin K, Hoffer B, Balaban CD, Barbacci D, Schultz JA, Gouty S, Cox BM, Woods AS. Mass spectrometry imaging of rat brain lipid profile changes over time following traumatic brain injury. J Neurosci Methods 2016; 272:19-32. [PMID: 26872743 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2016.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common public health issue that may contribute to chronic degenerative disorders. Membrane lipids play a key role in tissue responses to injury, both as cell signals and as components of membrane structure and cell signaling. This study demonstrates the ability of high resolution mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) to assess sequences of responses of lipid species in a rat controlled cortical impact model for concussion. NEW METHOD A matrix of implanted silver nanoparticles was implanted superficially in brain sections for matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) imaging of 50μm diameter microdomains across unfixed cryostat sections of rat brain. Ion-mobility time-of-flight MS was used to analyze and map changes over time in brain lipid composition in a rats after Controlled Cortical Impact (CCI) TBI. RESULTS Brain MS images showed changes in sphingolipids near the CCI site, including increased ceramides and decreased sphingomyelins, accompanied by changes in glycerophospholipids and cholesterol derivatives. The kinetics differed for each lipid class; for example ceramides increased as early as 1 day after the injury whereas other lipids changes occurred between 3 and 7 days post injury. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD(S) Silver nanoparticles MALDI matrix is a sensitive new tool for revealing previously undetectable cellular injury response and remodeling in neural, glial and vascular structure of the brain. CONCLUSIONS Lipid biochemical and structural changes after TBI could help highlighting molecules that can be used to determine the severity of such injuries as well as to evaluate the efficacy of potential treatments.
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- Aurelie Roux
- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH 44106, United States
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- Departments of Otolaryngology, Neurobiology, Communication Sciences & Disorders, and Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States
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- Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States
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- Structural Biology Unit, Integrative Neuroscience Branch, NIH/NIDA-IRP, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
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Tian T, Ni H, Sun BL. Neurobehavioral Deficits in a Rat Model of Recurrent Neonatal Seizures Are Prevented by a Ketogenic Diet and Correlate with Hippocampal Zinc/Lipid Transporter Signals. Biol Trace Elem Res 2015; 167:251-8. [PMID: 25778834 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-015-0285-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The ketogenic diet (KD) has been shown to be effective as an antiepileptic therapy in adults, but it has not been extensively tested for its efficacy in neonatal seizure-induced brain damage. We have previously shown altered expression of zinc/lipid metabolism-related genes in hippocampus following penicillin-induced developmental model of epilepsy. In this study, we further investigated the effect of KD on the neurobehavioral and cognitive deficits, as well as if KD has any influence in the activity of zinc/lipid transporters such as zinc transporter 3 (ZnT-3), MT-3, ApoE, ApoJ (clusterin), and ACAT-1 activities in neonatal rats submitted to flurothyl-induced recurrent seizures. Postnatal day 9 (P9), 48 Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to two groups: flurothyl-induced recurrent seizure group (EXP) and control group (CONT). On P28, they were further randomly divided into the seizure group without ketogenic diet (EXP1), seizure plus ketogenic diet (EXP2), the control group without ketogenic diet (CONT1), and the control plus ketogenic diet (CONT2). Neurological behavioral parameters of brain damage (plane righting reflex, cliff avoidance reflex, and open field test) were observed from P35 to P49. Morris water maze test was performed during P51-P57. Then hippocampal mossy fiber sprouting and the protein levels of ZnT3, MT3, ApoE, CLU, and ACAT-1 were detected by Timm staining and Western blot analysis, respectively. Flurothyl-induced neurobehavioral toxicology and aberrant mossy fiber sprouting were blocked by KD. In parallel with these behavioral changes, rats treated with KD (EXP2) showed a significant down-regulated expression of ZnT-3, MT-3, ApoE, clusterin, and ACAT-1 in hippocampus when compared with the non-KD-treated EXP1 group. Our findings provide support for zinc/lipid transporter signals being potential targets for the treatment of neonatal seizure-induced brain damage by KD.
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- Tian Tian
- Neurology Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, No.303, Jingde Road, Suzhou, 215003, People's Republic of China
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Prophylactic treatment with melatonin before recurrent neonatal seizures: Effects on long-term neurobehavioral changes and the underlying expression of metabolism-related genes in rat hippocampus and cerebral cortex. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2015; 133:25-30. [PMID: 25818576 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although it has been suggested that the protective effect of melatonin against seizure-induced neurotoxicity involves inhibition of neuronal lipid peroxidation, current data concerning the exact molecular mechanism are still limited. This study was undertaken to investigate the changes in neurobehavioral, cognitive and lipid metabolism-related gene expressions in both hippocampus and cerebral cortex of rats subjected to recurrent neonatal seizures, and the effects of melatonin treatment before seizure (55mg/kg, 1mg/ml). 6-day-old (P6) SD rats were randomly divided into four groups of control (CONT, the same below), melatonin treated control (Mel), recurrent neonatal seizure (RS) and melatonin and RS combination treatment (Mel+RS). Neurological behavioral parameters of brain damage (plane righting reflex, negative geotaxis reaction reflex, Cliff avoidance reflex, forelimb suspension reflex) were observed on P31. Morris water maze test was performed during P29-P35. Then the protein levels of ACAT1, Cathepsin-E and Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CAMK II) in hippocampus and cerebral cortex were detected by western blot method. As expected, RS group showed a significant delay or reduce of the four reflexes, as well as bad performance in the Morris water maze test. Flurothyl-induced neurobehavioral toxicology was blocked by pre-treatment with melatonin. In parallel with these behavioral changes, gene expression by western blot method demonstrated that rats pretreated with melatonin (Mel+RS) showed a significant down-regulated expression of ACAT-1, Cathepsin-E and up-regulated CAMK II in hippocampus and cerebral cortex when compared with RS group. Our findings provide support for ACAT-1/Cathepsin-E as well as CaMK II being potential targets for the treatment of neonatal seizure-induced brain damage by melatonin.
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Malgrange B, Varela-Nieto I, de Medina P, Paillasse MR. Targeting cholesterol homeostasis to fight hearing loss: a new perspective. Front Aging Neurosci 2015; 7:3. [PMID: 25688206 PMCID: PMC4310297 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a major pathology of the inner ear that affects nearly 600 million people worldwide. Despite intensive researches, this major health problem remains without satisfactory solutions. The pathophysiological mechanisms involved in SNHL include oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, inflammation, and ischemia, resulting in synaptic loss, axonal degeneration, and apoptosis of spiral ganglion neurons. The mechanisms associated with SNHL are shared with other neurodegenerative disorders. Cholesterol homeostasis is central to numerous pathologies including neurodegenerative diseases and cholesterol regulates major processes involved in neurons survival and function. The role of cholesterol homeostasis in the physiopathology of inner ear is largely unexplored. In this review, we discuss the findings concerning cholesterol homeostasis in neurodegenerative diseases and whether it should be translated into potential therapeutic strategies for the treatment of SNHL.
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- Brigitte Malgrange
- GIGA-Neurosciences, Developmental Neurobiology Unit, University of Liege , Liege , Belgium
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas "Alberto Sols", CSIC-UAM. IdiPAZ, CIBERER Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Arturo Duperier 4 , Madrid , Spain
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Copper-induced alterations in rat brain depends on route of overload and basal copper levels. Nutrition 2014; 30:96-106. [PMID: 24290605 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2013.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Copper (Cu) is widely used in industry for the manufacture of a vast range of goods including Cu-intrauterine devices (IUDs), electronic products, agrochemicals, and many others. It is also one of the trace elements essential to human health in the right measure and is used as a parenteral supplement in patients unable to ingest food. Elevated Cu levels have been found in the plasma of women using Cu-IUDs and in farmers working with Cu-based pesticides. However, possible alterations due to Cu overload in the brain have been poorly studied. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Cu administration on rat brain in Cu-sufficient and Cu-deficient animals fed on semi-synthetic diets with different doses of Cu (7 or 35 ppm). METHODS We aimed to investigate the effects of Cu administration using two routes of administration: oral and intraperitoneal (IP). Male Wistar rats were feeding (one month) a complete (7 ppm) or a deficient (traces) Cu diets subdivided into three categories oral-, intraperitoneal- (or both) supplemented with copper carbonate (7 to 35 ppm). Cu content in plasma, brain zones (cortex and hippocampus), antioxidant enzyme activities, and protease systems involved in programmed cell death were determined. RESULTS The results show that Cu levels and the concentration of Cu in plasma and brain were dose-dependent and administration route-dependent and demonstrated a prooxidative effect in plasma and brain homogenates. Oxidative stress biomarkers and antioxidative enzyme activity both increased under Cu overload, these effects being more noticeable when Cu was administered IP. Concomitantly, brain lipids from cortex and hippocampus were strongly modified, reflecting Cu-induced prooxidative damage. A significant increase in the activities of calpain (milli- and micro-) and caspase-3 activity also was observed as a function of dose and administration route. CONCLUSION The findings of this study could be important in evaluating the role of Cu in brain metabolism and neuronal survival.
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Taha AY, Cheon Y, Ma K, Rapoport SI, Rao JS. Altered fatty acid concentrations in prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients. J Psychiatr Res 2013; 47:636-43. [PMID: 23428160 PMCID: PMC3620602 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2012] [Revised: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Disturbances in prefrontal cortex phospholipid and fatty acid composition have been reported in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ), often as an incomplete lipid profile or a percent of total lipid concentration. In this study, we quantified absolute concentrations (nmol/g wet weight) and fractional concentrations (i.e. percent of total fatty acids) of several lipid classes and their constituent fatty acids in postmortem prefrontal cortex of SCZ patients (n = 10) and age-matched controls (n = 10). METHODS Lipids were extracted, fractionated with thin layer chromatography and assayed. RESULTS Mean total lipid, phospholipid, individual phospholipids, plasmalogen, triglyceride and cholesteryl ester concentrations did not differ significantly between the groups. Compared to controls, SCZ brains showed significant increases in several monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid absolute concentrations in cholesteryl ester. Significant increases or decreases occurred in palmitoleic, linoleic, γ-linolenic and n-3 docosapentaenoic acid absolute concentrations in total lipids, triglycerides or phospholipids. Changes in fractional concentrations did not consistently reflect absolute concentration changes. CONCLUSION These findings suggest disturbed prefrontal cortex fatty acid absolute concentrations, particularly within cholesteryl esters, as a pathological aspect of schizophrenia.
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- Ameer Y Taha
- Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, Laboratory of Neuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Loke SY, Tanaka K, Ong WY. Comprehensive gene expression analyses of the rat prefrontal cortex after oxysterol treatment. J Neurochem 2013; 124:770-81. [DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2012] [Revised: 01/03/2013] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Sau-Yeen Loke
- Department of Anatomy; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- Department of Physiology; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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- Department of Anatomy; National University of Singapore; Singapore
- Neurobiology and Ageing Research Programme; National University of Singapore; Singapore
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Expression profiles of hippocampal regenerative sprouting-related genes and their regulation by E-64d in a developmental rat model of penicillin-induced recurrent epilepticus. Toxicol Lett 2012; 217:162-9. [PMID: 23266720 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2012] [Revised: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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E-64d (a calpain and autophagy inhibitor) has previously been shown safe for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in humans. In the present study, the potential protective mechanism of E-64d on hippocampal aberrant mossy fiber sprouting was examined in a developmental rat model of penicillin-induced recurrent epilepticus. A seizure was induced by penicillin every other day in Sprague-Dawley rats from postnatal day 21 (P21). The rats were randomly assigned into the control group (CONT1), the control plus E-64d (CONT2), the seizure group (EXP1) and the seizure plus E-64d (EXP2). On P51, mossy fiber sprouting and related gene expression in hippocampus were assessed by Timm staining and real-time RT-PCR methods, respectively. To validate the RT-PCR results, western blot analysis was performed on selected genes. E-64d obviously suppressed the aberrant mossy fiber sprouting in the supragranular region of dentate gyrus and CA3 subfield of hippocampus. Among the total twelve genes, six genes were strongly up- (MT-3, ACAT1, clusterin and ApoE) or down- (ZnT-1 and PRG-3) regulated by developmental seizures (EXP1) compared with that in the CONT1. Up-regulation of ApoE and Clusterin was blocked by pretreatment with E-64d both in mRNA and protein levels. Further, E-64d-pretreated seizure rats (EXP2) showed a significant downregulation of mRNA expression of PRG-1, PRG-3 and PRG-5, cathepsin B and ApoE, as well as up-regulated nSMase and ANX7 in hippocampus when compared with EXP1 rats. The results of the present study suggest that E-64d, an elective inhibitor of calpain and autophagy, is potentially useful in the treatment of developmental seizure-induced brain damage both by regulating abnormal zinc signal transduction and through the modulation of altered lipid metabolism via ApoE/clusterin pathway in hippocampus.
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Gautam R, Chandrasekar B, Deobagkar-Lele M, Rakshit S, Kumar B. N. V, Umapathy S, Nandi D. Identification of early biomarkers during acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity by fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45521. [PMID: 23029070 PMCID: PMC3446881 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Acetaminophen is a widely prescribed drug used to relieve pain and fever; however, it is a leading cause of drug-induced liver injury and a burden on public healthcare. In this study, hepatotoxicity in mice post oral dosing of acetaminophen was investigated using liver and sera samples with Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy. The infrared spectra of acetaminophen treated livers in BALB/c mice show decrease in glycogen, increase in amounts of cholesteryl esters and DNA respectively. Rescue experiments using L-methionine demonstrate that depletion in glycogen and increase in DNA are abrogated with pre-treatment, but not post-treatment, with L-methionine. This indicates that changes in glycogen and DNA are more sensitive to the rapid depletion of glutathione. Importantly, analysis of sera identified lowering of glycogen and increase in DNA and chlolesteryl esters earlier than increase in alanine aminotransferase, which is routinely used to diagnose liver damage. In addition, these changes are also observed in C57BL/6 and Nos2−/− mice. There is no difference in the kinetics of expression of these three molecules in both strains of mice, the extent of damage is similar and corroborated with ALT and histological analysis. Quantification of cytokines in sera showed increase upon APAP treatment. Although the levels of Tnfα and Ifnγ in sera are not significantly affected, Nos2−/− mice display lower Il6 but higher Il10 levels during this acute model of hepatotoxicity. Overall, this study reinforces the growing potential of Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy as a fast, highly sensitive and label-free technique for non-invasive diagnosis of liver damage. The combination of Fourier Transform Infrared microspectroscopy and cytokine analysis is a powerful tool to identify multiple biomarkers, understand differential host responses and evaluate therapeutic regimens during liver damage and, possibly, other diseases.
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- Rekha Gautam
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- * E-mail: (DN); (SU)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- * E-mail: (DN); (SU)
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