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Fay LY, Chien JY, Weng CF, Kuo HS, Liou DY, Weng WH, Lin CH, Chen YT, Huang WH, Huang WC, Tsai MJ, Cheng H. Evaluating the toxic mechanism of 1,2-diacetylbenzene in neural cells/tissues: The favorable impact of silibinin. Neurotoxicology 2023; 99:313-321. [PMID: 37981056 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2023.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
Abstract
1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB) is a neurotoxic component of aromatic solvents commonly used in industrial applications that induces neuropathological changes in animals. This study unraveled the toxic impact of 1,2-DAB in nerve tissues, explant cultures, and neuron-glial cultures, and explored whether herbal products can mitigate its toxicity. The effects of DAB on axonal transport were studied in retinal explant cultures grown in a micro-patterned dish. The mitochondrial movement in the axons was captured using time-lapse video recordings. The results showed that 1,2-DAB, but not 1,3-DAB inhibited axonal outgrowth and mitochondrial movement in a dose-dependent manner. The toxicity of 1,2-DAB was further studied in spinal cord tissues and cultures. 1,2-DAB selectively induced modifications of microtubules and neurofilaments in spinal cord tissues. 1,2-DAB also potently induced cell damage in both neuronal and glial cultures. Further, 1,2-DAB-induced cellular ATP depletion precedes cell damage in glial cells. Interestingly, treatment with the herbal products silibinin or silymarin effectively mitigated 1,2-DAB-induced toxicity in spinal cord tissues and neuronal/glial cultures. Collectively, the molecular toxicity of 1,2-DAB in neural tissues involves protein modification, ATP depletion, and axonal transport defects, leading to cell death. Silibinin and silymarin show promising neuroprotective effects against 2-DAB-induced toxicity.
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- Li-Yu Fay
- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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- Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Biophotonics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221,Taiwan; Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan; Cancer Progression Research Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan.
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- Neural Regeneration Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Division of Neural Regeneration and Repair, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan; Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan; Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
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Li S, Guan H, Zhang Y, Li S, Li K, Hu S, Zuo E, Zhang C, Zhang X, Gong G, Wang R, Piao F. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells promote remyelination in spinal cord by driving oligodendrocyte progenitor cell differentiation via TNFα/RelB-Hes1 pathway: a rat model study of 2,5-hexanedione-induced neurotoxicity. Stem Cell Res Ther 2021; 12:436. [PMID: 34348774 PMCID: PMC8336089 DOI: 10.1186/s13287-021-02518-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND N-hexane, with its metabolite 2,5-hexanedine (HD), is an industrial hazardous material. Chronic hexane exposure causes segmental demyelination in the peripheral nerves, and high-dose intoxication may also affect central nervous system. Demyelinating conditions are difficult to treat and stem cell therapy using bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is a promising novel strategy. Our previous study found that BMSCs promoted motor function recovery in rats modeling hexane neurotoxicity. This work aimed to explore the underlying mechanisms and focused on the changes in spinal cord. METHODS Sprague Dawley rats were intoxicated with HD (400 mg/kg/day, i.p, for 5 weeks). A bolus of BMSCs (5 × 107 cells/kg) was injected via tail vein. Demyelination and remyelination of the spinal cord before and after BMSC treatment were examined microscopically. Cultured oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) were incubated with HD ± BMSC-derived conditional medium (BMSC-CM). OPC differentiation was studied by immunostaining and morphometric analysis. The expressional changes of Hes1, a transcription factor negatively regulating OPC-differentiation, were studied. The upstream Notch1 and TNFα/RelB pathways were studied, and some key signaling molecules were measured. The correlation between neurotrophin NGF and TNFα was also investigated. Statistical significance was evaluated using one-way ANOVA and performed using SPSS 13.0. RESULTS The demyelinating damage by HD and remyelination by BMSCs were evidenced by electron microscopy, LFB staining and NG2/MBP immunohistochemistry. In vitro cultured OPCs showed more differentiation after incubation with BMSC-CM. Hes1 expression was found to be significantly increased by HD and decreased by BMSC or BMSC-CM. The change of Hes1 was found, however, independent of Notch1 activation, but dependent on TNFα/RelB signaling. HD was found to increase TNFα, RelB and Hes1 expression, and BMSCs were found to have the opposite effect. Addition of recombinant TNFα to OPCs or RelB overexpression similarly caused upregulation of Hes1 expression. The secretion of NGF by BMSC and activation of NGF receptor was found important for suppression of TNFα production in OPCs. CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrated that BMSCs promote remyelination in the spinal cord of HD-exposed rats via TNFα/RelB-Hes1 pathway, providing novel insights for evaluating and further exploring the therapeutical effect of BMSCs on demyelinating neurodegenerative disease.
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- Shuangyue Li
- School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, No. 967 Hospital of the Joint Logistics Support Force of the Chinese PLA, Dalian, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China.,Xunyi Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xunyi, Shanxi, 711300, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China.,Xian Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Xian, 710054, People's Republic of China
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- College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China
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- College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China
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- School of Public Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116044, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, 116011, People's Republic of China
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- Integrative Laboratory, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, People's Republic of China. .,Department of Medical Oncology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, People's Republic of China.
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- Integrative Laboratory, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, People's Republic of China.
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- Integrative Laboratory, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian, 116001, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang X, Tong Y, Lu Y. Peripheral nerve injury in patients exposed to n-hexane: an analysis of eight cases. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2021; 22:248-252. [PMID: 33719230 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b2000601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Xiaping Zhang
- Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Aging and Physic-chemical Injury Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Aging and Physic-chemical Injury Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China. .,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Aging and Physic-chemical Injury Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310003, China.
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NGF mediates protection of mesenchymal stem cells-conditioned medium against 2,5-hexanedione-induced apoptosis of VSC4.1 cells via Akt/Bad pathway. Mol Cell Biochem 2020; 469:53-64. [PMID: 32279149 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-020-03727-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
It has been shown that the conditioned medium of bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC-CM) can inhibit apoptosis of neural cells exposed to 2,5-hexanedione (HD), but its protective mechanism remains unclear. To investigate the underlying mechanism, VSC4.1 cells were given HD and 5, 10 and 15% BMSC-CM (v/v) in the current experiment. Our data showed that BMSC-CM concentration-dependently attenuated HD-induced cell apoptosis. Moreover, BMSC-CM remarkably decreased the mitochondrial cytochrome c (Cyt C) release and the caspase-3 activity in HD-given VSC4.1 cells. Given a relatively high expression of NGF in BMSCs and BMSC-CM, we hypothesized that NGF might be an important mediator of the protection of BMSC-CM against apoptosis induced by HD. To verify our hypothesis, the VSC4.1 cells were administrated with NGF and anti-NGF antibody in addition to HD. As expected, NGF could perfectly mimic BMSC-CM's protective role and these beneficial effects were abolished by anti-NGF antibody intervention. To further explore its mechanism, inhibitors of TrkA and Akt were given to the VSC4.1 cells and NGF/Akt/Bad pathway turned out to be involved in anti-apoptotic role of BMSC-CM. Based on these findings, it was revealed that BMSC-CM beneficial role was mediated by NGF and relied on the Akt/Bad pathway.
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Spencer PS. Neuroprotein Targets of γ-Diketone Metabolites of Aliphatic and Aromatic Solvents That Induce Central-Peripheral Axonopathy. Toxicol Pathol 2020; 48:411-421. [PMID: 32162603 DOI: 10.1177/0192623320910960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Peripheral neuropathy associated with chronic occupational and deliberate overexposure to neurotoxic organic solvents results from axonal degeneration in the central and peripheral nervous system. Human and experimental studies show that axonopathy is triggered by the action of neuroprotein-reactive γ-diketone metabolites formed from exposure to certain aliphatic solvents (n-hexane, 2-hexanone) and aromatic compounds (1,2-diethylbenzene, 1,2-4-triethylbenzene, 6-acetyl-1,1,4,4-tetramethyl-7-ethyl-1,2,3,4-tetralin). Neuroprotein susceptibility is related primarily to their differential content of lysine, the ∊-amino group of which is targeted by γ-diketones. Specific neuroprotein targets have been identified, and the sequence of molecular mechanisms leading to axonal pathology has been illuminated. While occupational n-hexane neuropathy continues to be reported, lessons learned from its experimental study may have relevance to other causes of peripheral neuropathy, including those associated with aging and diabetes mellitus.
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- Peter S Spencer
- Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences and Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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Sun G, Qu S, Wang S, Shao Y, Sun J. Taurine attenuates acrylamide-induced axonal and myelinated damage through the Akt/GSK3β-dependent pathway. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 2019; 32:2058738418805322. [PMID: 30354842 PMCID: PMC6202743 DOI: 10.1177/2058738418805322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Acrylamide (ACR), formed during the Maillard reaction induced by high temperature
in food processing, is one of the main causes of neurodegenerative diseases.
Taurine, a free intracellular β-amino acid, is characterized by many functions,
including antioxidation, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. This
promotes its application in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. In this
study, the neuroprotective effects of taurine against ACR-induced neurotoxicity
and the potential underlying mechanisms were explored. Rats were intoxicated
with ACR and injected with taurine in different groups for totally 2 weeks
between January and July 2017. Electron microscopic analysis was used to observe
the changes in tissues of the rats. Meanwhile, the levels of proteins including
p-Akt, p-GSK3β, SIM312, and MBP were detected by Western blot. Furthermore, the
GSK3β phosphorylation in taurine-treated dorsal root ganglion (DRG) with ACR was
examined in the presence of the Akt inhibitor, MK-2206. The analysis of
behavioral performances and electron micrographs indicated that taurine
treatment significantly attenuated the toxic manifestations induced by ACR and
stimulated the growth of axons and the medullary sheath, which was associated
with the activation of the Akt/GSK3β signaling pathway. Mechanistically, it was
found that taurine activated GSK3β, leading to significant recovery of the
damage in ACR-induced sciatic nerves. Furthermore, MK-2206, an inhibitor of Akt,
was applied in DRG cells, suggesting that taurine-induced GSK3β phosphorylation
was Akt dependent. Our findings demonstrated that taurine attenuated ACR-induced
neuropathy in vivo, in an Akt/GSK3β-dependent manner. This confirmed the
treatment with taurine to be a novel strategy against ACR-induced
neurotoxicity.
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- Guohua Sun
- The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian
Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- Institute of Cancer Stem Cell, Dalian
Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian
Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian
Medical University, Liaoning, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian
Medical University, Liaoning, China
- Jingsong Sun, The First Affiliated Hospital
of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning 116011, China.
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Zuo E, Zhang C, Mao J, Gao C, Hu S, Shi X, Piao F. 2,5-Hexanedione mediates neuronal apoptosis through suppression of NGF via PI3K/Akt signaling in the rat sciatic nerve. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20181122. [PMID: 30670632 PMCID: PMC6900430 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20181122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
Because precise mechanism for 2,5-hexanedione (HD)-induced neuronal apoptosis largely remains unknown, we explored the potential mechanisms both in vivo and in vitro Rats were intraperitoneally exposed to HD at different doses for 5 weeks, following which the expression levels of nerve growth factor (NGF), phosphorylation of Akt and Bad, dimerization of Bad and Bcl-xL, as well as the release of cytochrome c and the caspase-3 activity were measured. Moreover, these variables were also examined in vitro in HD-exposed VSC4.1 cells with or without a PI3K-specific agonist (IGF-1), and in HD-exposed VSC4.1 cells with or without a PI3K-specific inhibitor (LY294002) in the presence or absence of NGF. The data indicate that, as the concentration of HD increased, rats exhibited progressive gait abnormalities, and enhanced neuronal apoptosis in the rat sciatic nerve, compared with the results observed in the control group. Furthermore, HD significantly down-regulated NGF expression in the rat sciatic nerve. Moreover, suppression of NGF expression inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt and Bad. Meanwhile, an increase in the dimerization of Bad and Bcl-xL in mitochondria resulted in cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation. In contrast, HD-induced apoptosis was eliminated by IGF-1. Additionally, NGF supplementation reversed the decrease in phosphorylation of Akt and Bad, as well as reversing the neuronal apoptosis in HD-exposed VSC4.1 cells. However, LY294002 blocked these effects of NGF. Collectively, our results demonstrate that mitochondrial-dependent apoptosis is induced by HD through NGF suppression via the PI3K/Akt pathway both in vivo and in vitro.
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- Enjun Zuo
- College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Food Nutrition and Safety, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Pathology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- College of Stomatology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116044, China
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Wang Z, Qiu Z, Gao C, Sun Y, Dong W, Zhang Y, Chen R, Qi Y, Li S, Guo Y, Piao Y, Li S, Piao F. 2,5-hexanedione downregulates nerve growth factor and induces neuron apoptosis in the spinal cord of rats via inhibition of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0179388. [PMID: 28654704 PMCID: PMC5487034 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) is the main active metabolite of n-hexane and induces apoptosis in nerve tissue, however, the mechanism of which remains unclear. In the present study, neuropathic animal models were successfully constructed in rats by injecting 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg 2,5-HD intraperitoneally for 5 weeks. Rats exposed to 2,5-HD exhibited progressive gait abnormalities and slower motor neural response in a dose-dependent manner. TUNEL analysis and immunofluorescence dual labeling revealed that the spinal cord of the 2,5-HD treated rats underwent significantly more apoptosis in the cells of spinal cord than that of the control group. The neuron apoptosis index in spinal cord was 4.1%, 6.7%, 9.8% respectively in rats exposed to 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg 2,5-HD, compared with 1.1% in the control group (p < 0.05). Biochemical analysis showed that 2,5-HD exposure downregulated NGF expression in the spinal cord of the intoxicated rats; inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt and Bad, two key players in PI3K/Akt pathway downstream of NGF; increased the dimerization of Bad with Bcl-xL in the mitochondrial fraction, followed by the release of cytochrome c and activation of caspase-3 in the spinal cord of rats. In vitro study showed that the NGF expression decreased significantly in VSC4.1 cells dosed with 5.0, 10.0 mM 2,5-HD in comparison with the control group. It was also found that NGF supplement repressed the induced apoptosis, and increased p-Akt and p-Bad level in 2,5-HD treated VSC4.1 cells, which could be antagonized by PI3K kinase (the upstream member of Akt) inhibitor LY294002. Taken together, our experimental results indicate that 2,5-HD may induce apoptosis in the spinal cord of rats via downregulating NGF expression and subsequently repressing PI3K/Akt signaling pathway.
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- Zhemin Wang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Laboratory Animal center, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease, Heping Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Tianjin, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Dermatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
- * E-mail: (FP); (SL)
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning, China
- * E-mail: (FP); (SL)
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells attenuate 2,5-hexanedione-induced neuronal apoptosis through a NGF/AKT-dependent pathway. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34715. [PMID: 27703213 PMCID: PMC5050456 DOI: 10.1038/srep34715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2016] [Accepted: 09/13/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Growing evidence suggests that the increased neuronal apoptosis is involved in n-hexane-induced neuropathy. We have recently reported that bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells-derived conditioned medium (BMSC-CM) attenuated 2,5-hexanedione (HD, the active metabolite of n-hexane)-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells. Here, we explored the anti-apoptotic efficacy of BMSC in vivo. HD-treated rats received BMSC by tail vein injection 5 weeks after HD intoxication. We found that in grafted rats, BMSC significantly attenuated HD-induced neuronal apoptosis in the spinal cord, which was associated with elevation of nerve growth factor (NGF). Neutralization of NGF in BMSC-CM blocked the protection against HD-induced apoptosis in VSC4.1 cells, suggesting that NGF is essential for BMSC-afforded anti-apoptosis. Mechanistically, we found that the decreased activation of Akt induced by HD was significantly recovered in the spinal cord by BMSC and in VSC4.1 cells by BMSC-CM in a TrkA-dependent manner, leading to dissociation of Bad/Bcl-xL complex in mitochondria and release of anti-apoptotic Bcl-xL. The importance of Akt was further corroborated by showing the reduced anti-apoptotic potency of BMSC in HD-intoxicated VSC4.1 cells in the presence of Akt inhibitor, MK-2206. Thus, our findings show that BMSC attenuated HD-induced neuronal apoptosis in vivo through a NGF/Akt-dependent manner, providing a novel solution against n-hexane-induced neurotoxicity.
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LoPachin RM, Gavin T. Toxic neuropathies: Mechanistic insights based on a chemical perspective. Neurosci Lett 2014; 596:78-83. [PMID: 25218479 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.08.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2014] [Accepted: 08/31/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
2,5-Hexanedione (HD) and acrylamide (ACR) are considered to be prototypical among chemical toxicants that cause central-peripheral axonopathies characterized by distal axon swelling and degeneration. Because the demise of distal regions was assumed to be causally related to the onset of neurotoxicity, substantial effort was devoted to deciphering the respective mechanisms. Continued research, however, revealed that expression of the presumed hallmark morphological features was dependent upon the daily rate of toxicant exposure. Indeed, many studies reported that the corresponding axonopathic changes were late developing effects that occurred independent of behavioral and/or functional neurotoxicity. This suggested that the toxic axonopathy classification might be based on epiphenomena related to dose-rate. Therefore, the goal of this mini-review is to discuss how quantitative morphometric analyses and the establishment of dose-dependent relationships helped distinguish primary, mechanistically relevant toxicant effects from non-specific consequences. Perhaps more importantly, we will discuss how knowledge of neurotoxicant chemical nature can guide molecular-level research toward a better, more rational understanding of mechanism. Our discussion will focus on HD, the neurotoxic γ-diketone metabolite of the industrial solvents n-hexane and methyl-n-butyl ketone. Early investigations suggested that HD caused giant neurofilamentous axonal swellings and eventual degeneration in CNS and PNS. However, as our review will point out, this interpretation underwent several iterations as the understanding of γ-diketone chemistry improved and more quantitative experimental approaches were implemented. The chemical concepts and design strategies discussed in this mini-review are broadly applicable to the mechanistic studies of other chemicals (e.g., n-propyl bromine, methyl methacrylate) that cause toxic neuropathies.
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- Richard M LoPachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry, Iona College, 402 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10804, United States
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Hashimoto R, Udagawa J, Kagohashi Y, Matsumoto A, Hatta T, Otani H. Direct and indirect effects of neuropeptide Y and neurotrophin 3 on myelination in the neonatal brains. Brain Res 2010; 1373:55-66. [PMID: 21167823 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 12/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is expressed in the developing central nervous system, however, its role in the brain development remains unclear. In this study, C57/B6 mice were intraperitoneally administered 1 nmol/capita/day of NPY, 10 nmol/capita/day of an NPY-receptor 1-specific antagonist (Y1R-A), or NPY and Y1R-A simultaneously (NPY+Y1R-A) from postnatal day (P) 7 to P14. Recombinant NPY reached the P14 cerebrum in 1 hour. These treatments didn't significantly affect body weight gain or P14 brain weight. The ratio of myelinated axons to total axons in the parietal cerebrum was significantly higher in the NPY group than in the control group. The expression of myelin basic protein (MBP)-mRNA in the cerebrum was significantly higher in the NPY group than in the control group and was significantly lower in the NPY+Y1R-A group than in the NPY group, while it was significantly higher in the NPY+Y1R-A group than in the control group. In cultured oligodendroglioma-derived B12 cells, NPY didn't influence the MBP-mRNA expression, while neurotrophin 3 (NT3) increased MBP mRNA via receptor-type tyrosine kinase type C (Trk C). NPY administration significantly increased NT3-mRNA expression in the P14 cerebrum as deduced by quantitative real-time PCR. The change in phosphorylated Trk C (P-Trk C) was proportional to that of the NT3-mRNA expression, and the proportion of P-Trk C was higher in the NPY group than in the control group. These results suggest that NPY, partially via Y1R, induces NT3 which, via Trk C phosphorylation, accelerates myelination by oligodendrocytes in the mouse brain during the neonatal period.
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- Ryuju Hashimoto
- Department of Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shimane University, Izumo, Japan.
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Zhang L, Gavin T, DeCaprio AP, LoPachin RM. Gamma-diketone axonopathy: analyses of cytoskeletal motors and highways in CNS myelinated axons. Toxicol Sci 2010; 117:180-9. [PMID: 20554699 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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2,5-Hexanedione (HD) intoxication is associated with axon atrophy that might be responsible for the characteristic gait abnormalities, hindlimb skeletal muscle weakness and other neurological deficits that accompany neurotoxicity. Although previous mechanistic research focused on neurofilament triplet proteins (NFL, NFM, NFH), other cytoskeletal targets are possible. Therefore, to identify potential non-NF protein targets, we characterized the effects of HD on protein-protein interactions in cosedimentation assays using microtubules and NFs prepared from spinal cord of rats intoxicated at different daily dose rates (175 and 400 mg/kg/day). Results indicate that HD did not alter the presence of alpha- or beta-tubulins in these preparations, nor were changes noted in the distribution of either anterograde (KIF1A, KIF3, KIF5) or retrograde (dynein) molecular motors. The cosedimentation of dynactin, a dynein-associated protein, also was not affected. Immunoblot analysis of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) in microtubule preparations revealed substantial reductions (45-80%) in MAP1A, MAP1B heavy chain, MAP2, and tau regardless of HD dose rate. MAP1B light chain content was not altered. Finally, HD intoxication did not influence native NF protein content in either preparation. As per previous research, microtubule and NF preparations were enriched in high-molecular weight NF species. However, these NF derivatives were common to both HD and control samples, suggesting a lack of pathognomonic relevance. These data indicate that, although motor proteins were not affected, HD selectively impaired MAP-microtubule binding, presumably through adduction of lysine residues that mediate such interactions. Given their critical role in cytoskeletal physiology, MAPs could represent a relevant target for the induction of gamma-diketone axonopathy.
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- Lihai Zhang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10467-2490, USA
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Del Barco DG, Pérez-Saad H, Rodríguez V, Marín J, Falcón V, Martín J, Cibrian D, Berlanga J. Therapeutic effect of the combined use of growth hormone releasing peptide-6 and epidermal growth factor in an axonopathy model. Neurotox Res 2010; 19:195-209. [PMID: 20169434 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9160-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease of the central nervous system characterized by loss of spinal motor neurons, for which no effective treatment exists. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and growth hormone releasing peptide-6 (GHRP-6) have been considered as good candidates for the treatment of this disease, due to their well documented effects in eliciting pleiotrophic and cell survival mechanisms. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the separate and combined effects of both peptides in an experimental animal model of ALS, the proximal axonopathy induced by 1,2 diacetylbenzene (1,2 DAB) in mice. The evaluations were conducted by means of behavioral tests (trapeze, tail suspension, gait pattern, and open field) and by recording the complex muscle action potential (CMAP) in three different hind limb segments: proximal S1, medial S2, and distal S3. Intraperitoneal daily administration of 1,2 DAB produced significant reduction in body weight, muscle strength, extensor reflex, spontaneous activity, and changes in gait pattern parameters. In parallel 1,2 DAB produced significant prolongation of onset latency and decrease in amplitude of CMAP and in the integrated complex action potential index. Daily administration of the separate compounds did not accelerate the recovery of the affected parameters, except for the gait pattern. The combined treatment produced significant improvement in behavioral parameters, as well as in electrophysiological recovery, particularly in the proximal segment of CMAP. The latter results confirm the proximal character of 1,2 DAB neuropathy, and suggest that combined therapy with EGF and GHRP-6 might be a good therapeutic strategy for the treatment of ALS.
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- Diana García Del Barco
- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Ave. 31 e/158 & 190, Cubanacan, Playa P.O. Box 6162, 10600 Havana, Cuba.
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Kilinc D, Gallo G, Barbee KA. Interactive image analysis programs for quantifying injury-induced axonal beading and microtubule disruption. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2009; 95:62-71. [PMID: 19285748 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2009.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2008] [Revised: 01/09/2009] [Accepted: 01/09/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Focal axonal beading and focal disruption of microtubule structure are characteristic to traumatic axonal injury. We have recently reproduced these morphological and structural changes in our in vitro model system [D. Kilinc, G. Gallo, K.A. Barbee, Mechanically induced membrane poration causes axonal beading and localized cytoskeletal damage, Exp. Neurol. 212 (2008) 422-430]. In order to measure bead formation objectively, an observer-independent quantification of beading was necessary. In addition, a quantitative measure for the extent of co-localization of axonal beads and microtubule disruptions was required to establish a causal relationship between focal cytoskeletal damage and bead formation. In this paper we describe Matlab-based, interactive image analysis programs for axonal beading quantification and co-localization analysis. Injury-induced increases in the axonal beading could be successfully detected using the bead analysis program.
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- Devrim Kilinc
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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New insights into mechanisms of gamma-diketone-induced axonopathy. Neurochem Res 2009; 34:1919-23. [PMID: 19404740 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-009-9977-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2009] [Accepted: 04/15/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We analyzed the impact of axonopathy-inducing agents 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB) and 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) on membrane-bound protein disulfide isomerase (mPDI) versus soluble PDI (sPDI), or PDI-family member thioredoxin (THX), and asked whether changes in PDI/THX were associated with production of oxidative/nitrosative species in the Sprague-Dawley rat. We show that 1,2-DAB and 2,5-HD lower the abundance of sPDI and THX. However, the protein expression of mPDI is increased in 1,2-DAB axonopathy and neuroproteins became more S-nitrosylated. The abundance of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and isoforms of nitric oxide synthase (neuronal, endothelial, and inducible NOS) remained unchanged suggesting that S-nitrosylation occured via increased mPDI-transnitrosylation and/or diminished THX-denitrosylation. The transcription of PDI and glucose regulated protein-78 (GRP-78) remained unchanged indicating that post-translational modifications, e.g. S-nitrosylation, mediate the pathogenesis of gamma-diketone axonopathy. These findings open opportunities for new therapeutic testing (e.g., supplementation with denitrosylating THX) in gamma-diketone-induced axonal disease.
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DeCaprio AP, Kinney EA, LoPachin RM. Comparative covalent protein binding of 2,5-hexanedione and 3-acetyl-2,5-hexanedione in the rat. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2009; 72:861-869. [PMID: 19557614 DOI: 10.1080/15287390902959508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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2,5-Hexanedione (HD) is the metabolite implicated in n-hexane neurotoxicity. This gamma-diketone reacts with protein lysine amines to form 2,5-dimethylpyrrole adducts. Pyrrole adduction of neurofilaments (NF) and/or other axonal proteins was proposed as a critical step in the neuropathy. While pyrrole adduction is widely accepted as necessary, subsequent pyrrole oxidation, which may result in protein cross-linking, was alternatively postulated as the critical mechanistic step. Previous studies have indicated that 3-acetyl-2,5-HD (AcHD), an analogue that forms pyrroles that do not oxidize, was not neurotoxic in rats. However, relative levels of pyrrole adduction of NF or other axonal proteins were not reported. In the present study, groups of 6 male Wistar rats were given saline, [1,6-(14)C]-HD (3 mmol/kg/d), or [5-(14)C]-AcHD (0.1 mmol/kg/d), i.p. for 21 d. HD- and AcHD-treated rats lost 10% and gained 14% body weight, respectively, compared to a 22% gain for control rats. At termination, HD- and AcHD-treated rats exhibited mean scores of 3.5 and 1.4, respectively, for hindlimb weakness (0-5 scale). Incorporation of radiolabel from HD was 27.8 +/- 3.9, 13.9 +/- 2.6, and 7.8 +/- 0.6 nmol/mg in plasma protein, purified globin, and axonal cytoskeletal proteins, respectively, compared to 0.6 +/- 0.1, 1.6 +/- 0.5, and 1.0 +/- 0.1 for AcHD. Binding of HD to the NF-L, -M, and -H subunit proteins from treated animals was 4-, 24-, and 13-fold higher, respectively, that that of AcHD, indicating differing stoichiometry and patterns of NF adduction for the two diketones. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis of globin and NF proteins did not demonstrate protein cross-linking for either diketone at the dose levels and time period examined. These results indicate that that the lack of neurotoxicity previously reported for AcHD may reflect differences in adduct levels at critical axonal target sites rather than an inability to form cross-linking adducts. Based on these data, further studies are required to fully assess the neurotoxic potency of AcHD and other non-cross-linking analogues as compared to HD.
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- Anthony P DeCaprio
- Environmental Health Sciences Division, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
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Wang QS, Hou LY, Zhang CL, Zhao XL, Yu SF, Xie KQ. 2,5-hexanedione (HD) treatment alters calmodulin, Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II, and protein kinase C in rats' nerve tissues. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008; 232:60-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2008.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2007] [Revised: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wang QS, Zhang CL, Hou LY, Zhao XL, Yang XW, Xie KQ. Involvement of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 in 2,5-hexanedione-induced neuropathy. Toxicology 2008; 248:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2008] [Revised: 02/28/2008] [Accepted: 02/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Sabri MI, Hashemi SB, Lasarev MR, Spencer PS. Axonopathy-Inducing 1,2-Diacetylbenzene Forms Adducts with Motor and Cytoskeletal Proteins Required for Axonal Transport. Neurochem Res 2007; 32:2152-9. [PMID: 17577667 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9392-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Accepted: 05/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aromatic hydrocarbon 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB) is a protein-reactive gamma-diketone metabolite of the neurotoxic solvent 1,2-diethylbenzene (1,2-DEB). The effect of neurotoxic 1,2-DAB and its non-neurotoxic isomer 1,3-DAB has been studied on motor proteins and cytoskeletal proteins of rat spinal cord (SC). For in vitro studies, SC slices were incubated with 1, 2, 5, 10 mM of DAB isomers for 30 min at 37 degrees C. For in vivo studies, rats received (i.p.) 20 mg/kg/day of 1,2-DAB or 1,3-DAB, or vehicle (2% acetone in saline), 5 days a week for 2 weeks. Spinal cord and sciatic nerve proteins were subjected to Western blotting using monoclonal mouse antibodies to NF-M, kinesin, dynein, and tau. Proteins were quantified and paired mean comparisons performed to assess concentration-dependent changes in native protein bands. In vitro, 1,2-DAB produced a concentration-dependent decrease of motor and cytoskeletal proteins. While dynein and tau appeared similarly affected by 1,2-DAB, kinesin was most affected by the toxicant. In vivo, 1,2-DAB affected motor and cytoskeletal proteins of sciatic nerves and spinal cord differentially. In general, sciatic nerve proteins were much more affected than spinal cord proteins. The results show that motor proteins that drive axonal transport anterogradely (kinesin) and retrogradely (dynein), cytoskeletal protein NF-M, which is slowly transported in the anterograde direction, and microtubule-associated protein, tau, which is involved in axonal transport, are differentially impacted by 1,2-DAB. By contrast, non-neurotoxic isomer 1,3-diacetylbenzene (1,3-DAB), had no adverse effect on neural proteins either in vitro or in vivo. 2D-Differential in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) of sciatic nerves from neurotoxic 1,2-DAB and non-neurotoxic 1,3-DAB treated rats revealed 197 and 304 protein spots, respectively.
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- Mohammad I Sabri
- Center for Research on Occupational & Environmental Toxicology, L606, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Zhang TL, Han XY, Zhao XL, Zhao L, Zhang CL, Yu LH, Yu SF, Xie KQ. 2,5-Hexanedione induced reduction in protein content and mRNA expression of neurofilament in rat cerebral cortex. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2005; 20:92-98. [PMID: 21783574 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2004] [Accepted: 11/08/2004] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Exposure chronically to n-hexane produces central-peripheral axonopathy mediated by 2,5-hexanedione (HD). Studies have shown neurofilament (NF) subunit proteins are decreased substantially in cerebral cortices, optic axons, spinal cords, and sciatic nerves from HD-exposed rats. To deeply investigate the alterations in NF contents in HD neuropathy, the relative levels of NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H in rat cerebral cortex were determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoblotting. HD was administrated to Wistar rats by intraperitoneal injection at dosage of 200 or 400mg/kg. Rats were sacrificed after 6 weeks of treatment, and cerebral cortices were dissected, homogenized, and used for the determination of NF subunit proteins. The results, except for supernatant NF-L and NF-M that could not be assayed, showed HD intoxication resulted in significant decreases by 32-67% (P<0.01) in NF subunits in both of the pellet and supernatant fractions of cerebral cortex homogenate. As an initial investigation to determine how such changes in NF proteins might occur, the gene expression of NF-L, NF-M, and NF-H subunit mRNA was quantified using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Statistical analysis revealed that HD exposure caused a significant reduction in the expression of NF-L and NF-H gene (P<0.05 or P<0.01), while the levels of NF-M mRNA kept unaffected (P>0.05). These suggest that the observed reduction in NF gene expression might be related to diminished levels of subunit proteins, while the actual contribution might be uncertain. The functional significance of the reduced protein contents and the regulation of gene expression remain to be determined.
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- Tian-Liang Zhang
- Institute of Toxicology, Shandong University, 44 West Wenhua Road, Jinan 250012, PR China; Department of Toxicology, Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 72 Jingshi Road, Jinan 250014, PR China
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Lopachin RM, Jortner BS, Reid ML, Monir A. Gamma-Diketone central neuropathy: quantitative analyses of cytoskeletal components in myelinated axons of the rat rubrospinal tract. Neurotoxicology 2005; 26:1021-30. [PMID: 15964632 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2005.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Loss of axon caliber is a primary component of gamma-diketone neuropathy [LoPachin RM, DeCaprio AP. gamma-Diketone central neuropathy: axon atrophy and the role of cytoskeletal protein adduction. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004;199:20-34]. It is possible that this effect is mediated by changes in the density of cytoskeletal components and corresponding spatial relationships. To examine this possibility, morphometric methods were used to quantify the effects of 2,5-hexanedione (HD) intoxication on neurofilament-microtubule densities and nearest neighbor distances in myelinated rubrospinal axons. Rats were exposed to HD at one of two daily dose-rates (175 or 400 mg/kg per day, gavage) until a moderate level of neurotoxicity was achieved (99 or 21 days of intoxication, respectively) as determined by gait analysis and measurements of hindlimb grip strength. Results indicate that, regardless of dose-rate, HD intoxication did not cause changes in axonal neurofilament (NF) density, but did significantly increase microtubule (MT) density. No consistent alterations in interneurofilament or NF-MT distances were detected by ultrastructural morphometric analyses. These data suggest that the axon atrophy induced by HD was not mediated by major disruptions of stationary cytoskeletal organization. Recent biochemical studies of spinal cord from HD intoxicated rats showed that, although the NF protein content in the stationary cytoskeleton (polymer fraction) was not affected, the mobile subunit pool was depleted substantially [LoPachin RM, He D, Reid ML, Opanashuk LA. 2,5-Hexanedione-induced changes in the monomeric neurofilament protein content of rat spinal cord fractions. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004;198:61-73]. The stability of the polymer fraction during HD intoxication is consistent with the absence of significant ultrastructural modifications noted in the present study. Together, these findings implicate loss of mobile NF proteins as the primary mechanism of axon atrophy.
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- Richard M Lopachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Research Tower-7, 111 E. 2210th St., Bronx, NY 10467-2490, USA.
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LoPachin RM, He D, Reid ML. 2,5-Hexanedione-induced changes in the neurofilament subunit pools of rat peripheral nerve. Neurotoxicology 2005; 26:229-40. [PMID: 15713344 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2004.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2004] [Accepted: 09/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Axon atrophy is the principle morphological feature of the peripheral neuropathy induced by 2,5-hexanedione (HD). Axon caliber is determined by a stationary neurofilamentous cytoskeleton that is maintained through dynamic interactions with mobile neurofilament (NF) subunits. To determine the effects of HD on the stationary and mobile NF pools, groups of rats were exposed to HD at dosing schedules (175 mg/kg x 101 days or 400 mg/kg x 26 days) that produced moderate levels of neurological deficits and, as assessed by previous studies, prevalent axon atrophy in peripheral nerve. Sciatic and tibial nerves from HD-intoxicated rats and their age-matched controls were triton-extracted and separated by differential centrifugation into a high-speed pellet (P1) of NF polymer and a corresponding supernatant fraction (S1), which presumably contained mobile monomer. Cytoskeletal proteins (NF-L, NF-M, NF-H and beta-tubulin) in each fraction were determined by immunoblot analysis. Results show that regardless of HD dose-rate, triton-soluble NF subunits in the supernatant fractions were significantly reduced, whereas triton-insoluble proteins in the corresponding pellets were inconsistently affected. Beta-tubulin also exhibited inconsistent fractional changes, while abnormal higher molecular weight NF proteins were detected primarily in the triton-insoluble fraction. Studies with antibodies directed against phosphorylated (RT97) and non-phosphorylated (SMI32) epitopes on NF-H did not reveal major changes in subunit phosphorylation. These results suggest that HD intoxication is primarily associated with depletion of soluble NF proteins, which could produce axon atrophy through disruption of cytoskeletal turnover and maintenance.
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- Richard M LoPachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Moses Research Tower-7, 111 E. 210th St., Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
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Tshala-Katumbay DD, Palmer VS, Kayton RJ, Sabri MI, Spencer PS. A new murine model of giant proximal axonopathy. Acta Neuropathol 2005; 109:405-10. [PMID: 15759132 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-0982-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2004] [Accepted: 12/23/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aromatic gamma-diketone 1,2-diacetylbenzene (1,2-DAB), the putative active metabolite of the organic solvent 1,2-diethylbenzene, forms blue-colored polymeric protein adducts and induces the formation of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-like giant, intraspinal neurofilamentous axonal swellings in Sprague Dawley rats. The pathogenetic mechanism of this neuropathy has yet to be understood. We assessed whether these pathological changes are also seen in the C57BL/6 mouse, the animal of choice for toxicogenomic studies. Mice were treated intraperitoneally with 30, 35, 50, or 70 mg/kg 1,2-DAB or its inactive isomer 1,3-DAB per day (or on alternate days) for up to 43 days. Animals treated with 30 or 35 mg/kg per day 1,2-DAB, but not with 1,3-DAB, developed muscle spasms and progressive weakness, most prominently in hind limbs. Light microscopy revealed swollen axons in spinal anterior horns and proximal ventral roots, and to a lesser extent in dorsal root ganglia of 1,2-DAB-treated animals. Ultrastructural examination of swollen axons revealed clumps of maloriented 10-nm neurofilaments. Sciatic nerves showed clustering of axonal microtubules and other organelles. These findings are qualitatively comparable to those reported in rats treated with 1,2-DAB and represent a suitable phenotype with which to explore molecular mechanisms of proximal, giant neurofilamentous axonopathy using proteomic and genomic technologies.
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- D D Tshala-Katumbay
- Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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LoPachin RM, He D, Reid ML, Opanashuk LA. 2,5-Hexanedione-induced changes in the monomeric neurofilament protein content of rat spinal cord fractions. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 198:61-73. [PMID: 15207649 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2003] [Accepted: 03/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Quantitative morphometric analyses have demonstrated that axon atrophy is the primary neuropathic feature in the CNS and PNS of rats intoxicated with 2,5-hexanedione (HD). Axon caliber is maintained by the exchange of mobile neurofilament (NF) subunits with the stationary polymer and, therefore, HD might produce atrophy by disrupting cytoskeletal turnover. To evaluate this possibility, groups of rats were exposed to HD at dosing schedules (175 mg/kg x 101 days or 400 mg/kg x 26 days) that produced moderate levels of neurological deficits and prevalent axon atrophy in spinal cord white matter tracts. Lumbar spinal cord regions from HD-intoxicated rats and their age-matched controls were Triton-extracted and separated by differential fractionation into a low-speed, insoluble pellet (P1) of NF polymer and a high-speed supernatant fraction (S2), which presumably contained mobile monomer. Cytoskeletal protein contents (NF-L, -M, -H, and beta-tubulin) in each fraction were determined by immunoblot analysis. Results show that regardless of HD dose-rate, the NF polymer in P1 remained unaffected, although soluble monomer in the S2 fraction was depleted significantly (60-80% reduction). Fractional beta-tubulin contents were inconsistently affected and abnormal higher-molecular-weight NF proteins were detected in the P1 fraction only. Studies with antibodies directed against phosphorylated (RT97) and nonphosphorylated (SMI32) epitopes on NF-H and measurements of corresponding isoelectric range suggested that alterations in phosphorylation were not involved. The selective depletion of Triton-soluble protein suggested that HD adduction of NFs interfered with the dynamic interactions of the polymeric and mobile monomeric pools.
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- Richard M LoPachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
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LoPachin RM, DeCaprio AP. γ-Diketone neuropathy: axon atrophy and the role of cytoskeletal protein adduction. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2004; 199:20-34. [PMID: 15289087 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2003] [Accepted: 03/09/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
Multifocal giant neurofilamentous axonal swellings and secondary distal degeneration have been historically considered the hallmark features of gamma-diketone neuropathy. Accordingly, research conducted over the past 25 years has been directed toward discerning mechanisms of axonal swelling. However, this neuropathological convention has been challenged by recent observations that swollen axons were an exclusive product of long-term 2.5-hexanedione (HD) intoxication at lower daily dose-rates (e.g., 175 mg/kg/day); that is, higher HD dose-rates (e.g., 400 mg/kg/day) produced neurological deficits in the absence of axonal swellings. The observation that neurological toxicity can be expressed without axonal swelling suggests that this lesion is not an important pathophysiological event. Instead, several research groups have now shown that axon atrophy is prevalent in nervous tissues of laboratory animals intoxicated over a wide range of HD dose-rates. The well-documented nerve conduction defects associated with axon atrophy, in conjunction with the temporal correspondence between this lesion and the onset of neurological deficits, strongly suggest that atrophy has pathophysiological significance. In this commentary, we present evidence that supports a pathognomonic role for axon atrophy in gamma-diketone neuropathy and suggests that the functional consequences of this lesion mediate the corresponding neurological toxicity. Previous research has demonstrated that HD interacts with proteins via formation of pyrrole adducts. We therefore discuss the possibility that this chemical process is essential to the mechanism of atrophy. Evidence presented in this review suggests that "distal axonopathy" is an inaccurate classification and future nosological schemes should be based on the apparent primacy of axon atrophy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Richard M LoPachin
- Department of Anesthesiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467-2490, USA.
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