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Ferrari LF, Araldi D, Levine JD. Regulation of Expression of Hyperalgesic Priming by Estrogen Receptor α in the Rat. THE JOURNAL OF PAIN 2017; 18:574-582. [PMID: 28089711 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2016.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
Abstract
Hyperalgesic priming, a sexually dimorphic model of transition to chronic pain, is expressed as prolongation of prostaglandin E2-induced hyperalgesia by the activation of an additional pathway including an autocrine mechanism at the plasma membrane. The autocrine mechanism involves the transport of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to the extracellular space, and its conversion to AMP and adenosine, by ecto-5'phosphodiesterase and ecto-5'nucleotidase, respectively. The end product, adenosine, activates A1 receptors, producing delayed onset prolongation of prostaglandin E2 hyperalgesia. We tested the hypothesis that the previously reported, estrogen-dependent, sexual dimorphism observed in the induction of priming is present in the mechanisms involved in its expression, as a regulatory effect on ecto-5'nucleotidase by estrogen receptor α (EsRα), in female rats. In the primed paw AMP hyperalgesia was dependent on conversion to adenosine, being prevented by ecto-5'nucleotidase inhibitor α,β-methyleneadenosine 5'-diphosphate sodium salt and A1 receptor antagonist 8-cyclopentyl-1,3-dipropylxanthine. To investigate an interaction between EsRα and ecto-5'nucleotidase, we treated primed female rats with oligodeoxynucleotide antisense or mismatch against EsRα messenger RNA. Whereas in rats treated with antisense AMP-induced hyperalgesia was abolished, the A1 receptor agonist N6-cyclopentiladenosine still produced hyperalgesia. Thus, EsRα interacts with this autocrine pathway at the level of ecto-5'nucleotidase. These results demonstrate a sexually dimorphic mechanism for the expression of priming. PERSPECTIVE This study presents evidence of an estrogen-dependent mechanism of expression of chronic pain in female rats, supporting the suggestion that differential targets must be considered when establishing protocols for the treatment of painful conditions in men and women.
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- Luiz F Ferrari
- Departments of Medicine and Oral Surgery, and Division of Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Oral Surgery, and Division of Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Departments of Medicine and Oral Surgery, and Division of Neuroscience, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Mitrović N, Guševac I, Drakulić D, Stanojlović M, Zlatković J, Sévigny J, Horvat A, Nedeljković N, Grković I. Regional and sex-related differences in modulating effects of female sex steroids on ecto-5'-nucleotidase expression in the rat cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2016; 235:100-107. [PMID: 27296672 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase (eN), a membrane rate-limiting enzyme of the purine catabolic pathway, catalyzes the conversion of AMP to adenosine involved in the regulation of many brain physiological and pathological processes. Since gender fundamentally determines hormonal milieu in the body and brain, it is reasonable to assume that sex differences in the activity of various signaling systems, including adenosine, may be generated by gonadal steroids. Thus, we examined expression of eN as a component of adenosine signaling system in the basal state in cerebral cortex and hippocampus of male and female rats at gene, protein and functional level, as well as in the state of gonadal hormone deprivation, induced by ovariectomy (OVX), whereas impact of steroid hormones was explored after repeated administration of 17α-estradiol, 17β-estradiol and progesterone for seven consecutive days. Results showed regional and sex-related differences in basal eN activity level, with the highest AMP hydrolysis observed in the hippocampus of male rats. Furthermore, ovarian steroids do not contribute to basal gene eN expression or the activity in cortical and hippocampal region of female rats. However, protein eN expression was increased in OVX rats in both investigated region. Investigated exogenous steroids had no influence on eN expression in male brain, while in OVX females alterations in eN activity were induced. The observed effects in female rats were different between examined regions e.g. in cortex, applied treatments predominantly decreased whereas in hippocampus increased eN activity. Based on the presented results, eN exerts regional and sex-related response in basal state as well as after treatment with female gonadal hormones, however the exact mechanisms of sex steroids actions on eN remain unclear and should be fully explored.
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- Nataša Mitrović
- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, QC, Canada; Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec, G1V 4G2 QC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Mitrović N, Zarić M, Drakulić D, Martinović J, Stanojlović M, Sévigny J, Horvat A, Nedeljković N, Grković I. 17β-Estradiol upregulates ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) in hippocampal synaptosomes of female rats through action mediated by estrogen receptor-α and -β. Neuroscience 2016; 324:286-96. [PMID: 26987957 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
17β-Estradiol (E2) crucially affects several processes in the hippocampus of both sexes. E2 acts upon estradiol receptors ERα and ERβ, influencing target gene expression and/or modulates intracellular signaling cascades. Another potent modulator of hippocampal function is nucleoside adenosine, the final product of ectonucleotidase cascade, enzymes which hydrolyze extracellular ATP to adenosine. The last and rate-limiting step of the hydrolysis is catalyzed by membrane-bound ecto-5'-nucleotidase (eN). Previous findings obtained on adenosine metabolism in brain suggest that eN may be modulated by ovarian steroids. Therefore, the present study reports that the activity and protein abundance of membrane-bound eN fluctuates across the estrus cycle in the hippocampal synaptosomes of female rats. Further, we analyzed the role of E2 and its intracellular receptors on the expression of eN in ovariectomized females. We found that E2 upregulated eN activity and protein abundance in the hippocampal synaptosomes. Application of nonspecific ER antagonist, ICI 182,780 and selective ERα and ERβ agonists, PPT and DPN, respectively, demonstrated the involvement of both receptor subtypes in observed actions. Selective ERα receptor agonist, PPT, induced upregulation of both the protein level and activity of eN, while application of selective ERβ receptor agonist, DPN, increased only the activity of eN. In both cases, E2 entered into the intracellular compartment and activated ER(s), which was demonstrated by membrane impermeable E2-BSA conjugate. Together these results imply that E2-induced effects on connectivity and functional properties of the hippocampal synapses may be in part mediated through observed effect on eN.
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- N Mitrović
- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Département de microbiologie-infectiologie et d'immunologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, QC, Canada; Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval, G1V 4G2 QC, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Institute for Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Endocrinology, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12-14, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia.
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Zandieh Z, Amjadi F, Ashrafi M, Aflatoonian A, Fazeli A, Aflatoonian R. The Effect of Estradiol and Progesterone on Toll Like Receptor Gene Expression in A Human Fallopian Tube Epithelial Cell Line. CELL JOURNAL 2016; 17:678-91. [PMID: 26862527 PMCID: PMC4746418 DOI: 10.22074/cellj.2016.3840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Objective Toll like receptors (TLRs) are one of the main components of the innate im-
mune system. It has been reported that expression of these receptors are altered in the
female reproductive tract (FRT) during menstrual cycle. Here we used a fallopian tube
epithelial cell line (OE-E6/E7) to evaluate the effect of two sex hormones in modulating
TLR expression.
Materials and Methods In this experimental study, initially TLR gene expression in OE-
E6/E7 cells was evaluated and compared with that of fallopian tube tissue using quanti-
tative real time-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and immunostaining. Thereafter,
OE-E6/E7 cells were cultured with different concentrations of estradiol and progesterone,
and combination of both. qRT-PCR was performed to reveal any changes in expression of
TLR genes as a result of hormonal treatment.
Results TLR1-10 genes were expressed in human fallopian tube tissue. TLR1-6 genes
and their respective proteins were expressed in the OE-E6/E7 cell line. Although estradiol
and progesterone separately had no significant effect on TLR expression, their combined
treatment altered the expression of TLRs in this cell line. Also, the pattern of TLR expres-
sion in preovulation (P), mensturation (M) and window of implantation (W) were the same
for all TLRs with no significant differences between P, M and W groups.
Conclusion These data show the significant involvement of the combination of es-
tradiol and progesterone in modulation of TLR gene expression in this human fal-
lopian tube cell line. Further experiments may reveal the regulatory mechanism and
signalling pathway behind the effect of sex hormones in modulating TLRs in the hu-
man FRT.
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- Zahra Zandieh
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Academic Unit of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Endocrinology and Female Infertility, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Kipp M, Amor S, Krauth R, Beyer C. Multiple sclerosis: neuroprotective alliance of estrogen-progesterone and gender. Front Neuroendocrinol 2012; 33:1-16. [PMID: 22289667 DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2012.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The potential of 17β-estradiol and progesterone as neuroprotective factors is well-recognized. Persuasive data comes from in vitro and animal models reflecting a wide range of CNS disorders. These studies have endeavored to translate findings into human therapies. Nonetheless, few human studies show promising results. Evidence for neuroprotection was obtained in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This chronic inflammatory and demyelinating disease shows a female-to-male gender prevalence and disturbances in sex steroid production. In MS-related animal models, steroids ameliorate symptoms and protect from demyelination and neuronal damage. Both hormones operate in dampening central and brain-intrinsic immune responses and regulating local growth factor supply, oligodendrocyte and astrocyte function. This complex modulation of cell physiology and system stabilization requires the gamut of steroid-dependent signaling pathways. The identification of molecular and cellular targets of sex steroids and the understanding of cell-cell interactions in the pathogenesis will offer promise of novel therapy strategies.
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- Markus Kipp
- Institute of Neuroanatomy, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Lecka J, Bloch-Boguslawska E, Molski S, Komoszynski M. Extracellular purine metabolism in blood vessels (Part II): Activity of ecto-enzymes in blood vessels of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2010; 16:650-7. [PMID: 20460346 DOI: 10.1177/1076029609354329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Both platelet aggregation and high blood pressure are associated with development of atherosclerosis. Among other factors that modulate platelet aggregation and blood pressure, extracellular purines (e-purines) influence these processes via purinoceptors P1 and P2 for which they are natural ligands. We hypothesized that ecto-enzymes such as nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolases (NTPDases), adenylate kinase, 5'-nucleotidase, and adenosine deaminase that regulate the level of e-purines may be involved in the development of atherosclerosis. The enzymatic assays were performed either on the fragments of human abdominal aortas obtained after death or on abdominal aneurysm samples collected during surgery. The substrates and products such as adenine nucleosides and nucleotides were analyzed using reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method. Here, we estimated and demonstrated the activities of these ecto-enzymes in the patients with atherosclerosis or atherosclerosis-like diseases such as abdominal aneurysm, myocardial infarction, or Leriche syndrome (LS) with worse thrombosis of extremities. In particular, we noticed reduction in activity of NTPDase1(app), NTPDase2(app), ecto-adenylate kinase( app), and ecto-adenosine deaminase(app); however, ecto-5'-nucleotidase(app) that hydrolyzed e-adenosine monophosphate (e-AMP) into e-adenosine did not show any significant changes. This led us to suggest that alteration of the activity of examined ecto-enzymes is responsible for the development of atherosclerosis or atherosclerosis-like diseases.
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- Joanna Lecka
- Department of Biochemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland.
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Rückert C, Stuepp CDS, Gottardi B, Rosa J, Cisilotto J, Borges FP, Bogo MR, Tasca T, De Carli GA, Bonan CD. Steroid hormones alter AMP hydrolysis in intact trophozoites of Trichomonas vaginalis. Parasitol Res 2009; 105:1701-6. [PMID: 19756747 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1618-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Trichomonas vaginalis infection may be influenced by the vaginal concentrations of estrogens. We have investigated the effects of 17beta-estradiol and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) on the ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity in fresh clinical (VP60) and in long-term-grown (30236 ATCC) isolates of T. vaginalis. In vitro exposure to DHEAS and 17beta-estradiol did not induce any changes in adenosine monophosphate (AMP) hydrolysis in these isolates. The treatment of parasites in the presence of DHEAS (0.01-1.0 microM) for 2 h inhibited AMP hydrolysis in VP60 isolate, whereas there were no significant changes in nucleotide hydrolysis in the presence of 17beta-estradiol. DHEAS and 17beta-estradiol (0.01-1.0 microM) for 2 h inhibited AMP hydrolysis in 30236 isolate. The 12 treatment with 0.1 microM DHEAS inhibited AMP hydrolysis, whereas 17beta-estradiol did not alter the nucleotide hydrolysis in VP60 isolate. Our findings have shown that the complex effect of steroid hormones and their receptors on T. vaginalis may promote changes in ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity during exposure to these hormones.
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- Caroline Rückert
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Celular e Molecular, Laboratório de Neuroquímica e Psicofarmacologia, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga, 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Exercise effects on activities of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase, acetylcholinesterase and adenine nucleotides hydrolysis in ovariectomized rats. Brain Res 2009; 1302:248-55. [PMID: 19748491 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2009] [Revised: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 09/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hormone deficiency following ovariectomy causes activation of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and acetylcholinesterase (AChE) that has been related to cognitive deficits in experimental animals. Considering that physical exercise presents neuroprotector effects, we decide to investigate whether exercise training would affect enzyme activation in hippocampus and cerebral cortex, as well as adenosine nucleotide hydrolysis in synaptosomes from cerebral cortex of ovariectomized rats. Female adult Wistar rats were assigned to one of the following groups: sham (submitted to surgery without removal of the ovaries), exercise, ovariectomized (Ovx) and Ovx plus exercise. Thirty days after surgery, animals were submitted to one month of exercise training, three times per week. After, rats were euthanized, blood serum was collected and hippocampus and cerebral cortex were dissected. Data demonstrated that exercise reversed the activation of Na(+),K(+)-ATPase and AChE activities both in hippocampus and cerebral cortex of ovariectomized rats. Ovariectomy decreased AMP hydrolysis in cerebral cortex and did not alter adenine nucleotides hydrolysis in blood serum. Exercise per se decreased ADP and AMP hydrolysis in cerebral cortex. On the other hand, AMP hydrolysis in blood serum was increased by exercise in ovariectomized adult rats. Present data support that physical exercise might have beneficial effects and constitute a therapeutic alternative to hormone replacement therapy for estrogen deprivation.
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Delwing D, Delwing D, Gonçalves MCF, Sarkis JJF, Wyse ATS. NTPDase and 5'-nucleotidase activities of synaptosomes from hippocampus of rats subjected to hyperargininemia. Neurochem Res 2007; 32:1209-16. [PMID: 17401661 DOI: 10.1007/s11064-007-9292-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2006] [Accepted: 01/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
ATP is an important excitatory neurotransmitter and adenosine acts as a neuromodulatory structure inhibiting neurotransmitters release in the central nervous system. Since the ecto-nucleotidase cascade that hydrolyzes ATP to adenosine is involved in the control of brain functions and previous studies realized in our laboratory have recently reported that acute administration of Arg decreases the NTPDase and 5'-nucleotidase activities of rat blood serum, in the present study we investigated the effect of arginine administration on NTPDase and 5'-nucleotidase activities by synaptosomes from hippocampus of rats. First, sixty-days-old rats were treated with a single or a triple intraperitoneal injection of arginine (0.8 g/Kg) or an equivalent volume of 0.9% saline solution (control) and were killed 1 h later. Second, rats received an intracerebroventricular injection of 1.5 mM arginine solution or saline (5 microL) and were killed 1 h later. We also tested the in vitro effect of arginine (0.1-1.5 mM) on nucleotide hydrolysis in synaptosomes from rat hippocampus. Results showed that intraperitoneal arginine administration did not alter nucleotide hydrolysis. On the other hand, arginine administered intracerebroventricularly reduced ATP (32%), ADP (30%) and AMP (21%) hydrolysis, respectively. In addition, arginine added to the incubation medium, provoked a decrease on ATP (19%), ADP (17%) and AMP (23%) hydrolysis, respectively. Furthermore, kinetic studies showed that the inhibitory effect of arginine was uncompetitive in relation to ATP, ADP and AMP. In conclusion, according to our results it seems reasonable to postulate that arginine alters the cascade involved in the extracellular degradation of ATP to adenosine.
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- Débora Delwing
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2600-Anexo, CEP 90035-003, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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Belcher SM, Zsarnovszky A, Crawford PA, Hemani H, Spurling L, Kirley TL. Immunolocalization of ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 3 in rat brain: Implications for modulation of multiple homeostatic systems including feeding and sleep–wake behaviors. Neuroscience 2006; 137:1331-46. [PMID: 16338080 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.08.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2004] [Revised: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 08/28/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
Three anti-peptide antisera were raised against three distinct amino acid sequences of ecto-nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 3 (NTPDase3), characterized by Western blot analyses, and used to determine the distribution of NTPDase3 protein in adult rat brain. The three antisera all yielded similar immunolocalization data, leading to increased reliability of the results obtained. Unlike NTPDase1 and NTPDase2, NTPDase3 immunoreactivity was detected exclusively in neurons. Immunoreactivity was localized primarily to axon-like structures with prominent staining of presynaptic elements. Specific perikaryal immunostaining was detected primarily in scattered neurons near the lateral hypothalamic area and the perifornical nucleus. High densities of immunoreactive axon-like fibers were present in midline regions of the forebrain and midbrain. Highly scattered NTPDase3 positive fibers were observed in the cerebral cortex, the hippocampal formation, and the basal ganglia. Moreover, very high densities of immunostained fibers were detected in the mediobasal hypothalamus, with the overall mesencephalic pattern of staining associated closely with hormone responsive nuclei. High densities of NTPDase3 positive terminals were also associated with noradrenergic neurons. However, co-immunolocalization studies revealed clearly that NTPDase3 immunoreactivity was not localized within the noradrenaline cells or terminals. In contrast, nearly all of the NTPDase3 immunopositive hypothalamic cells, and most fibers in the mid- and hindbrain, also expressed hypocretin-1/orexin-A. The overall pattern of expression and co-localization with hypocretin-1/orexin-A suggests that NTPDase3, by regulating the extracellular turnover of ATP, may modulate feeding, sleep-wake, and other behaviors through diverse homeostatic systems.
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- S M Belcher
- Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, P.O. Box 670575, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0575, USA
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