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Roy M, Sarkar R, Mukherjee A, Mukherjee S. Inhibition of crosstalk between Bcr-Abl and PKC signaling by PEITC, augments imatinib sensitivity in chronic myelogenous leukemia cells. Chem Biol Interact 2015; 242:195-201. [PMID: 26456889 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2015.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 08/05/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a clonal hyperproliferation of immature blood cells accounts for 20% of adult leukemia cases. Reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 9 and 22, results into Bcr-Abl fusion and is responsible for expression of a tyrosine kinase protein p210(bcr/abl), which mediates several survival pathways and confer therapeutic resistance. Protein kinase C (PKC), a family of serine threonine kinases play an important role in the process of leukemogenesis. A crosstalk between Bcr-Abl and PKC signaling has been documented. Therefore, targeting p210(bcr/abl) and its associated signaling proteins using non-toxic natural means will be an effective strategy for antileukemic therapy. Aim of the present study is to investigate whether PEITC, a natural isothiocyanate in combination with imatinib mesylate (IM), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor could increase the therapeutic efficacy of IM by modulating the expression of p210(bcr/abl). Enhanced cytotoxic efficacy of IM by PEITC was further validated using another myelogenous leukemia cell line, KU812. It was observed that PEITC in combination with IM efficiently downregulated the expression of p210(bcr/abl) in chronic myelogenous leukemia cell lines (K-562). PEITC inhibited the expressions of PKCα, PKCβII and PKCζ (both phosphorylated and total form). Expression of Raf1 and ERK1/2, two important target proteins in PKC signaling cascade was diminished. The result indicated that PEITC ultimately reduced expression of Raf1 and ERK1/2 through Bcr-Abl and PKC inhibition. This result was further confirmed by UCN-01, a selective PKC inhibitor and IM; indicating an association between p210(bcr/abl) and PKC with Raf1 and ERK1/2. PEITC thus may have enormous potential in synergistic therapy of leukemia by enhancing drug efficacy.
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- Madhumita Roy
- Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S P Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700 026, India.
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- Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S P Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700 026, India
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- Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S P Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700 026, India
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- Department of Environmental Carcinogenesis & Toxicology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, 37, S P Mukherjee Road, Kolkata, 700 026, India
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Feng S, Lu L, Zan X, Wu Y, Lin Y, Wang Q. Genetically Engineered Plant Viral Nanoparticles Direct Neural Cells Differentiation and Orientation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:9402-9409. [PMID: 26247572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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An important aim of tissue engineering is to design biomimetic materials with specific cell binding motifs and precisely controlled structural organization, thereby providing biochemical and physical cues for desired cellular behaviors. Previously, our group generated genetically modified tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) displaying integrin binding motifs, RGD1, RGD7, PSHRN3, P15, and DGEA. The resulting rod-like virus particles displaying integrin binding motifs were biocompatible with Neuro 2A (N2a), a mouse neural crest-derived cell line, and could promote the neurite outgrowth of N2a. The genetically modified viruses could be assembled with aligned orientation in the capillary by applying a shear force. The resulting aligned substrates were able to dictate directional neurite outgrowth of N2a cells. Therefore, this method could be potentially applied for neural tissue engineering, as a neural conduit for repairing peripheral nerve injuries.
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- Sheng Feng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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Ziemka-Nalecz M, Jaworska J, Sypecka J, Zalewska T. OGD induced modification of FAK- and PYK2-coupled pathways in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Brain Res 2015; 1606:21-33. [PMID: 25708150 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2014] [Revised: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and proline-rich tyrosine kinase (PYK2) are two related non-receptor tyrosine kinases which are thought to play a role in transducing extracellular matrix (ECM)-derived survival signals into cells. The functions of FAK and PYK2 are linked to autophosphorylation of their specific tyrosine residues, Tyr-397 in FAK and Tyr-402 in PYK2, and then association with different signalling proteins which mediate activation of downstream targets such as ERK and JNK mitogen-activated kinase cascades. Thus, modulation of FAK as well as PYK2 autophosphorylation may affect several intracellular pathways and may participate in a variety of pathological settings. The present study provides a systematic investigation of the influence of experimental ischemia, induced by oxygen-glucose-deprivation, on the FAK- and PYK2-mediated signalling in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. OGD induced primary down-regulation of FAK and PYK2 autophosphorylation (at Tyr 397 and Tyr 402, respectively) at 24-48 h of reoxygenation was accompanied by the diminution of phosphorylation/activation of Src and JNK. In contrast, the activity of Akt and ERK1/2 remained on the control level. It indicates that Akt kinase as well as ERK1/2 does not interfere with OGD-induced neuronal damage. The inhibition of the early step of FAK and PYK2 activation demonstrated by the decrease of tyrosine autophosphorylation may comprise an important portion of the response expressed by modulation of some coupled signal transduction pathways.
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- Malgorzata Ziemka-Nalecz
- NeuroRepair Department, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- NeuroRepair Department, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- NeuroRepair Department, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- NeuroRepair Department, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Sun W, Modak S. Emerging treatment options for the treatment of neuroblastoma: potential role of perifosine. Onco Targets Ther 2012; 5:21-9. [PMID: 22419878 PMCID: PMC3299554 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s14578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Achieving a cure for high-risk neuroblastoma, the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, remains a formidable task despite the recent addition of antibody-mediated anti-GD2 immunotherapy to established multimodality therapy. The PI3K/Akt pathway is a pivotal signaling pathway utilized by a plethora of receptor tyrosine kinases that contribute to the aggressive phenotype of high-risk neuroblastoma. Akt is aberrantly activated in high-risk neuroblastoma and is therefore an attractive therapeutic target. Perifosine is the best-characterized Akt inhibitor in preclinical studies and in clinical trials in adults, although safety in children is not yet confirmed. It is a synthetic third-generation alkylphospholipid with good oral bioavailability and modest side effects. Perifosine targets the lipid-binding PH domain of Akt and inhibits the translocation of Akt to the cell membrane, an essential step for Akt activation. It decreases Akt phosphorylation and increases caspase-dependent apoptosis in neuroblastoma cell lines, inhibits growth of neuroblastoma xenografts, and overcomes RTK/ligand-mediated chemoresistance. It is currently being studied in two Phase I clinical trials in children with recurrent or refractory solid tumors including neuroblastoma. In the single agent trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00776867), maximum tolerated dose has not yet been reached and pharmacokinetic data has been accrued. In the second study (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT01049841), patients are treated with a combination of perifosine and the mTOR-inhibitor temsirolimus based on preclinical data showing synergy of the two agents, and the premise that direct Akt inhibition may overcome Akt activation secondary to mTOR inhibition. Based on results from adult trials, it is unlikely that perifosine alone will produce dramatic therapeutic effects against high-risk neuroblastoma. However, given the recent encouraging early-phase combination therapy results in adults with multiple myeloma and colorectal carcinoma, rational perifosine-containing combination regimens hold promise for neuroblastoma therapy. These will be explored after safety in children is established in Phase I studies.
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- Weili Sun
- Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Xia X, Dong Y, Du Y, Yang Y, Wang W, Li Y. Relationship between learning and memory deficits and Arp2 expression in the hippocampus in rats with traumatic brain injury. World Neurosurg 2011; 78:689-96. [PMID: 22120305 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2011.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the learning and memory impairments at acute phase after mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Sprague-Dawley rats and its relationship with the expression of Arp2. METHODS Hundred adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into a TBI group or a control group. TBI was produced by using an impact acceleration model. Learning and memory function was assessed using Morris Water Maze test after different injury intervals, and synaptic function was investigated after TBI treatment by using field excitatory postsynaptic and long-term potentials. Western blot, immunochemistry, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to detect the mRNA and protein expression of actin-related protein 2 (Arp2) after injury, whereas Nissl staining and DNA ladder assays were performed to detect neuron apoptosis. RESULTS Using water maze measurement, the authors found escape latency to be significantly higher in the TBI group compared with the control group, and at 7 days postinjury, the difference almost reached up to 30 seconds. Field excitatory postsynaptic potential measurement further found that the long-term potential decreased by nearly 20% in the TBI group compared with the control group, which meant the synaptic excitatory function was downregulated in the TBI group. Further, no significant neuron apoptosis could be detected in the TBI group by Nissl staining, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining, and DNA ladder assays. At last, we found that after TBI treatment, the Arp2 mRNA and protein levels were decreased in a time-dependent manner and reached 29.3% and 45.7% of control at 7 days postinjury, separately, and the decrease of mRNA of Arp2 was correlated with delayed escape latency. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that impairments of learning and memory function in the acute phase after mild TBI may be induced by a reduction in Arp2 expression.
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- Xuewei Xia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Affiliated Hospital of Guilin Medical University, Guilin, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang Y, Wu Y, Tashiro SI, Onodera S, Ikejima T. Involvement of PKC signal pathways in oridonin-induced autophagy in HeLa cells: a protective mechanism against apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 378:273-8. [PMID: 19026988 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Our previous studies showed that oridonin could induce both apoptosis and autophagy in HeLa cells, and this autophagy might be a protective mechanism against apoptosis. In this study, the roles of PKC signal pathways in oridonin-induced HeLa cell autophagy and apoptosis were further investigated. We found that inhibition of PKC significantly reduced oridonin-induced autophagy whereas markedly increased apoptosis, while pretreatment with PKC activator caused opposite results. Subsequently, the oridonin-induced autophagy was also suppressed by Raf-1 or JNK inhibition accompanied by the increase of apoptosis, but it was not affected by ERK or p38 inhibition. In addition, oridonin-induced protein levels of Raf-1, JNK and p-JNK were sharply downregulated by PKC inhibitor, and they were enhanced by PKC activator. Taken together, these results demonstrate that PKC enhances oridonin-induced autophagy against apoptosis through regulating its downstream factors Raf-1 and JNK in HeLa cells.
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- Yahong Zhang
- China-Japan Research Institute of Medical Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, PR China
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Sartelet H, Oligny LL, Vassal G. AKT pathway in neuroblastoma and its therapeutic implication. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 2008; 8:757-69. [PMID: 18471048 DOI: 10.1586/14737140.8.5.757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Neuroblastoma is a frequent pediatric tumor with a poor outcome in spite of aggressive treatment, even with autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The overall cure rate of 40% is unsatisfactory and new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. AKT is a major mediator of survival signals that protect cells from apoptosis and regulate cell proliferation. The AKT signaling network is considered a key determinant of the biological aggressiveness of these tumors. In this article, the authors discuss the relation between activators of AKT in neuroblastoma, in particular, growth factors such as IGF-1, TRK, GDNF, VEGF and EGF, and their effects on tumoral proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. Numerous other proteins interact with AKT in neuroblastoma. Several are relatively well characterized, such as PTEN and retinoic acid; others are new and potentially interesting, such as PKC and anaplastic lymphoma kinase. Specific inhibition of AKT has been studied, such as with LY249002, with significant effects on cell progression and apoptosis in tumoral cells. Moreover, a series of new drugs, such as geldanamycin and rapamycin, directly modify the expression of AKT in tumoral cells. Few specific inhibitors of AKT are available; less specific inhibitors are probably unsuitable therapeutic options in neuroblastoma. Drugs with a direct or indirect inhibitory effect on the AKT pathway, used alone or in combination with other drugs, seem to hold great promise as a new therapeutic modality in neuroblastoma.
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- Hervé Sartelet
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal and Pediatric Pathologist, Department of Pathology, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, H3T 1C5, Canada.
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Shu CW, Sun FC, Cho JH, Lin CC, Liu PF, Chen PY, Chang MDT, Fu HW, Lai YK. GRP78 and Raf-1 cooperatively confer resistance to endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced apoptosis. J Cell Physiol 2008; 215:627-35. [PMID: 18064632 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The chaperone glucose-regulated protein, 78/immunoglobulin binding protein (GRP78/Bip), protects cells from cytotoxicity induced by DNA damage or endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. In this study, we showed that GRP78 is a major inducible protein in human non-small cell lung cancer H460 cells treated with ER stress inducers, including A23187 and thapsigargin. AEBSF, an inhibitor of serine protease, diminished GRP78 induction, enhanced mitochondrial permeability, and augmented apoptosis in H460 cells during ER stress. Simultaneously, AEBSF promoted Raf-1 degradation and suppressed phosphorylation of Raf-1 at Ser338 and/or Tyr340 during ER stress. Coimmunoprecipitation assays and subcellular fractionations showed that GRP78 associated and colocalized with Raf-1 on the outer membrane of mitochondria, respectively. While treatment of cells with ER stress inducers inactivated BAD by phosphorylation at Ser75, a Raf-1 phosphorylation site; AEBSF attenuated phosphorylation of BAD, leading to cytochrome c release from mitochondria. Additionally, overexpression of GRP78 and/or Raf-1 protected cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis. Taken together, our results indicate that GRP78 may stabilize Raf-1 to maintain mitochondrial permeability and thus protect cells from ER stress-induced apoptosis.
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- Chih-Wen Shu
- Institute of Biotechnology, Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Kozłowska H, Jabłonka J, Janowski M, Jurga M, Kossut M, Domańska-Janik K. Transplantation of a novel human cord blood-derived neural-like stem cell line in a rat model of cortical infarct. Stem Cells Dev 2007; 16:481-8. [PMID: 17610378 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2007.9993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Umbilical cord blood can be a rich source of stem/progenitor cells, not only for hematopoetic but also for other tissue-specific lineages. Recently, we have developed a novel, self-renewed neural-like stem cell line named HUCB-NSC from human cord blood. To test if HUCB-NSCs can supply brain in need of regeneration, we injected these cells into immunosuppressed intact rat forebrain and to animals suffering from a photothrombotic cortical lesion at 48 h after injury. The survival, migration, and differentiation of the transplanted HUCB-NSCs were measured at 7 and 30 days post-transplantation by immunohistochemical methods. Results show survival and extensive migration of transplanted neural-like progenitors into damaged brain cortex during the first week of post-stroke recovery. The donor cells accumulated mainly in peri-infarct area and then differentiated showing a strong co-expression of neuronal (NF-200) but only moderate of astrocytic (GFAP) cell markers. However, the paucity of HUCB-NSCs detected within post-ischemic rat brain at the end of a 1 month period, as well as acute rejection of grafted cells by intact, yet cyclosporin A (CsA) immunosuppressed, rat brain tissue, suggests development of a severe adverse host reaction to the presence of alien donor cells and an urgent need for further study of the immunological response evoked by xenotransplantations of human cord blood-derived cells in animal experimental models.
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- Hanna Kozłowska
- NeuroRepair Department, Medical Research Center, Polish Academy of Science, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Seki T, Irie N, Nakamura K, Sakaue H, Ogawa W, Kasuga M, Yamamoto H, Ohmori S, Saito N, Sakai N. Fused protein of deltaPKC activation loop and PDK1-interacting fragment (deltaAL-PIF) functions as a pseudosubstrate and an inhibitory molecule for PDK1 when expressed in cells. Genes Cells 2006; 11:1051-70. [PMID: 16923125 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2006.01003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To elucidate the role of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1) in cellular signaling, we constructed and expressed a pseudosubstrate of PDK1, designated as deltaAL-PIF, and characterized its properties in cultured cells. deltaAL-PIF consists of two fused proteins of the protein kinase Cdelta (deltaPKC) activation loop (deltaAL) and PDK1-interacting fragment (PIF). The phosphorylation of deltaAL-PIF was detected with anti-deltaPKC phospho-Thr505-specific antibody and was increased in proportion to the expression level of co-expressed GST-PDK1, indicating that it acts as a pseudosubstrate of PDK1. In cells expressing deltaAL-PIF, basal phosphorylation level at the activation loop of PKBalpha, deltaPKC and gammaPKC was reduced, compared with that in control cells, suggesting that deltaAL-PIF functions as an inhibitory molecule for PDK1. deltaAL-PIF affected the stability, translocation and endogenous activity of PKCs. These effects of deltaAL-PIF on gammaPKC properties were confirmed by investigation using conditioned PDK1 knockout cells. Furthermore, apoptosis frequently occurred in cells expressing deltaAL-PIF for 3 days. These findings revealed that deltaAL-PIF served as an effective pseudosubstrate and an inhibitory molecule for PDK1, suggesting that this molecule can be used as a tool for investigating PDK-mediated cellular functions as well as being applicable for anti-cancer therapy.
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- Takahiro Seki
- Department of Molecular and Pharmacological Neuroscience, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan
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Dong Z, Zhou L, Del Villar K, Ghanevati M, Tashjian V, Miller CA. JIP1 regulates neuronal apoptosis in response to stress. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 134:282-93. [PMID: 15836924 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2004] [Revised: 10/21/2004] [Accepted: 10/27/2004] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We examined if the relative expression of JNK-interacting protein 1 (JIP1) and phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) regulates cell signaling and contributes to selective neuronal vulnerability in response to environmental stress. In clonal neuroblastoma cultures, stresses such as hypoxia, ischemia, Abeta peptides, and UV irradiation rapidly reduced JIP1 expression. JIP1 mRNA expression was also down-regulated by UV stress and was accompanied by increased JNK and c-Jun activation and cell death. JIP1 protein reduction was partially reversed both by inhibitors predominantly of caspase 3 and of the JNK pathway and resulted in significantly increased cell survival. Conversely, overexpression of JIP1 decreased both nuclear translocation of activated-JNK, and c-Jun phosphorylation induced by either UV irradiation, or the JNK upstream activators, MKK7 or MEKK1. Cell death was reduced about 50% compared to GFP-transfected controls. JIP1 overexpression did not facilitate either JNK expression or activation. In the normal, non-stressed human hippocampus and rat hippocampal organotypic cultures, JIP1 and JNK3 were inversely expressed with more JIP1 in CA2 and CA3 and less in CA1 neurons. In the human hippocampus, transient hypoxia/ischemia selectively spares neurons in CA2 and CA3 and induces death of neurons in the hippocampal CA1 subregion. In the cultures, ischemia reduced JIP1 expression and activated JNK, c-Jun, and caspase 3. Inhibitors of the JNK pathway, JNK activation directly and of caspase 3 activation each partially reversed these effects. Thus, under certain stress conditions, down-regulation of JIP1 expression makes neurons more susceptible to apoptosis, suggesting JIP may serve as an anti-apoptosis factor.
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- Zhaohui Dong
- Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, MCA-341A, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Vassallo N, Herms J, Behrens C, Krebs B, Saeki K, Onodera T, Windl O, Kretzschmar HA. Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase by cellular prion protein and its role in cell survival. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 332:75-82. [PMID: 15896301 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.04.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The cellular prion protein (PrP(C)) is thought to be involved in protection against cell death, however the exact cellular mechanisms involved are still controversial. Herein we present data that strongly indicate a functional link between PrP(C) expression and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activation, a protein kinase that plays a pivotal role in cell survival. Both mouse neuroblastoma N2a cells and immortalized murine hippocampal neuronal cell lines expressing wild-type PrP(C) had significantly higher PI 3-kinase activity levels than their respective controls. Moreover, PI 3-kinase activity was found to be elevated in brain lysates from wild-type mice, as compared to prion protein-knockout mice. Recruitment of PI 3-kinase by PrP(C) was shown to contribute to cellular survival toward oxidative stress by using 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) and serum deprivation. Moreover, both PI 3-kinase activation and cytoprotection by PrP(C) appeared to rely on copper binding to the N-terminal octapeptide of PrP(C). Thus, we propose a model in which the interaction of copper(II) with the N-terminal domain of PrP(C) enables transduction of a signal to PI 3-kinase; the latter, in turn, mediates downstream regulation of cell survival.
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- Neville Vassallo
- Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Malta, Msida MSD 06, Malta.
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Chou S, Clegg M, Momma T, Niles B, Duffy J, Daston G, Keen C. Alterations in protein kinase C activity and processing during zinc-deficiency-induced cell death. Biochem J 2005; 383:63-71. [PMID: 15198639 PMCID: PMC1134044 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2004] [Revised: 06/10/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein kinases C (PKCs) are a family of serine/threonine kinases that are critical for signal transduction pathways involved in growth, differentiation and cell death. All PKC isoforms have four conserved domains, C1-C4. The C1 domain contains cysteine-rich finger-like motifs, which bind two zinc atoms. The zinc-finger motifs modulate diacylglycerol binding; thus, intracellular zinc concentrations could influence the activity and localization of PKC family members. 3T3 cells were cultured in zinc-deficient or zinc-supplemented medium for up to 32 h. Cells cultured in zinc-deficient medium had decreased zinc content, lowered cytosolic classical PKC activity, increased caspase-3 processing and activity, and reduced cell number. Zinc-deficient cytosols had decreased activity and expression levels of PKC-alpha, whereas PKC-alpha phosphorylation was not altered. Inhibition of PKC-alpha with Gö6976 had no effect on cell number in the zinc-deficient group. Proteolysis of the novel PKC family member, PKC-delta, to its 40-kDa catalytic fragment occurred in cells cultured in the zinc-deficient medium. Occurrence of the PKC-delta fragment in mitochondria was co-incident with caspase-3 activation. Addition of the PKC-delta inhibitor, rottlerin, or zinc to deficient medium reduced or eliminated proteolysis of PKC-delta, activated caspase-3 and restored cell number. Inhibition of caspase-3 processing by Z-DQMD-FMK (Z-Asp-Gln-Met-Asp-fluoromethylketone) did not restore cell number in the zinc-deficient group, but resulted in processing of full-length PKC-delta to a 56-kDa fragment. These results support the concept that intracellular zinc concentrations influence PKC activity and processing, and that zinc-deficiency-induced apoptosis occurs in part through PKC-dependent pathways.
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- Susan S. Chou
- *Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
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- *Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
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- *Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
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- *Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
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- †Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, U.S.A
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- ‡Procter and Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, OH 45239-8707, U.S.A
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- *Department of Nutrition, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
- §Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8669, U.S.A
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Dłuzniewska J, Beresewicz M, Wojewódzka U, Gajkowska B, Zabłocka B. Transient cerebral ischemia induces delayed proapoptotic Bad translocation to mitochondria in CA1 sector of hippocampus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 133:274-80. [PMID: 15710244 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Delayed ischemic brain damage is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, but the underlying mechanisms are not known in detail. Recent data suggest that the process is associated with multidirectional changes in the activities of various proteins located in mitochondria. Of these, the stress-activated kinase JNK is delay-activated postischemia. We induced 5 min cerebral ischemia in gerbils followed by 3, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h of reperfusion. Here we show the postischemic translocation of proapoptotic protein Bad to mitochondria. Immunoelectron microscopic examination revealed the co-appearance of Bad and Bcl-2 proteins in postischemic mitochondria in ischemia-vulnerable CA1 sector of hippocampus as opposed to the ischemia-resistant DG region. Mitochondrial increase of Bad protein is coincident with a transient decrease of the active, phosphorylated form of prosurvival kinase, Raf-1, under conditions of long reperfusion. The above demonstrated sequence of events is likely to play a role in delayed postischemic nerve cell death.
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- Joanna Dłuzniewska
- Molecular Biology Unit, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawińskiego St., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Lindenboim L, Schlipf S, Kaufmann T, Borner C, Stein R. Bcl-xS induces an NGF-inhibitable cytochrome c release. Exp Cell Res 2004; 297:392-403. [PMID: 15212942 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2004.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Revised: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bcl-x(S), a pro-apoptotic member of the Bcl-2 protein family, is localized in the mitochondrial outer membrane and induces caspase-dependent and nerve growth factor (NGF)-inhibitable apoptosis in PC12 cells. The mechanism of action of Bcl-x(S) and how NGF inhibits this death are not fully understood. It is still unknown whether Bcl-x(S) induces mitochondrial cytochrome c release, and which apoptotic step NGF inhibits. We show that Bcl-x(S) induces cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation in several cell types, and that in PC12 cells, these events are inhibited by NGF treatment. The survival effect of NGF was inhibited by inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC), phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI 3-kinase), and the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitors GF109203X, LY294002, and U0126. These findings show that cytochrome c release and caspase-3 activation participate in Bcl-x(S)-induced apoptosis, and that NGF inhibits Bcl-x(S)-induced apoptosis at the mitochondrial level via the PKC, PI 3-kinase, and MEK signaling pathways.
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- Liora Lindenboim
- Department of Neurobiochemistry, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel
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Domañska-Janik K, Buzañska L, Dłuzniewska J, Kozłowska H, Sarnowska A, Zabłocka B. Neuroprotection by cyclosporin A following transient brain ischemia correlates with the inhibition of the early efflux of cytochrome C to cytoplasm. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 121:50-9. [PMID: 14969736 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2003.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The efflux of mitochondrial protein cytochrome C to cytoplasm is one of the key events of mitochondrial dysfunction observed in post-ischemic pathology. We investigated the effect of intra-carotid infusion of 5-10 mg/kg of cyclosporin A (CsA) on the neuronal survival in CA1 sector of hippocampus and on the subcellular localization of cytochrome C in the model of 5 min gerbil brain ischemia. To discriminate between the immunosuppressive and the mitochondria protecting component of CsA action, we compared the effect of CsA with one other immunosuppressant FK506. Almost 75% of neurons in ischemia-affected brain area were saved after CsA but not after FK506 treatment. This protective effect was only observed when the drug was infused immediately upon reperfusion. Early CsA treatment was able to block an initial phase of cytochrome C release, occurring transiently at 30 min post-ischemia, an effect never observed after FK506 administration. We assessed the neuroprotective potency of CsA vs. FK506 in rat cortical primary culture treated with compounds that mimic destructive signals induced by brain ischemia. In all cases, neuronal death and cytochrome C release were evidently suppressed by CsA applied not later than 30 min after the initial insult. Thus, early treatment with CsA in vitro and after bolus intra-carotid injection in vivo can save neurons by inhibition of cytochrome C efflux to cytoplasm.
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- Krystyna Domañska-Janik
- Laboratory of Molecular Neuropathology, Medical Research Centre, 5 Pawińskiego St., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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Zablocka B, Dluzniewska J, Zajac H, Domańska-Janik K, Duzniewska J. Opposite reaction of ERK and JNK in ischemia vulnerable and resistant regions of hippocampus: involvement of mitochondria. BRAIN RESEARCH. MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH 2003; 110:245-52. [PMID: 12591160 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(02)00653-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Delayed ischemic death of neurones is observed selectively in CA1 region of hippocampus at 3-4 days of reperfusion. Signals generated immediately during and after ischemia are further propagated by a variety of kinases, proteases and phosphatases. Tissue samples from dorsal (vulnerable) and abdominal (resistant) parts of gerbil hippocampi were collected to determine the activation state of key signaling molecules: Akt, Raf-1, JNK, ERK1/2 in the course of reperfusion after 5 min of global cerebral ischemia. Western blot analysis of phosphorylated forms of the kinases revealed persistent activation of JNK, being limited mostly to vulnerable CA1 region. On the contrary, activation of ERK, although observed transiently in both parts, was enhanced for a longer time in the abdominal hippocampus. The levels of the active/phosphorylated Akt and Raf-1 kinases did not change significantly during the recovery period. No significant correlation between postischemic JNK activation and c-Jun phosphorylation or its contribution to AP1-like complex formation was found. In contrast, the amount of active JNK linked with mitochondrial membranes was significantly increased and preceded neuronal death in CA1. In the same period of time the AP1 complex, augmented in CA1 region, did not appear to contain a classical c-Fos protein. These results are consistent with the theory that either long-lasting activation of JNK and/or contrasting ERK and JNK activities in critical time of reperfusion, contribute to selective apoptosis of CA1 neurons. This, in connection with the translocation of activated JNK to mitochondria and time/regional differences in AP1 binding protein complexes can affect final postischemic outcome.
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- Barbara Zablocka
- Molecular Biology Unit, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawińskiego Street, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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