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Kim JY, Barua S, Huang MY, Park J, Yenari MA, Lee JE. Heat Shock Protein 70 (HSP70) Induction: Chaperonotherapy for Neuroprotection after Brain Injury. Cells 2020; 9:cells9092020. [PMID: 32887360 PMCID: PMC7563654 DOI: 10.3390/cells9092020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The 70 kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) is a stress-inducible protein that has been shown to protect the brain from various nervous system injuries. It allows cells to withstand potentially lethal insults through its chaperone functions. Its chaperone properties can assist in protein folding and prevent protein aggregation following several of these insults. Although its neuroprotective properties have been largely attributed to its chaperone functions, HSP70 may interact directly with proteins involved in cell death and inflammatory pathways following injury. Through the use of mutant animal models, gene transfer, or heat stress, a number of studies have now reported positive outcomes of HSP70 induction. However, these approaches are not practical for clinical translation. Thus, pharmaceutical compounds that can induce HSP70, mostly by inhibiting HSP90, have been investigated as potential therapies to mitigate neurological disease and lead to neuroprotection. This review summarizes the neuroprotective mechanisms of HSP70 and discusses potential ways in which this endogenous therapeutic molecule could be practically induced by pharmacological means to ultimately improve neurological outcomes in acute neurological disease.
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- Jong Youl Kim
- Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea; (J.Y.K.); (S.B.); (M.Y.H.); (J.P.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea; (J.Y.K.); (S.B.); (M.Y.H.); (J.P.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea; (J.Y.K.); (S.B.); (M.Y.H.); (J.P.)
- BK21 Plus Project for Medical Science and Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea; (J.Y.K.); (S.B.); (M.Y.H.); (J.P.)
- BK21 Plus Project for Medical Science and Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco & the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Neurology (127) VAMC 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
- Correspondence: (M.A.Y.); (J.E.L.); Tel.: +1-415-750-2011 (M.A.Y.); +82-2-2228-1646 (ext. 1659) (J.E.L.); Fax: +1-415-750-2273 (M.A.Y.); +82-2-365-0700 (J.E.L.)
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- Department of Anatomy, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Korea; (J.Y.K.); (S.B.); (M.Y.H.); (J.P.)
- BK21 Plus Project for Medical Science and Brain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 50-1 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Korea
- Correspondence: (M.A.Y.); (J.E.L.); Tel.: +1-415-750-2011 (M.A.Y.); +82-2-2228-1646 (ext. 1659) (J.E.L.); Fax: +1-415-750-2273 (M.A.Y.); +82-2-365-0700 (J.E.L.)
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Non-coding RNAs in Ischemic Stroke: Roles in the Neuroinflammation and Cell Death. Neurotox Res 2020; 38:564-578. [DOI: 10.1007/s12640-020-00236-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although TBI leads to mechanical damage during initial impact, secondary damage also occurs as results from delayed neurochemical process and intracellular signaling pathways. Accumulated animal and human studies demonstrated that apoptotic mechanism contributes to overall pathology of TBI. Apoptotic cell death has been identified within contusional brain lesion at acute phase of TBI and in region remote from the site directly injured in days to weeks after trauma. TBI is also dynamic conditions that cause neuronal decline overtime and is likely due to neurodegenerative mechanisms years after trauma. Current studies have even suggested association of neuronal damage through apoptotic pathway with mild TBI, which contributes chronic persistent neurological symptoms and cognitive deficits. Thus, a better understanding of the acute and chronic consequences of apoptosis following TBI is required. The purpose of this review is to describe (1) neuronal apoptotic pathway following TBI, (2) contribution of apoptosis to acute and chronic phase of TBI, and (3) current treatment targeting on apoptotic pathway.
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- Yosuke Akamatsu
- Division of Neurosurgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Division of Neurointensive Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Circle Rm 639, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Naderi Y, Panahi Y, Barreto GE, Sahebkar A. Neuroprotective effects of minocycline on focal cerebral ischemia injury: a systematic review. Neural Regen Res 2020; 15:773-782. [PMID: 31719236 PMCID: PMC6990777 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.268898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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To review the neuroprotective effects of minocycline in focal cerebral ischemia in animal models. By searching in the databases of PubMed, ScienceDirect, and Scopus, and considering the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. Studies were included if focal cerebral ischemia model was performed in mammals and including a control group that has been compared with a minocycline group. Written in languages other than English; duplicate data; in vitro studies and combination of minocycline with other neuroprotective agents were excluded. Neurological function of patients was assessed by National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, modified Rankin Scale, and modified Barthel Index. Neuroprotective effects were assessed by detecting the expression of inflammatory cytokines. We examined 35 papers concerning the protective effects of minocycline in focal cerebral ischemia in animal models and 6 clinical trials which had evaluated the neuroprotective effects of minocycline in ischemic stroke. These studies revealed that minocycline increases the viability of neurons and decreases the infarct volume following cerebral ischemia. The mechanisms that were reported in these studies included anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, as well as anti-apoptotic effects. Minocycline also increases the neuronal regeneration following cerebral ischemia. Minocycline has considerable neuroprotective effects against cerebral ischemia-induced neuronal damages. However, larger clinical trials may be required before using minocycline as a neuroprotective drug in ischemic stroke.
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- Yazdan Naderi
- Chemical Injuries Research Center, Systems Biology and Poisonings Institute, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmacotherapy Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran; Biotechnology Research Center, Pharmaceutical Technology Institute; Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Heat shock protein signaling in brain ischemia and injury. Neurosci Lett 2019; 715:134642. [PMID: 31759081 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are chaperones that catalyze the refolding of denatured proteins. In addition to their ability to prevent protein denaturation and aggregation, the HSPs have also been shown to modulate many signaling pathways. Among HSPs, the inducible 70 kDa HSP (HSP70) has especially been shown to improve neurological outcome in experimental models of brain ischemia and injury. HSP70 can modulate various aspects of the programmed cell death pathways and inflammation. This review will focus on potential mechanisms of the neuroprotective effects of HSP70 in stroke and brain trauma models. We also comment on potential ways in which HSP70 could be translated into clinical therapies.
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Tahsili-Fahadan P, Farrokh S, Geocadin RG. Hypothermia and brain inflammation after cardiac arrest. Brain Circ 2018; 4:1-13. [PMID: 30276330 PMCID: PMC6057700 DOI: 10.4103/bc.bc_4_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The cessation (ischemia) and restoration (reperfusion) of cerebral blood flow after cardiac arrest (CA) induce inflammatory processes that can result in additional brain injury. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been proven as a brain protective strategy after CA. In this article, the underlying pathophysiology of ischemia-reperfusion brain injury with emphasis on the role of inflammatory mechanisms is reviewed. Potential targets for immunomodulatory treatments and relevant effects of TH are also discussed. Further studies are needed to delineate the complex pathophysiology and interactions among different components of immune response after CA and identify appropriate targets for clinical investigations.
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- Pouya Tahsili-Fahadan
- Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.,Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Kim JY, Han Y, Lee JE, Yenari MA. The 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) as a therapeutic target for stroke. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2018; 22:191-199. [PMID: 29421932 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2018.1439477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The 70-kDa heat shock protein (Hsp70) is a cytosolic chaperone which facilitates protein folding, degradation, complex assembly, and translocation. Following stroke, these functions have the potential to lead to cytoprotection, and this has been demonstrated using genetic mutant models, direct gene transfer or the induction of Hsp70 via heat stress, approaches which limit its translational utility. Recently, the investigation of Hsp70-inducing pharmacological compounds, which, through their ability to inhibit Hsp90, has obvious clinical implications in terms of potential therapies to mitigate cell death and inflammation, and lead to neuroprotection from brain injury. Areas covered: In this review, we will focus on the role of Hsp70 in cell death and inflammation, and the current literature surrounding the pharmacological induction in acute ischemic stroke models with comments on potential applications at the clinical level. Expert opinion: Such neuroprotectants could be used to synergistically improve neurological outcome or to extend the time window of existing interventions, thus increasing the numbers of stroke victims eligible for treatment.
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- Jong Youl Kim
- a Department of Anatomy , Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Anatomy , Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Anatomy , Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Republic of Korea.,b BK21 Plus Project for Medical Science and Brain Research Institute , Yonsei University College of Medicine , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- c Department of Neurology , University of California, San Francisco & the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center , San Francisco , CA , USA
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Khoshnam SE, Winlow W, Farbood Y, Moghaddam HF, Farzaneh M. Emerging Roles of microRNAs in Ischemic Stroke: As Possible Therapeutic Agents. J Stroke 2017; 19:166-187. [PMID: 28480877 PMCID: PMC5466283 DOI: 10.5853/jos.2016.01368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2016] [Revised: 02/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and physical disability worldwide. The consequences of stroke injuries are profound and persistent, causing in considerable burden to both the individual patient and society. Current treatments for ischemic stroke injuries have proved inadequate, partly owing to an incomplete understanding of the cellular and molecular changes that occur following ischemic stroke. MicroRNAs (miRNA) are endogenously expressed RNA molecules that function to inhibit mRNA translation and have key roles in the pathophysiological processes contributing to ischemic stroke injuries. Potential therapeutic areas to compensate these pathogenic processes include promoting angiogenesis, neurogenesis and neuroprotection. Several miRNAs, and their target genes, are recognized to be involved in these recoveries and repair mechanisms. The capacity of miRNAs to simultaneously regulate several target genes underlies their unique importance in ischemic stroke therapeutics. In this Review, we focus on the role of miRNAs as potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, as well as promising therapeutic agents in cerebral ischemic stroke.
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- Seyed Esmaeil Khoshnam
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli, Napoli, Italia.,Institute of Ageing and Chronic Diseases, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Stroke is the second most common cause of death and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Brain injury following stroke results from a complex series of pathophysiological events including excitotoxicity, oxidative and nitrative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. Moreover, there is a mechanistic link between brain ischemia, innate and adaptive immune cells, intracranial atherosclerosis, and also the gut microbiota in modifying the cerebral responses to ischemic insult. There are very few treatments for stroke injuries, partly owing to an incomplete understanding of the diverse cellular and molecular changes that occur following ischemic stroke and that are responsible for neuronal death. Experimental discoveries have begun to define the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in stroke injury, leading to the development of numerous agents that target various injury pathways. In the present article, we review the underlying pathophysiology of ischemic stroke and reveal the intertwined pathways that are promising therapeutic targets.
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Li J, Chang Q, Li X, Li X, Qiao J, Gao T. Enhancement of an outwardly rectifying chloride channel in hippocampal pyramidal neurons after cerebral ischemia. Brain Res 2016; 1644:107-17. [PMID: 27181516 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2016] [Revised: 05/08/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Cerebral ischemia induces delayed, selective neuronal death in the CA1 region of the hippocampus. The underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear, but it is known that apoptosis is involved in this process. Chloride efflux has been implicated in the progression of apoptosis in various cell types. Using both the inside-out and whole-cell configurations of the patch-clamp technique, the present study characterized an outwardly rectifying chloride channel (ORCC) in acutely dissociated pyramid neurons in the hippocampus of adult rats. The channel had a nonlinear current-voltage relationship with a conductance of 42.26±1.2pS in the positive voltage range and 18.23±0.96pS in the negative voltage range, indicating an outward rectification pattern. The channel is Cl(-) selective, and the open probability is voltage-dependent. It can be blocked by the classical Cl(-) channel blockers DIDS, SITS, NPPB and glibenclamide. We examined the different changes in ORCC activity in CA1 and CA3 pyramidal neurons at 6, 24 and 48h after transient forebrain ischemia. In the vulnerable CA1 neurons, ORCC activity was persistently enhanced after ischemic insult, whereas in the invulnerable CA3 neurons, no significant changes occurred. Further analysis of channel kinetics suggested that multiple openings are a major contributor to the increase in channel activity after ischemia. Pharmacological blockade of the ORCC partly attenuated cell death in the hippocampal neurons. We propose that the enhanced activity of ORCC might contribute to selective neuronal damage in the CA1 region after cerebral ischemia, and that ORCC may be a therapeutic target against ischemia-induced cell death.
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- Jianguo Li
- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Department of Physiology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
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Kanno H, Kawakami Z, Tabuchi M, Mizoguchi K, Ikarashi Y, Kase Y. Protective effects of glycycoumarin and procyanidin B1, active components of traditional Japanese medicine yokukansan, on amyloid β oligomer-induced neuronal death. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 159:122-128. [PMID: 25446602 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Yokukansan, a traditional Japanese (Kampo) medicine, is composed of seven medicinal herbs, and has been traditionally used to treat neurosis, insomnia, and night crying and irritability in children. Yokukansan and its constituent herbs, Glycyrrhiza and Uncaria Hook, have recently been shown to have protective effects against amyloid β (Aβ) oligomer-induced apoptosis by suppressing the activation of caspase-3 in primary cultured neurons. The aim of the present study was to identify the effective components of Glycyrrhiza and Uncaria Hook against Aβ oligomer-induced neurotoxicity. We also attempted to clarify the mechanisms by which yokukansan and these herbs, as well as their components, suppressed the activation of caspase-3 in Aβ oligomer-treated neurons. MATERIALS AND METHODS Rat primary cultured cortical neurons were treated with Aβ oligomer (3 μM). The protective effects of 16 components derived from Glycyrrhiza or Uncaria Hook against Aβ oligomer-induced neurotoxicity were determined using the MTT reduction assay 48 h after the treatment. The suppressive effects of the test substances, i.e., yokukansan, Glycyrrhiza, Uncaria Hook, and screened components, on the Aβ oligomer-induced activation of caspase-3(/7) were evaluated using the caspase-Glo assay 48 h after the Aβ oligomer treatment. The suppressive effects of the test substances on the activation of caspase-8 and -9, both of which are located upstream of caspase-3, were also examined 24h after the Aβ oligomer treatment. RESULTS Two of the 16 components tested, glycycoumarin derived from Glycyrrhiza and procyanidin B1 derived from Uncaria Hook, significantly inhibited Aβ oligomer-induced neuronal death in a dose-dependent manner. Glycyrrhiza, Uncaria Hook, and yokukansan significantly suppressed the Aβ oligomer-induced activation of caspase-3 as well as caspase-8 and -9. Glycycoumarin also suppressed the activation of caspase-3, but not caspase-8 and -9. Procyanidin B1 suppressed the activation of caspase-3, -8, and -9. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrated that glycycoumarin and procyanidin B1 had ameliorative effects on Aβ oligomer-induced neurotoxicity. The neuroprotective effects of glycycoumarin are thought to be due to the attenuated activation of caspase-3, but not caspase-8 or -9. Procyanidin B1, as well as yokukansan, Glycyrrhiza, and Uncaria Hook, may attenuate the activation of caspase-3 by inhibiting that of caspase-8 and -9.
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- Hitomi Kanno
- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan.
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan
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- Tsumura Research Laboratories, Kampo Scientific Strategies Division, Tsumura & Co., 3586 Yoshiwara, Ami-machi, Inashiki-gun, Ibaraki 300-1192, Japan
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Luo C, Ren H, Wan JB, Yao X, Zhang X, He C, So KF, Kang JX, Pei Z, Su H. Enriched endogenous omega-3 fatty acids in mice protect against global ischemia injury. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:1288-97. [PMID: 24875538 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m046466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Transient global cerebral ischemia, one of the consequences of cardiac arrest and cardiovascular surgery, usually leads to delayed death of hippocampal cornu Ammonis1 (CA1) neurons and cognitive deficits. Currently, there are no effective preventions or treatments for this condition. Omega-3 (ω-3) PUFAs have been shown to have therapeutic potential in a variety of neurological disorders. Here, we report that the transgenic mice that express the fat-1 gene encoding for ω-3 fatty acid desaturase, which leads to an increase in endogenous ω-3 PUFAs and a concomitant decrease in ω-6 PUFAs, were protected from global cerebral ischemia injury. The results of the study show that the hippocampal CA1 neuronal loss and cognitive deficits induced by global ischemia insult were significantly less severe in fat-1 mice than in WT mice controls. The protection against global cerebral ischemia injury was closely correlated with increased production of resolvin D1, suppressed nuclear factor-kappa B activation, and reduced generation of pro-inflammatory mediators in the hippocampus of fat-1 mice compared with WT mice controls. Our study demonstrates that fat-1 mice with high endogenous ω-3 PUFAs exhibit protective effects on hippocampal CA1 neurons and cognitive functions in a global ischemia injury model.
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- Chuanming Luo
- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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- Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, PR China
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- Laboratory for Lipid Medicine and Technology, the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Neurology, National Key Clinical Department and Key Discipline of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China
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Beneficial Effect of Astragalosides on Stroke Condition Using PC12 Cells under Oxygen Glucose Deprivation and Reperfusion. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2014; 34:825-37. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-014-0059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Post-treatment of Bax-inhibiting peptide reduces neuronal death and behavioral deficits following global cerebral ischemia. Neurochem Int 2011; 58:224-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2010.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2010] [Revised: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 12/01/2010] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Li JS. Effects of Naomaitong combined with mobilization of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells on neuron apoptosis and expressions of Fas, FasL and caspase-3 proteins in rats with cerebral ischemia. JOURNAL OF CHINESE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE 2009; 7:860-867. [DOI: 10.3736/jcim20090912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Niizuma K, Yoshioka H, Chen H, Kim GS, Jung JE, Katsu M, Okami N, Chan PH. Mitochondrial and apoptotic neuronal death signaling pathways in cerebral ischemia. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1802:92-9. [PMID: 19751828 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Revised: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 09/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mitochondria play important roles as the powerhouse of the cell. After cerebral ischemia, mitochondria overproduce reactive oxygen species (ROS), which have been thoroughly studied with the use of superoxide dismutase transgenic or knockout animals. ROS directly damage lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids in the cell. Moreover, ROS activate various molecular signaling pathways. Apoptosis-related signals return to mitochondria, then mitochondria induce cell death through the release of pro-apoptotic proteins such as cytochrome c or apoptosis-inducing factor. Although the mechanisms of cell death after cerebral ischemia remain unclear, mitochondria obviously play a role by activating signaling pathways through ROS production and by regulating mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathways.
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- Kuniyasu Niizuma
- Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Program in Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Cell death and proliferation in acute slices and organotypic cultures of mammalian CNS. Prog Neurobiol 2009; 88:221-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2009.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Revised: 12/09/2008] [Accepted: 01/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Su D, Su Z, Wang J, Yang S, Ma J. UCF-101, A Novel Omi/HtrA2 Inhibitor, Protects Against Cerebral Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2009; 292:854-61. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.20910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pekcetin C, Kiray M, Ergur BU, Tugyan K, Bagriyanik HA, Erbil G, Baykara B, Camsari UM. Carnosine attenuates oxidative stress and apoptosis in transient cerebral ischemia in rats. ACTA BIOLOGICA HUNGARICA 2009; 60:137-48. [PMID: 19584023 DOI: 10.1556/abiol.60.2009.2.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Cerebral ischemia leads to cognitive decline and neuronal damage in the hippocampus. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an important role in the neuronal loss after cerebral ischemia and reperfusion injury. Carnosine has both antioxidant and neuroprotective effects against ROS. In the present study, the effects of carnosine on oxidative stress, apoptotic neuronal cell death and spatial memory following transient cerebral ischemia in rats were investigated. Transient ischemia was induced by occlusion of right common carotid artery of rats for 30 min and reperfusion for 24 h or 1 week. Rats received intraperitoneal injection of 250 mg/kg carnosine or saline 30 min prior to experiment. Determination of antioxidant enzyme activities was performed spectrophotometrically. To detect apoptotic cells, TUNEL staining was performed using an In Situ Cell Death Detection Kit. Carnosine treatment elicited a significant decrease in lipid peroxidation and increase in antioxidant enzyme activities in ischemic rat brains. The number of TUNEL-positive cells was decreased significantly in carnosine-treated group when compared with the ischemia-induction group. Carnosine treatment did not provide significant protection from ischemia induced deficits in spatial learning. The results show that carnosine is effective as a prophylactic treatment for brain tissue when it is administered before ischemia without affecting spatial memory.
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- C Pekcetin
- Department of Histology & Embryology, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Balcova, Izmir 35340, Turkey
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Ischemia-Induced Mitochondrial Apoptosis is Significantly Attenuated by Ischemic Preconditioning. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2009; 29:901-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10571-009-9373-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Accepted: 02/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jia J, Guan D, Zhu W, Alkayed NJ, Wang MM, Hua Z, Xu Y. Estrogen inhibits Fas-mediated apoptosis in experimental stroke. Exp Neurol 2008; 215:48-52. [PMID: 18950622 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2008] [Revised: 09/05/2008] [Accepted: 09/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Estrogen is protective in experimental cerebral ischemia, yet the mechanism remains unclear. Fas-mediated apoptosis has been shown to be induced after cerebral ischemia and significantly contribute to ischemic brain damage. In this study, we tested if estrogen is protective against cerebral ischemia by suppressing Fas-mediated apoptosis. 17Beta-estradiol-treated and untreated ovariectomized (OVX) female mice were subjected to 2 h middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Expression of Fas and Fas-associated death domain (FADD) were measured at 3, 6 and 12 h of reperfusion by RT-PCR and Western blot, respectively. Post-ischemic activities of caspase-8 and -3 activities, the two downstream effectors of Fas-induced apoptosis, were also assayed at same time points by ELISA. Finally, Fas antibody-induced cell death in primary cortical neurons was assayed by fluorescence activated cell sorter (FACS) in the presence and absence of estradiol. Our data showed that estradiol-treated OVX female mice sustained smaller infarct compared to untreated OVX mice. Ischemia upregulated Fas and FADD expression, and increased caspase-8 and -3 activities in OVX female mouse cortex, which were significantly attenuated by estradiol. Estradiol also significantly inhibited Fas antibody-induced neuronal cell apoptosis. Our data suggests that inhibition of ischemia-induced Fas-mediated apoptosis is an important mechanism of neuroprotection by estrogen in cerebral ischemia.
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- Jia Jia
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, PR China
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Korzhevskii DE, Lentsman MV, Gilyarov AV, Kirik OV, Vlasov TD. Induction of nestin synthesis in rat brain cells by ischemic damage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 38:139-43. [PMID: 18197379 DOI: 10.1007/s11055-008-0020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nestin, an intermediate filament protein, is known to be expressed in proliferating and provisional cells in the forming mammalian brain, disappearing on differentiation. The aim of the present work was to identify the morphological types and locations of cells regaining the ability to synthesize nestin after transient total brain ischemia in rats. Transient ischemia was found to be followed by the induction of nestin synthesis in astrocytes in the damaged area; these cells acquired structural features not characteristic of the adult brain, and these persisted in the long term. Nestin synthesis was also induced in proliferation-capable undifferentiated cells in the subventricular zone. The acquisition by astrocytes of some of the phenotypic features of immature glial cells, however, does not provide grounds for the notion that they were transformed into neural stem cells.
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- D E Korzhevskii
- Department of Morphology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia
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Caspase activation in fetal rat brain following experimental intrauterine inflammation. Brain Res 2008; 1200:138-45. [PMID: 18289516 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2007] [Revised: 01/01/2008] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Intrauterine inflammation has been implicated in developmental brain injuries, including the development of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL) and cerebral palsy (CP). Previous studies in our rat model of intrauterine inflammation demonstrated apoptotic cell death in fetal brains within the first 5 days after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration to mothers and eventual dysmyelination. Cysteine-containing, aspartate-specific proteases, or caspases, are proteins involved with apoptosis through both intracellular (intrinsic pathway) and extracellular (extrinsic pathway) mechanisms. We hypothesized that cell death in our model would occur mainly via activation of the extrinsic pathway. We further hypothesized that Fas, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) superfamily, would be increased and the death inducing signaling complex (DISC) would be detectable. Pregnant rats were injected intracervically with LPS at E15 and immunoblotting, immunohistochemical and immunoprecipitation analyses were performed. The presence of the activated form of the effector caspase (caspase-3) was observed 24 h after LPS administration. Caspase activity assays demonstrated rapid increases in (i) caspases-9 and -10 within 1 h, (ii) caspase-8 at 2 h and (iii) caspase-3 at 4 h. At 24 h after LPS, activated caspase-3(+)/Fas(+) cells were observed within the developing white matter. Lastly, the DISC complex (caspase-8, Fas and Fas-associated death domain (FADD)) was observed within 30 min by immunoprecipitation. Apoptosis in our model occurs via both extrinsic and intrinsic pathways, and activation of Fas may play a role. Understanding the mechanisms of cell death in models of intrauterine inflammation may affect development of future strategies to mitigate these injuries in children.
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Wang YR, Liu RY, Wang LC, Mao HF, Chen JQ. Effect of Huwentoxin-I on the Fas and TNF apoptosis pathway in the hippocampus of rat with global cerebral ischemia. Toxicon 2007; 50:1085-94. [PMID: 17900647 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2007] [Revised: 07/25/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Neuronal injury is the most important reason for various brain injuries. Cytosolic Ca(2+) overloading has been proposed as one of the main cellular processes leading to neuronal death during cerebral ischemia. It is well accepted that Ca(2+) channel blockers can protect cerebral neurons from ischemic injury. In the present studies, we investigated the molecular mechanism for the neuro-protective effect of Huwentoxin-I (HWTX-I), a spider toxin selectively blocking N-type voltage-dependent Ca((2+)) channel, on rat models with global cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. Our studies demonstrated that HWTX-I could maintain the morphological stability of pyramidal cells in this model. Furthermore, HWTX-I could decrease the concentration of malon-dialdehyde, but increase the activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase. It also reduced the expression level of related factors of Fas and tumor necrosis factor death receptor apoptosis pathways in the hippocampus. In summary, HWTX-I has an obvious neuroprotective effect, which may act through its inhibition on a certain apoptosis pathway.
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- Yi-Rong Wang
- Hunan Sports Vocational College, Changsha, Hunan 410014, PR China.
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Hua F, Ma J, Ha T, Xia Y, Kelley J, Williams DL, Kao RL, Browder IW, Schweitzer JB, Kalbfleisch JH, Li C. Activation of Toll-like receptor 4 signaling contributes to hippocampal neuronal death following global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion. J Neuroimmunol 2007; 190:101-11. [PMID: 17884182 PMCID: PMC2453597 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2007.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2007] [Revised: 08/06/2007] [Accepted: 08/27/2007] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play a critical role in the induction of innate immune responses which have been implicated in neuronal death induced by global cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (GCI/R). The present study investigated the role and mechanisms-of-action of TLR4 signaling in ischemia-induced hippocampal neuronal death. Neuronal damage, activation of the TLR4 signaling pathway, expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and activation of the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in the hippocampal formation (HF) were assessed in wild type (WT) mice and TLR4 knockout (TLR4(-/-)) mice after GCI/R. GCI/R increased expression of TLR4 protein in the hippocampal formation (HF) and other brain structures in WT mice. Phosphorylation of the inhibitor of kappa B (p-IkappaB) as well as activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NFkappaB) increased in the HF of WT mice. In contrast, there were lower levels of p-IkappaB and NFkappaB binding activity in TLR4(-/-) mice subjected to GCI/R. Pro-inflammatory cytokine expression was also decreased, while phosphorylation of Akt and GSK3beta were increased in the HF of TLR4(-/-) mice after GCI/R. These changes correlated with decreased neuronal death/apoptosis in TLR4(-/-) mice following GCI/R. These data suggest that activation of TLR4 signaling contributes to ischemia-induced hippocampal neuronal death. In addition, these data suggest that modulation of TLR4 signaling may attenuate ischemic injury in hippocampal neurons.
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- Fang Hua
- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Departments of Biometry and Medical Computing, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
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- Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN 37614
- Corresponding author: Chuanfu Li, MD, Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, Campus Box 70575, Johnson City, TN 37614-0575, Tel 423-439-6349, FAX 423-439-6259, Email Address:
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Shioda N, Ishigami T, Han F, Moriguchi S, Shibuya M, Iwabuchi Y, Fukunaga K. Activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B pathway by a vanadyl compound mediates its neuroprotective effect in mouse brain ischemia. Neuroscience 2007; 148:221-9. [PMID: 17629407 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2007] [Revised: 05/21/2007] [Accepted: 05/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We previously reported that orthovanadate composed of vanadate (V(5+)) activates phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (Akt) signaling through inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases, thereby eliciting neuroprotection in brain ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, therapeutic doses of orthovanadate are associated with diarrhea due to inhibition of ATPase. By contrast, vanadyl (V(4+)) organic compounds show low cytotoxicity. Since both vanadate and vanadyl inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatases, we tested whether bis(1-oxy-2-pyridinethiolato)oxovanadium(IV) [VO(OPT)] in a vanadyl form elicits a neuroprotection in brain ischemia. In a mouse transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) model, pre- and post-treatments with VO(OPT) significantly reduced infarct volume in a dose-dependent manner. Like orthovanadate, activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway mediated neuroprotective action. VO(OPT) treatment inhibited reduced Akt phosphorylation at Ser-473 following brain ischemia and restored decreased phosphorylation of forkhead box class O (FOXO) family members such as FKHR, FKHRL1, and AFX. Consistent with inhibition of FOXO dephosphorylation, VO(OPT) treatment blocked elevated expression of Fas-ligand, Bim and active caspase-3 24 h after ischemia/reperfusion. Taken together, a vanadyl compound, VO(OPT) elicits neuroprotective effects on brain ischemia/reperfusion injury without apparent side effects.
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- N Shioda
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki-Aoba Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Padosch SA, Böttiger BW. Neuronal apoptosis following cerebral ischaemia: pathophysiology and possible therapeutic implications. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 2007; 16:439-45. [PMID: 17021494 DOI: 10.1097/00001503-200310000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Neuronal apoptosis following cerebral ischaemia has become an issue of extraordinary scientific interest in the past decade. Besides necrosis, this highly relevant pathomechanism has been shown to be markedly involved in the pathogenesis of delayed postischaemic neuronal damage. As a result, a variety of possible neuroprotective strategies and therapeutic options subsequent to cerebral ischaemia have emerged. This article provides an overview of the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying delayed neuronal apoptotic degeneration after cerebral ischaemia. Based on these facts, selected therapeutic implications are discussed in detail. RECENT FINDINGS Recent findings from experimental studies have demonstrated a new therapeutic neuroprotective potential of pharmaceutical blockade of death-inducing ligands (e.g. Fas/CD95 ligand), enhancement of survival signal transduction with endogenous ligands (e.g. erythropoietin) and therapeutically modulating the balance between intracellular anti- and proapoptotic Bcl proteins with intriguing molecular techniques after cerebral ischaemia. SUMMARY Neuronal apoptosis is highly relevant in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders, neurotrauma and cerebral ischaemia/reperfusion. Within the past few years, a variety of therapeutic strategies have emerged based on our increasing knowledge of the pathophysiology of apoptosis. Whereas inhibition of single factors in apoptotic cascades (e.g. proteases) has produced rather unsatisfying results, new opportunities have emerged at the molecular level due to advances in molecular medicine. These approaches offer promising opportunities for neuroprotective therapeutic strategies subsequent to cerebral ischaemia. It is tempting to speculate that a combination ('cocktail') of these antiapoptotic interventions might even increase their neuroprotective potential.
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Antigen-nonspecific inflammation appears to contribute to postischemic brain injury. Because there is a breach in the integrity of the blood-brain barrier after stroke, the immune system encounters novel central nervous system (CNS) antigens that allow for the development of a CNS antigen-specific autoimmune response. The nature of the immune response generated on antigen encounter is determined by the microenvironment at the site of antigen encounter. For instance, a systemic inflammatory response, such as that which would accompany an infection, could alter the microenvironment in such a way as to promote the initiation of deleterious autoimmunity. If patients who develop an infection in the immediate poststroke period are predisposed toward a CNS autoimmune response, it might help to explain why infection after stroke is associated with increased disability. We present data to support this hypothesis and to show that the breach in the blood-brain barrier can also be capitalized on to modulate the immune response to create a neuroprotective environment after stroke.
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- J Michael Gee
- Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA
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Shioda N, Han F, Moriguchi S, Fukunaga K. Constitutively active calcineurin mediates delayed neuronal death through Fas-ligand expression via activation of NFAT and FKHR transcriptional activities in mouse brain ischemia. J Neurochem 2007; 102:1506-1517. [PMID: 17662023 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We recently demonstrated that a constitutively active form of calcineurin (CaN) is generated by calpain-mediated limited proteolysis following brain ischemia. The calpain-induced CaN activation mediated delayed neuronal death through translocation of nuclear factor of activated T-cells (NFAT) into nuclei after brain ischemia. We also previously demonstrated that activation of forkhead in rhabdomyosarcoma (FKHR), a forkhead transcription factor and substrate of protein kinase-B (Akt), mediated ischemia-induced neuronal death through Fas-ligand expression in gerbil hippocampus. FKHR activation occurred through decreased Akt activity and concomitant dephosphorylation mediated by undefined phosphatases. In this study, we show that phosphorylated Ser-256 of FKHR is dephosphorylated by constitutively active CaN and that in turn FKHR forms a complex with CaN that is translocated into nuclei after brain ischemia. After nuclear translocation of NFAT and FKHR, both NFAT and FKHR stimulated expression of Fas-ligand by binding to its promoter region. Consistent with activation of the Fas-ligand promoter by FKHR dephosphorylation, Fas-ligand expression increased 2 days after ischemia/reperfusion, and treatment with the CaN inhibitor FK506 inhibited that expression. These results suggest that FKHR is a downstream target of CaN and that constitutively active CaN mediates delayed neuronal death through Fas-ligand expression via up-regulation of both NFAT and FKHR transcriptional activity in brain ischemia.
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- Norifumi Shioda
- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanTohoku University 21st Century COE Program "CRESCENDO," Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanTohoku University 21st Century COE Program "CRESCENDO," Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanTohoku University 21st Century COE Program "CRESCENDO," Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, JapanTohoku University 21st Century COE Program "CRESCENDO," Sendai, Japan
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Mehta SL, Manhas N, Raghubir R. Molecular targets in cerebral ischemia for developing novel therapeutics. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 54:34-66. [PMID: 17222914 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 532] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Revised: 11/09/2006] [Accepted: 11/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cerebral ischemia (stroke) triggers a complex series of biochemical and molecular mechanisms that impairs the neurologic functions through breakdown of cellular integrity mediated by excitotoxic glutamatergic signalling, ionic imbalance, free-radical reactions, etc. These intricate processes lead to activation of signalling mechanisms involving calcium/calmodulin-dependent kinases (CaMKs) and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) such as extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), p38, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK). The distribution of these transducers bring them in contact with appropriate molecular targets leading to altered gene expression, e.g. ERK and JNK mediated early gene induction, responsible for activation of cell survival/damaging mechanisms. Moreover, inflammatory reactions initiated at the neurovascular interface and alterations in the dynamic communication between the endothelial cells, astrocytes and neurons are thought to substantially contribute to the pathogenesis of the disease. The damaging mechanisms may proceed through rapid nonspecific cell lysis (necrosis) or by active form of cell demise (apoptosis or necroptosis), depending upon the severity and duration of the ischemic insult. A systematic understanding of these molecular mechanisms with prospect of modulating the chain of events leading to cellular survival/damage may help to generate the potential strategies for neuroprotection. This review briefly covers the current status on the molecular mechanisms of stroke pathophysiology with an endeavour to identify potential molecular targets such as targeting postsynaptic density-95 (PSD-95)/N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor interaction, certain key proteins involved in oxidative stress, CaMKs and MAPKs (ERK, p38 and JNK) signalling, inflammation (cytokines, adhesion molecules, etc.) and cell death pathways (caspases, Bcl-2 family proteins, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1), apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), inhibitors of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), receptor interacting protein (RIP), etc., besides targeting directly the genes itself. However, selecting promising targets from various signalling cascades, for drug discovery and development is very challenging, nevertheless such novel approaches may lead to the emergence of new avenues for therapeutic intervention in cerebral ischemia.
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- Suresh L Mehta
- Division of Pharmacology, Central Drug Research Institute, Chatter Manzil Palace, POB-173, Lucknow-226001, India
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Wise-Faberowski L, Pearlstein RD, Warner DS. NMDA-induced Apoptosis in Mixed Neuronal/Glial Cortical Cell Cultures. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2006; 18:240-6. [PMID: 17006121 DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200610000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In animal models of severe ischemia, it has not been uniformly observed that anesthetics are protective. However, anesthetics have not been evaluated in the presence of a mild excitotoxic insult. We hypothesized that in the presence of a mild excitotoxic insult, 3 microm N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), isoflurane may prevent apoptotic cell death. Primary mixed neuronal/glial cultures were prepared from fetal rat brains. Mature cultures were exposed to dissolved isoflurane [0 mM, 0.4 mM (1.8 minimum alveolar concentration) or 1.6 mM (7 minimum alveolar concentration)] or dizocilpine (10 microM), and NMDA (0 or 3 microM) at 37 degrees C for 30 minutes. Apoptosis was assessed using terminal-deoxy-nucleotidyl end-nick labeling oligonucleosomal DNA fragmentation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and caspases-3 and -9 activation assays. NMDA (3 muM) induced apoptosis in mixed neuronal/glial cell cultures. Apoptosis induced by 3 microm NMDA was caspase-3 but not caspase-9 mediated. In the presence of a mild excitotoxic insult, this investigation showed an attenuation of apoptotic cell death by dizocilpine, but not isoflurane.
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- Lisa Wise-Faberowski
- Multidisciplinary Neuroprotection Laboratories, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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Inoue S, Davis DP, Drummond JC, Cole DJ, Patel PM. The combination of isoflurane and caspase 8 inhibition results in sustained neuroprotection in rats subject to focal cerebral ischemia. Anesth Analg 2006; 102:1548-55. [PMID: 16632840 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000202381.40516.8d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Although isoflurane can reduce ischemic neuronal injury after short postischemic recovery intervals, data from our laboratory have demonstrated that this neuroprotection is not sustained and that delayed apoptotic neuronal death, mediated in part by activation of caspases, contributes to the gradual increase in the size of the infarction. We tested the hypothesis that the neuroprotective efficacy of isoflurane can be prolonged with the administration of z-IETD-fmk, a specific inhibitor of caspase 8. Fasted Wister rats were anesthetized with isoflurane and randomly allocated to awake-vehicle, isoflurane-vehicle, awake-IETD, or isoflurane-IETD groups (n = 25 per group). Animals were subjected to 60 min focal ischemia by filament occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCAO). Daily intracerebroventricular injections of z-IETD-fmk or vehicle were administered via an implanted cannula starting before ischemia and continuing until 14 days post-MCAO. Neurological assessment was performed 14 days after ischemia after which the volume of cerebral infarction and number of intact neurons in the peri-infarct cortex were determined. Total infarction volume was less in the isoflurane-IETD group than in awake-vehicle, isoflurane-vehicle, and awake-IETD groups. Infarction volume was also less in the awake-IETD group versus the awake-vehicle group. The number of intact neurons within the peri-infarct cortex was significantly less in the awake-vehicle group in comparison with the other three experimental groups. The isoflurane-IETD group had better neurologic outcomes than both vehicle-treated groups at 14 days post-MCAO. These results suggest that a combination of isoflurane and a caspase 8 inhibitor can produce neuroprotection that is evident even after a recovery period of 14 days. This combination demonstrated greater efficacy than the administration of either isoflurane or z-IETD-fmk alone. These results are consistent with the premise that continuing apoptosis contributes to the enlargement of cerebral infarction during the recovery period and that its inhibition can provide sustained neuroprotection.
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- Satoki Inoue
- Department of Anesthesiology, VA Medical Center and UC San Diego, San Diego, California 92103-8676, USA
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Zhang B, Hata R, Zhu P, Sato K, Wen TC, Yang L, Fujita H, Mitsuda N, Tanaka J, Samukawa K, Maeda N, Sakanaka M. Prevention of ischemic neuronal death by intravenous infusion of a ginseng saponin, ginsenoside Rb(1), that upregulates Bcl-x(L) expression. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 2006; 26:708-21. [PMID: 16163298 DOI: 10.1038/sj.jcbfm.9600225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Almost all agents that exhibit neuroprotection when administered into the cerebral ventricles are ineffective or much less effective in rescuing damaged neurons when infused into the blood stream. Search for an intravenously infusible drug with a potent neuroprotective action is essential for the treatment of millions of patients suffering from acute brain diseases. Here, we report that postischemic intravenous infusion of a ginseng saponin, ginsenoside Rb(1) (gRb(1)) (C(54)H(92)O(23), molecular weight 1109.46) to stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats with permanent occlusion of the middle cerebral artery distal to the striate branches significantly ameliorated ischemia-induced place navigation disability and caused an approximately 50% decrease in the volume of the cortical infarct lesion in comparison with vehicle-infused ischemic controls. In subsequent studies that focused on gRb(1)-induced expression of gene products responsible for neuronal death or survival, we showed that gRb(1) stimulated the expression of the mitochondrion-associated antiapoptotic factor Bcl-x(L) in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, we revealed that a Stat5 responsive element in the bcl-x promoter became active in response to gRb(1) treatment. Ginsenoside Rb(1) appears to be a promising agent not only for the treatment of cerebral stroke, but also for the treatment of other diseases involving activation of mitochondrial cell death signaling.
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- Bo Zhang
- Department of Integrated Basic Medical Science, Division of Functional Histology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Shitukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Elphick LM, Meinander A, Mikhailov A, Richard M, Toms NJ, Eriksson JE, Kass GEN. Live cell detection of caspase-3 activation by a Discosoma-red-fluorescent-protein-based fluorescence resonance energy transfer construct. Anal Biochem 2006; 349:148-55. [PMID: 16386699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.11.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2005] [Revised: 10/26/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A probe consisting of Discosoma red fluorescent protein (DsRed) and enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) linked by a 19-amino-acid chain containing the caspase-3 cleavage site Asp-Glu-Val-Asp was developed to monitor caspase-3 activation in living cells. The expression of the tandem construct in mammalian cells yielded a strong red fluorescence when excited with 450- to 490-nm light or with a 488-nm argon ion laser line as a result of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) from donor EYFP to acceptor DsRed. The advantage over previous constructs using cyan fluorescent protein is that our construct can be used when excitation wavelengths lower than 488nm are not available. To validate the construct, murine HT-22 hippocampal neuronal cells were triggered to undergo CD95-induced neuronal death. An increase in caspase-3 activity was demonstrated by a reduction of FRET in cells transfected with the construct. This was manifested by a dequenching of EYFP fluorescence leading to an increase in EYFP emission and a corresponding decrease in DsRed fluorescence, which correlated with an increase in pro-caspase-3 processing. We conclude that CD95-induced caspase-3 activation in HT-22 cells was readily detected at the single-cell level using the DsRed-EYFP-based FRET construct, making this a useful technology to monitor caspase-3 activity in living cells.
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- Lucy M Elphick
- School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
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Chang YP, Kim MJ, Lee YI, Im IJ, Cho JJ, Kim JW, Yeo SM. Fas/FasL expression in the hippocampus of neonatal rat brains follwing hypoxic-ischemic injury. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2006. [DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2006.49.2.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Young Pyo Chang
- Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
- Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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Castiglione M, Spinsanti P, Iacovelli L, Lenti L, Martini F, Gradini R, Di Giorgi Gerevini V, Caricasole A, Caruso A, De Maria R, Nicoletti F, Melchiorri D. Activation of Fas receptor is required for the increased formation of the disialoganglioside GD3 in cultured cerebellar granule cells committed to apoptotic death. Neuroscience 2004; 126:889-98. [PMID: 15207324 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.04.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Apoptosis was induced in cultured cerebellar granule cells by lowering extracellular K+ concentrations (usually from 25 to 10 mM). The apoptotic phenotype was preceded by an early and transient increase in the intracellular levels of the disialoganglioside, GD3, which behaves as a putative pro-apoptotic factor. We examined whether activation of Fas receptor mediates the increase in GD3 formation in granule cells committed to die. Degenerating granule cells showed increased expression of both Fas receptor and its ligand (Fas-L), at times that coincided with the increase in GD3 levels and the induction of GD3 synthase mRNA. Addition of neutralizing anti-Fas-L antibodies reduced the extent of 'low-K+'-induced apoptosis and abolished the increase in GD3 levels and GD3 synthase mRNA. Similar reductions were observed in cultures prepared from gld or lpr mice, which harbor loss-of-function mutations of Fas-L and Fas receptor, respectively. In addition, exogenous application of soluble Fas-L further enhanced both the increase in GD3 formation and cell death in cultured granule cells switched from 25 into 10 mM K+. We conclude that activation of Fas receptor is entirely responsible for the increase in GD3 levels and contributes to the development of apoptosis by trophic deprivation in cultured cerebellar granule cells.
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- M Castiglione
- Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Falsig J, Pörzgen P, Leist M. Modification of apoptosis-related genes and CD95 signaling in cytokine-treated astrocytes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/sita.200400031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Tanaka H, Yokota H, Jover T, Cappuccio I, Calderone A, Simionescu M, Bennett MVL, Zukin RS. Ischemic preconditioning: neuronal survival in the face of caspase-3 activation. J Neurosci 2004; 24:2750-9. [PMID: 15028768 PMCID: PMC6729512 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.5475-03.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Apoptosis is an evolutionarily conserved process critical to tissue development and tissue homeostasis in eukaryotic organisms and, when dysregulated, causes inappropriate cell death. Global ischemia is a neuronal insult that induces delayed cell death with many features of apoptosis. Ischemic preconditioning affords robust protection of CA1 neurons against a subsequent severe ischemic challenge. The molecular mechanisms underlying ischemic tolerance are unclear. Here we show that ischemia induces pronounced caspase-3 activity in naive neurons that die and in preconditioned neurons that survive. Preconditioning intervenes downstream of proteolytic processing and activation of caspase-3 (a protease implicated in the execution of apoptosis) and upstream of the caspase-3 target caspase-activated DNase (CAD, a deoxyribonuclease that catalyzes DNA fragmentation) to arrest neuronal death. We further show that global ischemia promotes expression of the pro-survival inhibitor-of-apoptosis (IAP) family member cIAP, but unleashes Smac/DIABLO (second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases/direct IAP-binding protein with low pI), a factor that neutralizes the protective actions of IAPs and promotes neuronal death. Preconditioning blocks the mitochondrial release of Smac/DIABLO, but not the ischemia-induced upregulation of IAPs. In the absence of Smac/DIABLO, cIAP halts the caspase death cascade and arrests neuronal death. These findings suggest that preconditioning preserves the integrity of the mitochondrial membrane, enabling neurons to survive in the face of caspase activation.
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- Hidenobu Tanaka
- Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461-1975, USA
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Apoptosis, also known as programmed cell death, is the major type of cell death involved in normal development, regeneration, proliferation and pathologic degeneration in the central nervous system (CNS). The apoptotic process can be divided further into two pathways depending on the involvement of mitochondria and related biochemical cascades. The internal pathway of apoptosis is initiated by a variety of cytotoxic stimuli and mediated by the release of cytochrome c and subsequent activation of downstream caspases. The external pathway is mainly triggered by ligation of death receptors such as Fas, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-related apoptosis inducing ligand-R1 (TRAIL-R1), TRAIL-R2 and TNFRp55, and mediated by direct activation of upstream caspases. The Fas-FasL system has been known as a prototypic inducer of extrinsic cell death responsible for cell-mediated cytotoxicity, peripheral immune regulation, immune privilege and "counterattack" of malignant tumor cells against the host immune system. Fas and FasL are expressed in the normal CNS, and expression increases in inflamed and degenerated brains. Like other specialized tissues such as the eye and testis, the Fas-FasL system is thought to be involved in immune suppressed status in the CNS. Expression of Fas and FasL is significantly elevated in a variety of the neurologic disorders, suggesting the possibility that this system may play roles in degenerative and inflammatory responses in the CNS. Therefore, the FasL-Fas system should be considered as a double-edged sword in the CNS: maintaining the immune suppressed status in normal brain and inducing neuronal cell death and inflammation in a variety of neurologic disorders.
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- Chulhee Choi
- The Center for Cell Signaling Research and Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Ewha Womans University, 11-1 Daehyun-dong, Sudaemun-gu, Seoul 120-750, South Korea.
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Li F, Omori N, Hayashi T, Jin G, Sato K, Nagano I, Shoji M, Abe K. Protection against ischemic brain damage in rats by immunophilin ligand GPI-1046. J Neurosci Res 2004; 76:383-9. [PMID: 15079867 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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To determine the effect of immunophilin ligand GPI-1046 on ischemic brain injury, 90 min of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) was carried out in rat brains. In contrast to cases treated with vehicle, the infarct volume was reduced greatly and rotamase activity was inhibited significantly at 24 hr of reperfusion by treatment with GPI-1046. Immunoreactivity and the number of cells stained positively for FKBP12, FKBP52, caspase-8, cytochrome c, and caspase-3 were also reduced markedly in the brain after GPI-1046 treatment. The present results suggest that GPI-1046 significantly decreased infarct volume and provided neuroprotective effect on rats after transient focal cerebral ischemia by inhibiting the increase of rotamase activity and of the number of FKBP12-, FKBP52-, caspase-8-, cytochrome c-, and caspase-3-positive cells in the ischemic area.
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- Feng Li
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
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Sugawara T, Fujimura M, Noshita N, Kim GW, Saito A, Hayashi T, Narasimhan P, Maier CM, Chan PH. Neuronal death/survival signaling pathways in cerebral ischemia. NeuroRx 2004; 1:17-25. [PMID: 15717004 PMCID: PMC534909 DOI: 10.1602/neurorx.1.1.17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Cumulative evidence suggests that apoptosis plays a pivotal role in cell death in vitro after hypoxia. Apoptotic cell death pathways have also been implicated in ischemic cerebral injury in in vivo ischemia models. Experimental ischemia and reperfusion models, such as transient focal/global ischemia in rodents, have been thoroughly studied and the numerous reports suggest the involvement of cell survival/death signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of apoptotic cell death in ischemic lesions. In these models, reoxygenation during reperfusion provides a substrate for numerous enzymatic oxidation reactions. Oxygen radicals damage cellular lipids, proteins and nucleic acids, and initiate cell signaling pathways after cerebral ischemia. Genetic manipulation of intrinsic antioxidants and factors in the signaling pathways has provided substantial understanding of the mechanisms involved in cell death/survival signaling pathways and the role of oxygen radicals in ischemic cerebral injury. Future studies of these pathways may provide novel therapeutic strategies in clinical stroke.
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- Taku Sugawara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5487, USA
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West DA, Valentim LM, Lythgoe MF, Stephanou A, Proctor E, van der Weerd L, Ordidge RJ, Latchman DS, Gadian DG. MR image-guided investigation of regional signal transducers and activators of transcription-1 activation in a rat model of focal cerebral ischemia. Neuroscience 2004; 127:333-9. [PMID: 15262323 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE STAT-1 is a member of a family of proteins called signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs), and recent studies have shown its involvement in the induction of apoptosis. There is limited information on the role of STAT-1 following stroke. In this study we use MRI measurements of cerebral perfusion and bioenergetic status to target measurements of regional STAT-1 activity. METHODS Rats were subjected to 60 or 90 min of middle cerebral artery occlusion with and without reperfusion. MRI maps of the apparent diffusion coefficient of water and cerebral blood flow were acquired throughout the study. After the ischemia or reperfusion period, the brain was excised and samples were analyzed by Western blots using anti-phospho-STAT1 and anti-Fas antibodies. Regions were selected for analysis according to their MRI characteristics. RESULTS Transcriptional factor STAT-1 was enhanced in the lesion core and, to a lesser extent, in the lesion periphery, following ischemia and reperfusion. This level of activity was greater than for ischemia alone. Western blots demonstrated STAT-1 phosphorylation on tyrosine 701 and not serine 727 after ischemia and 3 h of reperfusion. Enhanced expression of the apoptotic death receptor Fas was confirmed after ischemia followed by reperfusion. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that focal ischemia of the rat brain can induce STAT-1 activation, particularly following a period of reperfusion. The activation occurs not only in the lesion core, but also in the lesion periphery, as identified using MRI. STAT-1 may play an important role in the induction of cell death following stroke.
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- D A West
- Royal College of Surgeons Unit of Biophysics, Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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Reactive oxygen species have been implicated in brain injury after cerebral ischemia. These oxidants can damage proteins, lipids, and DNA, and lead to cell injury and necrosis. Oxidants are also initiators in intracellular cell death signaling pathways that may lead to apoptosis. The possible targets of this redox signaling include mitochondria, death membrane receptors, and DNA repair enzymes. Genetic manipulation of intrinsic antioxidants and the factors in the signaling pathways has provided substantial progress in understanding the mechanisms in cell death signaling pathways and involvement of oxygen radicals in ischemic brain injury. Future studies of these pathways may provide novel therapeutic strategies in clinical stroke.
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- Taku Sugawara
- Department of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, and Program in Neurosciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Henshall DC, Araki T, Schindler CK, Shinoda S, Lan JQ, Simon RP. Expression of death-associated protein kinase and recruitment to the tumor necrosis factor signaling pathway following brief seizures. J Neurochem 2003; 86:1260-70. [PMID: 12911633 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01934.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Death-associated protein (DAP) kinase is calcium-regulated and known to function downstream of death receptors, prompting us to examine its role in the mechanism of seizure-induced neuronal death. Brief seizures were focally evoked in rats, eliciting neuronal death within the CA3 subfield of the hippocampus, and to a lesser extent, cortex. Western blotting confirmed expression of DAP kinase within hippocampus and cortex at the predicted weight of approximately 160 kDa. Immunohistochemistry revealed seizures triggered a significant increase in numbers of DAP kinase-expressing cells within CA3 and cortex, without affecting cell counts within seizure-resistant CA2 or the dentate gyrus. Numbers of DAP kinase-expressing cells were increased in relation to specific patterns of injury-causing seizure activity, electrographically defined. Seizures caused an early increase in DAP kinase binding to actin, and association with calmodulin. Co-immunoprecipitation studies also revealed seizures triggered binding of DAP kinase to the tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 and the Fas-associated death domain protein, commensurate with caspase-8 proteolysis. In contrast, within surviving fields of the hippocampus, DAP kinase interacted with the molecular chaperone 14-3-3. These data suggest DAP kinase is involved in the molecular pathways activated during seizure-induced neuronal death.
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- David C Henshall
- Robert S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories, Legacy Clinical Research & Technology Center, 1225 NE 2nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97232, USA.
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Zhang X, Graham SH, Kochanek PM, Marion DW, Nathaniel PD, Watkins SC, Clark RSB. Caspase-8 expression and proteolysis in human brain after severe head injury. FASEB J 2003; 17:1367-9. [PMID: 12738800 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-1067fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Programmed cell death involves a complex and interrelated cascade of cysteine proteases termed caspases that are synthesized as inactive zymogens, which are proteolytically processed to active enzymes. Caspase-8 is an initiator caspase that becomes activated when Fas death receptor-Fas ligand (FasL) coupling on the cell surface leads to coalescence of a "death complex" perpetuating the programmed cell death cascade. In this study, brain tissue samples removed from adult patients during the surgical management of severe intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury (TBI; n=17) were compared with postmortem control brain tissue samples (n=6). Caspase-8 mRNA was measured by semiquantitative reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction, and caspase-8 protein was examined by Western blot and immunocytochemistry. Fas and FasL were also examined using Western blot. Caspase-8 mRNA and protein were increased in TBI patients vs. controls, and caspase-8 protein was predominately expressed in neurons. Proteolysis of caspase-8 to 20-kDa fragments was seen only in TBI patients. Fas was also increased after TBI vs. control and was associated with relative levels of caspase-8, supporting formation of a death complex. These data identify additional steps in the programmed cell death cascade involving Fas death receptors and caspase-8 after TBI in humans.
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- Xiaopeng Zhang
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Safar Center for Resuscitation Research and the Brain Trauma Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Moskowitz MA, Le DA, Whalen MJ. Caspases and upstream mechanisms in central nervous system ischemic injury. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0531-5131(03)00047-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Hou ST, MacManus JP. Molecular mechanisms of cerebral ischemia-induced neuronal death. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2003; 221:93-148. [PMID: 12455747 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)21011-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The mode of neuronal death caused by cerebral ischemia and reperfusion appears on the continuum between the poles of catastrophic necrosis and apoptosis: ischemic neurons exhibit many biochemical hallmarks of apoptosis but remain cytologically necrotic. The position on this continuum may be modulated by the severity of the ischemic insult. The ischemia-induced neuronal death is an active process (energy dependent) and is the result of activation of cascades of detrimental biochemical events that include perturbion of calcium homeostasis leading to increased excitotoxicity, malfunction of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, elevation of oxidative stress causing DNA damage, alteration in proapoptotic gene expression, and activation of the effector cysteine proteases (caspases) and endonucleases leading to the final degradation of the genome. In spite of strong evidence showing that brain infarction can be reduced by inhibiting any one of the above biochemical events, such as targeting excitotoxicity, up-regulation of an antiapoptotic gene, or inhibition of a down-stream effector caspase, it is becoming clear that targeting a single gene or factor is not sufficient for stroke therapeutics. An effective neuroprotective therapy is likely to be a cocktail aimed at all of the above detrimental events evoked by cerebral ischemia and the success of such therapeutic intervention relies upon the complete elucidation of pathways and mechanisms of the cerebral ischemia-induced active neuronal death.
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- Sheng T Hou
- Experimental Stroke Group, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, KIA 0R6, Canada
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Shinoda S, Skradski SL, Araki T, Schindler CK, Meller R, Lan JQ, Taki W, Simon RP, Henshall DC. Formation of a tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 molecular scaffolding complex and activation of apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 during seizure-induced neuronal death. Eur J Neurosci 2003; 17:2065-76. [PMID: 12786973 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02655.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The consequences of activation of tumour necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1) during neuronal injury remain controversial. The apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1), a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase, can mediate cell death downstream of TNFR1. Presently, we examined the formation of the TNFR1 signalling cascade and response of ASK1 during seizure-induced neuronal death. Brief (40 min) seizures were induced in rats by intra-amygdala microinjection of kainic acid, which elicited unilateral hippocampal CA3 neuronal death. Seizures caused a rapid decline in the expression of the silencer of death domains protein within injured CA3. Co-immunoprecipitation analysis revealed a commensurate assembly of a TNFR1 scaffold complex containing TNFR-associated death domain protein, receptor interacting protein and TNFR-activating factor 2. In addition, recruitment of TNFR-activating factor 2 was likely promoted by Bcl10-mediated sequestering of cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2. Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 was sequestered in a complex that contained the molecular chaperone 14-3-3beta and protein phosphatase 5. Seizures triggered its dissociation, and the phosphorylation of the ASK1 substrates, mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3/6 and 4. Subsequently, protein phosphatase 5 translocated into the nuclei of degenerating CA3 neurons, while ASK1 colocalized with the adaptor proteins Daxx and TNFR-activating factor 2 at the outer membrane of injured CA3 neurons. Neutralizing antibodies to TNFalpha reduced the numbers of DNA damaged cells within the injured hippocampus. These data suggest ASK1 may be involved in the mechanism of seizure-induced neuronal death downstream of a TNFR1 death-signalling complex.
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- Sachiko Shinoda
- Robert S. Dow Neurobiology Laboratories, Legacy Research, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Belayev A, Saul I, Liu Y, Zhao W, Ginsberg MD, Valdes MA, Busto R, Belayev L. Enriched environment delays the onset of hippocampal damage after global cerebral ischemia in rats. Brain Res 2003; 964:121-7. [PMID: 12573520 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)04089-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An enriched environment has been shown to improve cognitive, behavioral and histopathological outcome after focal cerebral ischemia and head trauma. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of an enriched environment on histopathology following global cerebral ischemia. Wistar rats (21 weeks of age) were placed in different environments [standard cages (SC) or enriched environment (EE) cages] for 2 months before and either 6 days or 2 months after ischemia. Rats underwent 10 min of global ischemia by bilateral carotid artery occlusions plus hypotension. Five groups (n=4-5 in each group) were studied: (1) rats kept in SC before and 2 months after ischemia; (2) rats kept in SC before ischemia but transferred to an EE for 2 months after ischemia; (3) rats kept in EE before and after ischemia for 2 months; (4) rats kept in SC before and 6 days after ischemia; (5) rats kept in EE before and 6 days after ischemia. At 7 days or 2 months after ischemia, brains were perfusion-fixed, and ischemic injury was assessed by counting numbers of normal neurons in the hippocampal CA1 sector. Physiological variables showed no inter-group differences. Rats housed in EE for 2 months before and for 6 days (but not 2 months) after global ischemia showed significantly better preservation of pyramidal neurons in the hippocampal CA1 area when compared to control animals (middle CA1, 20.5+/-5.4 vs. 2.8+/-0.6; lateral CA1, 31.5+/-7.2 vs. 2.6+/-0.6, respectively). The present data suggest that housing in EE for 2 months before and 6 days after ischemia can delay the onset of damage to hippocampal pyramidal neurons, which eventually occurs despite 2-month EE.
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- Andrey Belayev
- Cerebral Vascular Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology (D4-5), University of Miami School of Medicine, PO Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Sun Y, Jin K, Clark KR, Peel A, Mao XO, Chang Q, Simon RP, Greenberg DA. Adeno-associated virus-mediated delivery of BCL-w gene improves outcome after transient focal cerebral ischemia. Gene Ther 2003; 10:115-22. [PMID: 12571640 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector was used to overexpress the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2-family protein, BCL-w, in rat brain. Three weeks after injecting the vector into cerebral cortex and striatum on one side, temporary focal ischemia was induced by occlusion of the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery for 90 min, followed by reperfusion for 24 h. BCL-w expression was increased in cerebral cortex and striatum--and in neurons, astroglia and endothelial cells--in the brains of rats that received the rAAV-BCL-w vector, compared to rats given phosphate-buffered saline or a control vector containing the gene for green fluorescent protein. Recipients of the rAAV-BCL-w vector also showed a 30% reduction in infarct size and a 33-40% improvement in neurological function, compared to the control groups. These results provide evidence for a role of BCL-w in regulating histological and functional outcome after focal cerebral ischemia.
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- Y Sun
- Buck Institute for Age Research, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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