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Gao H, Lei X, Ye S, Ye T, Hua R, Wang G, Song H, Zhou P, Wang Y, Cai B. Genistein attenuates memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease via ERS-mediated apoptotic pathway in vivo and in vitro. J Nutr Biochem 2022; 109:109118. [PMID: 35933022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2022.109118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 06/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Genistein (GS), an isoflavone compound found in soybean, plays a neuroprotective role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the mechanism of its action remains unclear. Herein, binding ability between GS and GRP78 was predicted by molecular docking, and the effect of GS in vivo and vitro were further studied. In this study, the effects of GS on learning and memory ability, changes of hippocampal neurons and ultrastructure of hippocampal CA3 region in AD rats were investigated. Besides, the protein or mRNA levels of the related proteins were detected. The results showed GS could effectively improve the learning and the memory ability, reduce the damage of hippocampal neurons, and decrease the protein or mRNA expression levels of GRP78, CHOP, Caspase-12, Cle-Caspase-9, Cle-Caspase-3, PERK, and p-PERK. Taken together, our data reveal GS has a neuroprotective effect by inhibiting the ERS-mediated apoptotic pathway, which may be a new therapeutic target for the treatment of AD.
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- Huawu Gao
- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicinal Formula, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicinal Formula, Hefei, China.
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicinal Formula, Hefei, China.
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- School of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Anhui Academy of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicinal Formula, Hefei, China.
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Li X, Qin Y, Ye S, Song H, Zhou P, Cai B, Wang Y. Protective effect of Huangpu Tongqiao capsule against Alzheimer's disease through inhibiting the apoptosis pathway mediated by endoplasmic reticulum stress in vitro and in vivo. Saudi Pharm J 2022; 30:1561-1571. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsps.2022.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/28/2022] [Indexed: 10/14/2022] Open
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Huang-Pu-Tong-Qiao Formula Ameliorates Tau Phosphorylation by Inhibiting the CaM-CaMKIV Pathway. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2020; 2020:8956071. [PMID: 34046075 PMCID: PMC8128057 DOI: 10.1155/2020/8956071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease. It is a chronic, lethal disease in which brain function is severely impaired and neuronal damage is irreversible. Huang-Pu-Tong-Qiao (HPTQ), a formula from traditional Chinese medicine, has been used in the clinical treatment of AD for many years, with remarkable effects. However, the neuroprotective mechanisms of HPTQ in AD have not yet been investigated. In the present study, we used AD models in vivo and in vitro, to investigate both the neuroprotective effect of HPTQ water extracts (HPTQ-W) and the potential mechanisms of this action. For the in vivo study, after HPTQ intervention, the Morris water maze test was used to examine learning and memory in rats. Transmission electron microscopy and immunofluorescence methods were then used to investigate neuronal damage. For the in vitro experiments, rat primary hippocampal neurons were cultured and cell viability was examined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide. Additionally, mRNA levels of CaM, CaMKK, CaMKIV, and tau were examined using qRT-PCR, and protein expression of CaM, CaMKK, p-CaMKIV, and p-tau were examined using western blot. In vivo, we revealed that HPTQ significantly improved learning and memory deficits and attenuated neuronal damage in the AD rat model. Furthermore, in vitro results showed that HPTQ significantly increased cell viability in the AD cell model. We also demonstrated that HPTQ significantly decreased the mRNA levels of CaM, CaMKK, CaMKIV, and tau and significantly decreased the protein expressions of CaM, CaMKK, p-CaMKIV, and p-tau. In conclusion, our results indicated that HPTQ improved cognition and ameliorated neuronal damage in AD models and implicated a reduction in tau phosphorylation caused by inhibition of the CaM-CaMKIV pathway as a possible mechanism.
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Arrázola MS, Ramos-Fernández E, Cisternas P, Ordenes D, Inestrosa NC. Wnt Signaling Prevents the Aβ Oligomer-Induced Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore Opening Preserving Mitochondrial Structure in Hippocampal Neurons. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0168840. [PMID: 28060833 PMCID: PMC5218554 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder mainly known for synaptic impairment and neuronal cell loss, affecting memory processes. Beside these damages, mitochondria have been implicated in the pathogenesis of AD through the induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP). The mPTP is a non-selective pore that is formed under apoptotic conditions, disturbing mitochondrial structure and thus, neuronal viability. In AD, Aβ oligomers (Aβos) favor the opening of the pore, activating mitochondria-dependent neuronal cell death cascades. The Wnt signaling activated through the ligand Wnt3a has been described as a neuroprotective signaling pathway against amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide toxicity in AD. However, the mechanisms by which Wnt signaling prevents Aβos-induced neuronal cell death are unclear. We proposed here to study whether Wnt signaling protects neurons earlier than the late damages in the progression of the disease, through the preservation of the mitochondrial structure by the mPTP inhibition. To study specific events related to mitochondrial permeabilization we performed live-cell imaging from primary rat hippocampal neurons, and electron microscopy to analyze the mitochondrial morphology and structure. We report here that Wnt3a prevents an Aβos-induced cascade of mitochondrial events that leads to neuronal cell death. This cascade involves (a) mPTP opening, (b) mitochondrial swelling, (c) mitochondrial membrane potential loss and (d) cytochrome c release, thus leading to neuronal cell death. Furthermore, our results suggest that the activation of the Wnt signaling prevents mPTP opening by two possible mechanisms, which involve the inhibition of mitochondrial GSK-3β and/or the modulation of mitochondrial hexokinase II levels and activity. This study suggests a possible new approach for the treatment of AD from a mitochondrial perspective, and will also open new lines of study in the field of Wnt signaling in neuroprotection.
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- Macarena S Arrázola
- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Universidad de Atacama, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Departamento de Química y Biología, Copiapó, Chile
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- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Centro de Envejecimiento y Regeneración (CARE), Departamento de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Center for Healthy Brain Ageing, School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Centro de Excelencia en Biomedicina de Magallanes (CEBIMA), Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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Korkotian E, Botalova A, Odegova T, Galishevskaya E, Skryabina E, Segal M. Complex effects of aqueous extract of Melampyrum pratense and of its flavonoids on activity of primary cultured hippocampal neurons. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2015; 163:220-228. [PMID: 25656000 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2015.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE The aqueous extract of the plant Malmpyrum pratense (Mp), is widely used in traditional medicine as a sedative, yet the biological basis of its action is not known. AIM OF THE STUDY The effects of Mp on network activity and intrinsic and synaptic properties were studied in cultured hippocampal neurons in an attempt to analyze its mode of action. MATERIALS AND METHODS Dissociated cultures of rat hippocampal neurons were used. Spontaneous network activity was assessed by variations in intracellular [Ca(2+)] concentrations, reflecting action potential discharges. Individual neuronal synaptic activity was measured by patch clamp recordings from similar neurons. The effect of exposure to different concentrations of Mp and some of its main ingredients was measured. RESULTS Mp produced complex, dose dependent, reversible effects on network activity, increasing it with low concentrations, and decreasing it at high concentrations. Individual flavonoids contained in Mp mimicked the effects of the extract, both for the facilitating and suppressing effects of the extract. Electrophysiologically, Mp caused a reduction in spontaneous activity, but did not affect membrane properties of individual patch clamped neurons, nor did it affect mEPSCs recorded from these neurons. However, a transient increase in reactivity to pulse application of GABA was evident. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that a main sedative effect of Mp is on GABAergic neurotransmission in cultured hippocampal neurons.
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- Eduard Korkotian
- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel; Center for Neurobiological Research, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm, Russia.
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- Center for Neurobiological Research, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm, Russia.
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- Department of Botany, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm, Russia.
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Korkotian E, Botalova A, Odegova T, Segal M. Chronic exposure to alcohol alters network activity and morphology of cultured hippocampal neurons. Neurotoxicology 2015; 47:62-71. [PMID: 25655208 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of chronic exposure to moderate concentrations of ethanol were studied in cultured hippocampal neurons. Network activity, assessed by imaging of [Ca(2+)]i variations, was markedly suppressed following 5 days of exposure to 0.25-1% ethanol. The reduced activity was sustained following extensive washout of ethanol, but the activity recovered by blockade of inhibition with bicuculline. This reduction of network activity was associated with a reduction in rates of mEPSCs, but not in a change in inhibitory synaptic activity. Chronic exposure to ethanol caused a significant reduction in the density of mature dendritic spines, without an effect on dendritic length or arborization. These results indicate that chronic exposure to ethanol causes a reduction in excitatory network drive in hippocampal neurons adding another dimension to the chronic effects of alcohol abuse.
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- Eduard Korkotian
- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel.
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- Neurobiological Research Center, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm, Russia
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- Department of Microbiology, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy, Perm, Russia
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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Nakamichi N, Yoneda Y. Maturation-dependent reduced responsiveness of intracellular free Ca2+ ions to repeated stimulation by N-methyl-d-aspartate in cultured rat cortical neurons. Neurochem Int 2006; 49:230-7. [PMID: 16517022 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Revised: 01/10/2006] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In contrast to other ionotropic glutamate receptors, N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor channels are rather stable after the simulation. Brief exposure to NMDA at 50 microM rapidly increased the fluorescence intensity for increased intracellular free Ca(2+) levels in a reversible- and concentration-dependent manner in rat cortical neurons cultured for 3-15 days in vitro (DIV), while EC(50) values were significantly decreased in proportion to cellular maturation from 3 to 15 DIV. Although a constant increase was persistently seen in the fluorescence throughout the sustained exposure to NMDA for 60 min irrespective of the cell maturation from 3 to 15 DIV, the second brief exposure for 5 min resulted in a less efficient increase in the fluorescence than that found after the first brief exposure for 5 min in a manner dependent on intervals between the two repetitive brief exposures. In vitro maturation significantly shortened the interval required for the reduced responsiveness to the second brief exposure, while in immature neurons prolonged intervals were required for the reduced responsiveness to the second brief exposure to NMDA. Moreover, brief exposure to NMDA led to a marked decrease in immunoreactivity to extracellular loop of NR1 subunit in cultured neurons not permeabilized in proportion to the time after washing. These results suggest that cellular maturation would facilitate the desensitization process to repeated stimulation by NMDA, without markedly affecting that to sustained stimulation, through a mechanism related to the decreased number of NMDA receptors expressed at cell surfaces in cultured rat cortical neurons.
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- Noritaka Nakamichi
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kakuma-machi, Ishikawa 920-1192, Japan
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Nakamichi N, Ohno H, Nakamura Y, Hirai T, Kuramoto N, Yoneda Y. Blockade by ferrous iron of Ca2+ influx through N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor channels in immature cultured rat cortical neurons. J Neurochem 2002; 83:1-11. [PMID: 12358723 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.01042.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rat cortical neurons cultured for 3 days in vitro were loaded with the fluorescent indicator fluo-3 for assessment of intracellular free calcium ion (Ca2+) concentrations with the aid of a confocal laser-scanning microscope. In the absence of added MgCl2, the addition of NMDA induced a rapid but sustained increase in the number of fluorescent neurons in a concentration-dependent manner at a concentration range of 1-100 micro m with the increase by KCl being transient. The addition of FeCl2, but not FeCl3, markedly inhibited the increase by NMDA in a reversible manner at concentrations of 10-200 micro m, without affecting that by KCl. Extensive analyses revealed clear differentiation between inhibitions by ferrous iron and other channel blockers known to date. The inhibition by FeCl2 was completely prevented by the addition of two different iron chelators. Exposure to NMDA alone did not lead to cell death in immature cultured neurons, however, while further addition of FeCl2 invariably induced neuronal cell death 24 h after exposure. These results give support to our previous proposal that NMDA receptor complex may contain a novel site sensitive to blockade by ferrous iron in rat brain.
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- Noritaka Nakamichi
- Division of Molecular Membrane Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0934, Japan
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Angel I, Bar A, Horovitz T, Taler G, Krakovsky M, Resnitsky D, Rosenberg G, Striem S, Friedman JE, Kozak A. Metal ion chelation in neurodegenerative disorders. Drug Dev Res 2002. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.10083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Hirai T, Kuramoto N, Maruyama H, Balcar VJ, Nakamura Y, Yoneda Y. Potentiation of nuclear activator protein-1 DNA binding following brief exposure to N-methyl-D-aspartate in immature cultured rat hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci Res 2002; 67:523-32. [PMID: 11835319 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Similar potentiation was seen with the nuclear transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP1) binding in rat hippocampal neurons cultured for 3 and 9 DIV, when determined immediately after exposure to 500 microM N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) for 60-120 min. Growth-associated protein-43 was markedly expressed in hippocampal neurons cultured for 3-5 DIV, with a decline up to 9 DIV. In immature neurons cultured for 3 DIV, NMDA was effective in significantly potentiating AP1 binding even in the presence of Mg(2+) with less potency than in the absence of Mg(2+) when determined immediately after sustained exposure for 120 min. When determined 120 min after brief exposure for 5 min, by contrast, NMDA significantly potentiated AP1 binding at a range of 100-500 microM only in the absence of Mg(2+) in immature neurons cultured for 3 DIV. At least 60 min was required for significant potentiation of AP1 binding as an interval between brief exposure and subsequent cell harvest. Dizocilpine abolished the potentiation determined 120 min after brief exposure to 500 microM NMDA, and both dantrolene and nifedipine were similarly effective in significantly preventing the potentiation at 10-50 microM. These results suggest that NMDA may potentiate AP1 binding following a sustained increase in intracellular free Ca(2+) concentrations through influxes across NMDA-operated and L-type voltage-sensitive Ca(2+) channels, in addition to release from intracellular Ca(2+) stores, in immature cultured rat hippocampal neurons.
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- Takao Hirai
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Kanazawa University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0934, Japan
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Nakamichi N, Ohno H, Kuramoto N, Yoneda Y. Dual mechanisms of Ca(2+) increases elicited by N-methyl-D-aspartate in immature and mature cultured cortical neurons. J Neurosci Res 2002; 67:275-83. [PMID: 11782971 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Cortical primary cultures were loaded with the fluorescent indicator fluo-3 for assessment of intracellular-free Ca(2+) ions with the aid of a confocal laser-scanning microscope. The addition of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) markedly increased the number of fluorescent cells in a manner sensitive to prevention by both an NMDA channel blocker and MgCl(2). In the absence of added MgCl(2), NMDA induced a sustained increase in the number of fluorescent cells with a transient increase by KCl in cells cultured for 3 days in vitro (DIV). Both nifedipine and dantrolene were more potent in preventing the increase by NMDA in cortical preparations cultured for 9 DIV than those for 3 DIV. These results suggest that activation of NMDA receptors may lead to a sustained increase in intracellular-free Ca(2+) concentrations in immature cultured neurons, in a manner less dependent on the influx through L-type voltage-dependent channels as well as the release from intracellular stores than in mature neurons.
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- Noritaka Nakamichi
- Division of Molecular Membrane Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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Koudinov AR, Koudinova NV. Essential role for cholesterol in synaptic plasticity and neuronal degeneration. FASEB J 2001; 15:1858-60. [PMID: 11481254 DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0815fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- A R Koudinov
- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry and. National Mental Health Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 38-27, Moscow, 121359 Russia.
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Pelled D, Shogomori H, Futerman AH. The increased sensitivity of neurons with elevated glucocerebroside to neurotoxic agents can be reversed by imiglucerase. J Inherit Metab Dis 2000; 23:175-84. [PMID: 10801059 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005622001239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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We have recently demonstrated that incubation of cultured rat hippocampal neurons with conduritol beta-epoxide (CBE), an inhibitor of glucocerebrosidase, the enzyme defective in Gaucher disease, results in changes in intracellular morphology and in functional calcium stores. Changes in levels of functional calcium stores are directly related to neuronal cell death. We now show that neurons incubated with either CBE or a non-hydrolysable analogue of GlcCer (glucosylthioceramide), are more sensitive to the toxic effects of high concentrations of glutamate and of a variety of metabolic inhibitors. A linear relationship exists between level of accumulation of GlcCer and the extent of neuronal cell death. The deleterious effects of elevated GlcCer levels can be completely reversed by addition of human glucocerebrosidase (imiglucerase) to the culture medium. Imiglucerase is internalized to lysosomes, where it presumably degrades excess GlcCer. This suggests that the limited success of enzyme replacement therapy in neuronopathic forms of Gaucher disease is not due to lack of efficacy of glucocerebroside in degrading GlcCer in neurons of the central nervous system, and adds impetus to attempts to develop ways to efficiently deliver glucocerebrosidase to the brains of neurologically compromised Gaucher disease patients.
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- D Pelled
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Lim ST, Antonucci DE, Scannevin RH, Trimmer JS. A novel targeting signal for proximal clustering of the Kv2.1 K+ channel in hippocampal neurons. Neuron 2000; 25:385-97. [PMID: 10719893 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80902-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The discrete localization of ion channels is a critical determinant of neuronal excitability. We show here that the dendritic K+ channels Kv2.1 and Kv2.2 were differentially targeted in cultured hippocampal neurons. Kv2.1 was found in high-density clusters on the soma and proximal dendrites, while Kv2.2 was uniformly distributed throughout the soma and dendrites. Chimeras revealed a proximal restriction and clustering domain on the cytoplasmic tail of Kv2.1. Truncations and internal deletions revealed a 26-amino acid targeting signal within which four residues were critical for localization. This signal is not related to other known sequences for neuronal and epithelial membrane protein targeting and represents a novel cytoplasmic signal responsible for proximal restriction and clustering.
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- S T Lim
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Institute for Cell and Developmental Biology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794, USA
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Korkotian E, Schwarz A, Pelled D, Schwarzmann G, Segal M, Futerman AH. Elevation of intracellular glucosylceramide levels results in an increase in endoplasmic reticulum density and in functional calcium stores in cultured neurons. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:21673-8. [PMID: 10419477 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.31.21673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Gaucher disease is a glycosphingolipid storage disease caused by defects in the activity of the lysosomal hydrolase, glucocerebrosidase (GlcCerase), resulting in accumulation of glucocerebroside (glucosylceramide, GlcCer) in lysosomes. The acute neuronopathic type of the disease is characterized by severe loss of neurons in the central nervous system, suggesting that a neurotoxic agent might be responsible for cellular disruption and neuronal death. We now demonstrate that upon incubation with a chemical inhibitor of GlcCerase, conduritol-B-epoxide (CBE), cultured hippocampal neurons accumulate GlcCer. Surprisingly, increased levels of tubular endoplasmic reticulum elements, an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) response to glutamate, and a large increase in [Ca(2+)](i) release from the endoplasmic reticulum in response to caffeine were detected in these cells. There was a direct relationship between these effects and GlcCer accumulation since co-incubation with CBE and an inhibitor of glycosphingolipid synthesis, fumonisin B(1), completely antagonized the effects of CBE. Similar effects on endoplasmic reticulum morphology and [Ca(2+)](i) stores were observed upon incubation with a short-acyl chain, nonhydrolyzable analogue of GlcCer, C(8)-glucosylthioceramide. Finally, neurons with elevated GlcCer levels were much more sensitive to the neurotoxic effects of high concentrations of glutamate than control cells; moreover, this enhanced toxicity was blocked by pre-incubation with ryanodine, suggesting that [Ca(2+)](i) release from ryanodine-sensitive intracellular stores can induce neuronal cell death, at least in neurons with elevated GlcCer levels. These results may provide a molecular mechanism to explain neuronal dysfunction and cell death in neuronopathic forms of Gaucher disease.
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- E Korkotian
- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Neuronal calcium stores associated with specialized intracellular organelles, such as endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, dynamically participate in generation of cytoplasmic calcium signals which accompany neuronal activity. They fulfil a dual role in neuronal Ca2+ homeostasis being involved in both buffering the excess of Ca2+ entering the cytoplasm through plasmalemmal channels and providing an intracellular source for Ca2+. Increase of Ca2+ content within the stores regulates the availability and magnitude of intracellular calcium release, thereby providing a mechanism which couples the neuronal activity with functional state of intracellular Ca2+ stores. Apart of 'classical' calcium stores (endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria) other organelles (e.g. nuclear envelope and neurotransmitter vesicles) may potentially act as a functional Ca2+ storage compartments. Calcium ions released from internal stores participate in many neuronal functions, and might be primarily involved in regulation of various aspects of neuronal plasticity.
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- A J Verkhratsky
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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The emerging significance of calcium stores in neuronal plasticity and the assumed involvement of dendritic spines in long-term plastic properties of neurons have led us to examine the presence and possible regulation of calcium stores in dendritic spines. Immunohistochemical staining for ryanodine receptors was found in dendritic spines of cultured hippocampal neurons. Confocal microscopic imaging of calcium transients in dendritic spines of these neurons in response to caffeine allowed us to demonstrate an independent and unique calcium store in spines. The response to caffeine was blocked by thapsigargin and ryanodine, and maintained in calcium-free medium. The calcium stores were depleted faster in the spines than the dendrites. Furthermore, when calcium was released from stores under calcium-free conditions, and diffused passively between the spine and the dendrite, the length of the spine neck determined the degree of spine independence. Finally, the caffeine-sensitive ryanodine receptor-linked calcium store was instrumental in regulating the response of neurons to glutamate. These results have important implications for understanding the roles of dendritic spines in neuronal integration and plasticity.
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- E Korkotian
- Department of Neurobiology, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel
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Pozzo-Miller LD, Pivovarova NB, Leapman RD, Buchanan RA, Reese TS, Andrews SB. Activity-dependent calcium sequestration in dendrites of hippocampal neurons in brain slices. J Neurosci 1997; 17:8729-38. [PMID: 9348342 PMCID: PMC6573076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Synaptic activity-dependent changes in the spatio-temporal distribution of calcium ions regulate important neuronal functions such as dendritic integration and synaptic plasticity, but the processes that terminate the free Ca2+ transients associated with these changes remain unclear. We have characterized at the electron microscopic level the intracellular compartments involved in buffering free Ca2+ transients in dendritic cytoplasm of CA3 neurons by measuring the larger changes in the concentrations of total Ca that persist for several minutes after neuronal activity. Quantitative energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis of cryosections from hippocampal slice cultures rapidly frozen 3 min after afferent synaptic activity identified a subset of dendritic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as a high-capacity Ca2+ buffer. Calcium sequestration by cisterns of this subset of ER was graded, reversible, and dependent on a thapsigargin-sensitive Ca2+-ATPase. Sequestration was so robust that after repetitive high-frequency stimulation the Ca content of responsive ER cisterns increased as much as 20-fold. These results demonstrate that a subpopulation of ER is the major dendritic Ca sequestration compartment in the minutes after neuronal activity.
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- L D Pozzo-Miller
- Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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