期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 1611, 期 -, 页码 84-92出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2015.03.016
关键词
Calpain; Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK3); Kainic acid (KA); Excitotoxicity; Hippocampus; Proteolysis
资金
- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia [SAF2010-15525, BUF2013-40664-P]
- Comunidad de Madrid [S2010/BMD-2331]
- Health Research Board Ireland [PD/2009/31, HRA_POR/2011/41]
- Health Research Board (HRB) [PD-2009-31] Funding Source: Health Research Board (HRB)
In neuronal cultures, glycogen synthase kinase 3(GSK3) is truncated at the N-terminal end by calpain downstream of activated glutamate receptors. However, the in vivo biological significance of that truncation has not been explored. In an attempt to elucidate if GSK3 truncation has a pathophysiological relevance, we have used intraperitoneal injections of kainic acid (KA) in rats and intra-amygdala KA microinjections in mice as in vivo models of excitotoxicity. Spectrin cleavage analyzed by immunohistochemistry was observed in the CA1 hippocampal field in KA-intraperitoneal treated rats while the CA3 region was the hippocampal area affected after intra-amygdala KA microinjections. GSK3 beta immunofluorescence did not colocalize with truncated spectrin in both treatments using an antibody that recognize the N-terminal end of GSK3 beta. Thus, those neurons which are spectrin-positive do not show GSK3 beta immunolabelling. To study GSK3 beta truncation in vitro, we exposed organotypic hippocampal slices and cultured cortical neurons to KA leading to the truncation of GSK3 and we found that truncation was blocked by the calpain inhibitor calpeptin. These data suggest a relationship between N-terminal GSK3 beta truncation and excitotoxicity. Overall, our data reinforces the important relationship between glutamate receptors and GSK3 and their role in neurodegenerative processes in which excitotoxicity is involved. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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