IGF-1 alleviates NMDA-induced excitotoxicity in cultured hippocampal neurons against autophagy via the NR2B/PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway.
Yansong Wang, Wei Wang, Dongguo Li, Mi Li, Peipei Wang, Jian Wen, Min Liang, Bo Su, Yanling Yin
文献索引:J. Cell Physiol. 229(11) , 1618-29, (2014)
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Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a brain-specific multifunctional protein involved in neuronal polarity and axonal guidance. Mature IGF-1 triggers three enzymes, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), and phosphoinositide phospholipase C-γ (PLC-γ), which are its predominant downstream regulators. The PI3K-AKT signaling pathway is upstream of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which is of great importance in the induction of autophagy. However, whether the neuroprotective effect of IGF-1 against excitotoxicity is mediated by autophagy through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway remains to be elucidated. The induction of autophagy following NMDA treatment was determined by microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) conversion and the result of this autophagy was assessed by monitoring the cleavage of caspase 3 in cultured hippocampal neurons. Cell viability was determined using MTT and LDH assay, and PI-staining was used to estimate the fate of autophagy and the protective effect of IGF-1. In addition, IGF-1 was found to decrease autophagy induced by NMDA using transmission electron microscopy and MDC staining. The protective effect of IGF-1 against autophagy was accompanied with up-regulation of phospho-AKT (p-AKT) and phospho-mTOR (p-mTOR), which was blocked by the inhibitor of PI3K. At the same time, the activation of NR2B resulting in the down-regulation of p-AKT and p-mTOR was blocked by IGF-1. Together, these data suggest that NMDA induces the autophagy, followed by apoptosis in cultured hippocampal neurons, and that IGF-1 can block this effect via inhibition of NR2B receptors and activation of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway.© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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