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Graduate School of Ajou University
Department of Neuroscience and Technology Course
3. Theses(Master)
Glutamate로 유도된 뇌신경세포 사멸과정에서 Na+/H+ exchanger-1의 역할
- Alternative Title
- The role of Na+/H+ exchanger-1 activation in cortical neurons during glutamate excitotoxicity
- Author(s)
- Lee, Bo Kyung
- Alternative Author(s)
- Bo Kyung Lee
- Advisor
- 문창현
- Department
- 일반대학원 신경과학기술과정
- Publisher
- The Graduate School, Ajou University
- Publication Year
- 2010-08
- Language
- eng
- Keyword
- Na+/H+ exchanger-1; 신경세포; Glutamate; 세포사멸
- Alternative Abstract
- During brain ischemia, glutamate has excitotoxic effects to neurons through excessive activation of its receptor. Na+/H+ exchangers-1 (NHE-1) activity has been known to play a critical role in neuronal injury during glutamate excitotoxicity. It has been recently reported that inhibition of NHE-1 during ischemia/reperfusion injury has protective effects in brain. However, the protective mechanism of NHE-1 inhibition has not been clearly elucidated during glutamate excitotoxicity. In the present study, inhibition of NHE-1 with the potent inhibitors, cariporide and KR-33028 reduced glutamate-induced apoptotic and necrotic cell death in cortical neuronal cells. During glutamate exposure, dual peaks of cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca2+ rise were observed, and NHE-1 inhibitors did not suppress the initial peak whereas reduced the secondary peak. NHE-1 inhibitors also inhibited dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential, cytochrome c release and ROS accumulation following glutamate exposure, suggesting its inhibitory effect on glutamate-mediated mitochondrial death pathways. In this study, I further demonstrated that the NHE-1 activity following glutamate was regulated by protein kinase C-β (PKC-β) in neuronal cells. The activation of PKC-β was significantly increased during glutamate stimulation, and NHE-1 activity and its phosphorylation during glutamate exposure was attenuated by the PKC-β inhibition with Go6976. I also examined the extracellular signal-related kinases (ERK)-p90kDa ribosomal S6 kinase (p90RSK) signaling pathway. At glutamate exposure, phosphorylated NHE-1 was increased with a concurrent elevation of phosphorylation of ERK and p90RSK. Inhibition of ERK and p90RSK activity with U0126 and SL0101 abolished activity and phosphorylation of NHE-1, respectively. Moreover, neuroprotection was observed with Go6976, U0126 and SL0101 following glutamate stimulation, respectively. Taken together, these results suggest that activation of PKC-β-ERK-p90RSK pathways following glutamate phosphorylates NHE-1 and increases its activity, which subsequently contributes to neuronal apoptotic and necrotic cell death via mitochondrial death pathway. I conclude that targeted inhibition of PKC-β-ERK-p90RSK pathway and reduction of NHE-1 activity in response to agonists such as glutamate is a novel strategy to brain ischemic injury.
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