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Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : e225-2019.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-765052

RESUMEN

BACKGROUND: Tauopathies, a class of neurodegenerative diseases that includes Alzheimer's disease (AD), are characterized by the deposition of neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the human brain. As abnormal alterations in histone acetylation and methylation show a cause and effect relationship with AD, we investigated the role of several Jumonji domain-containing histone demethylase (JHDM) genes, which have yet to be studied in AD pathology. METHODS: To examine alterations of several JHDM genes in AD pathology, we performed bioinformatics analyses of JHDM gene expression profiles in brain tissue samples from deceased AD patients. Furthermore, to investigate the possible relationship between alterations in JHDM gene expression profiles and AD pathology in vivo, we examined whether tissue-specific downregulation of JHDM Drosophila homologs (kdm) can affect tauR406W-induced neurotoxicity using transgenic flies containing the UAS-Gal4 binary system. RESULTS: The expression levels of JHDM1A, JHDM2A/2B, and JHDM3A/3B were significantly higher in postmortem brain tissue from patients with AD than from non-demented controls, whereas JHDM1B mRNA levels were downregulated in the brains of patients with AD. Using transgenic flies, we revealed that knockdown of kdm2 (homolog to human JHDM1), kdm3 (homolog to human JHDM2), kdm4a (homolog to human JHDM3A), or kdm4b (homolog to human JHDM3B) genes in the eye ameliorated the tauR406W-engendered defects, resulting in less severe phenotypes. However, kdm4a knockdown in the central nervous system uniquely ameliorated tauR406W-induced locomotion defects by restoring heterochromatin. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that downregulation of kdm4a expression may be a potential therapeutic target in AD.


Asunto(s)
Humanos , Acetilación , Enfermedad de Alzheimer , Encéfalo , Sistema Nervioso Central , Biología Computacional , Dípteros , Regulación hacia Abajo , Drosophila melanogaster , Drosophila , Heterocromatina , Histonas , Locomoción , Metilación , Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas , Ovillos Neurofibrilares , Patología , Fenotipo , ARN Mensajero , Proteínas tau , Tauopatías , Transcriptoma
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Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : 1295-1301, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-53692

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Fetal lung development normally occurs in a hypoxic environment. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha is robustly induced under hypoxia and transactivates many genes that are essential for fetal development. Most preterm infants are prematurely exposed to hyperoxia, which can halt hypoxia-driven lung maturation. We were to investigate whether the HIF-1alpha inducer, deferoxamine (DFX) can improve alveolarization in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). A rat model of BPD was produced by intra-amniotic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration and postnatal hyperoxia (85% for 7 days), and DFX (150 mg/kg/d) or vehicle was administered to rat pups intraperitoneally for 14 days. On day 14, the rat pups were sacrificed and their lungs were removed and examined. A parallel in vitro study was performed with a human small airway epithelial cell line to test whether DFX induces the expression of HIF-1alpha and its target genes. Alveolarization and pulmonary vascular development were impaired in rats with BPD. However, DFX significantly ameliorated these effects. Immunohistochemical analysis showed that HIF-1alpha was significantly upregulated in the lungs of BPD rats treated with DFX. DFX was also found to induce HIF-1alpha in human small airway epithelial cells and to promote the expression of HIF-1alpha target genes. Our data suggest that DFX induces and activates HIF-1alpha, thereby improving alveolarization and vascular distribution in the lungs of rats with BPD.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Femenino , Masculino , Ratas , Displasia Broncopulmonar/tratamiento farmacológico , Deferoxamina/administración & dosificación , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia/metabolismo , Alveolos Pulmonares/efectos de los fármacos , Venas Pulmonares/efectos de los fármacos , Ratas Sprague-Dawley , Resultado del Tratamiento , Regulación hacia Arriba/efectos de los fármacos
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Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : 1388-1395, 2015.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-183083

RESUMEN

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha), which transactivates a variety of hypoxia-induced genes, is rapidly degraded under nomoxia through the hydroxylation-ubiquitination-proteasome pathway. In this study, we addressed how HIF-1alpha is stabilized by proteasome inhibitors. The ubiquitin pool was rapidly reduced after proteasome inhibition, followed by the accumulation of non-ubiquitinated HIF-1alpha. The poly-ubiquitination of HIF-1alpha was resumed by restoration of free ubiquitin, which suggests that the HIF-1alpha stabilization under proteasome inhibition is attributed to depletion of the free ubiquitin pool. Ni2+ and Zn2+ also stabilized HIF-1alpha with depletion of the free ubiquitin pool and these effects of metal ions were attenuated by restoration of free ubiquitin. Ni2+ and Zn2+ may disturb the recycling of free ubiquitin, as MG132 does. Based on these results, the state of the ubiquitin pool seems to be another critical factor determining the cellular level of HIF-1alpha.


Asunto(s)
Humanos , Hipoxia de la Célula/fisiología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Células HCT116 , Células HEK293 , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia/biosíntesis , Leupeptinas/farmacología , Níquel/química , Complejo de la Endopetidasa Proteasomal/metabolismo , Inhibidores de Proteasoma/farmacología , Ubiquitina/metabolismo , Ubiquitinación/fisiología , Regulación hacia Arriba , Zinc/química
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Korean Journal of Psychopharmacology ; : 360-366, 2003.
Artículo en Coreano | WPRIM | ID: wpr-97031

RESUMEN

OBJECTIVE: cDNA microarray is a convenient molecular technology that enables to search for gene expression in large scale. To explore the effect of antipsychotics on the gene expression in the brain, we applied cDNA microarray and searched for differentially expressed genes in the olanzapine-treated rat frontal cortex. METHODS: We administered olanzapine (4 mg/kg/day, IP) to S-D rats for 14days, and dissected the frontal cortex to examine. We analyzed altered gene expression from microarray, and screened up- or down-regulated genes. Their changes were confirmed by RT-PCR. RESULTS: Three down-regulated and one up-regulated genes were screened by triplicate cDNA microarray analysis. Among them, translocase of the inner mitochondrial membrane 23 (TIM23) was confirmed in RT-PCR. The expression of TIM23 mRNA was significantly increased in olanzapine-treated rat frontal cortex. CONCLUSION: This is the first report of up-regulated gene expression of TIM23 by antipsychotics in the rat brain. TIM23 is the essential component of mitochondrial biogenesis. From this result, we suggest that antipsychotic effect may be related to the improvement of mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Ratas , Antipsicóticos , Encéfalo , ADN Complementario , Expresión Génica , Membranas Mitocondriales , Biogénesis de Organelos , Análisis de Secuencia por Matrices de Oligonucleótidos , ARN Mensajero , Esquizofrenia
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Journal of Korean Medical Science ; : 581-588, 2002.
Artículo en Inglés | WPRIM | ID: wpr-48197

RESUMEN

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is composed of HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta, and is a master regulator of oxygen homeostasis, playing critical roles in physiological and pathological processes. Normally, the formation and transcriptional activity of HIF-1 depend on the amount of HIF-1alpha, and the expression of HIF-1alpha is tightly controlled by the cellular oxygen tension. Recent progress in the study of its regulation mechanism provided clues as to how HIF-1alpha is regulated by oxygen. It appears that HIF-1alpha is not regulated only by the oxygen tension, but also by various other stimuli, such as transition metals, nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, growth factors, and mechanical stresses. In this review, we summarize the oxygen-dependent and -independent regulation of HIF-1alpha, and the respective physiological and pathological meanings.


Asunto(s)
Animales , Humanos , Sustancias de Crecimiento/metabolismo , Subunidad alfa del Factor 1 Inducible por Hipoxia , Estructura Molecular , Óxido Nítrico/metabolismo , Oxígeno/metabolismo , Especies Reactivas de Oxígeno/metabolismo , Estrés Mecánico , Factores de Transcripción/química , Elementos de Transición/metabolismo
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