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Neurobiol Dis ; 91: 124-131, 2016 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26949218

RESUMO

The pathogenic process in Alzheimer's disease (AD) appears to be closely linked to the neurotoxic action of amyloid-ß (Aß) oligomers. Recent studies have shown that these oligomers bind with high affinity to the membrane-anchored cellular prion protein (PrP(C)). It has also been proposed that this binding might mediate some of the toxic effects of the oligomers. Here, we show that the soluble (membrane anchor-free) recombinant human prion protein (rPrP) and its N-terminal fragment N1 block Aß oligomers-induced inhibition of long-term potentiation (LTP) in hippocampal slices, an important surrogate marker of cognitive deficit associated with AD. rPrP and N1 are also strikingly potent inhibitors of Aß cytotoxicity in primary hippocampal neurons. Furthermore, experiments using hippocampal slices and neurons from wild-type and PrP(C) null mice (as well as rat neurons in which PrP(C) expression was greatly reduced by gene silencing) indicate that, in contrast to the impairment of synaptic plasticity by Aß oligomers, the cytotoxic effects of these oligomers, and the inhibition of these effects by rPrP and N1, are independent of the presence of endogenous PrP(C). This suggests fundamentally different mechanisms by which soluble rPrP and its fragments inhibit these two toxic responses to Aß. Overall, these findings provide strong support to recent suggestions that PrP-based compounds may offer new avenues for pharmacological intervention in AD.


Assuntos
Doença de Alzheimer/tratamento farmacológico , Peptídeos beta-Amiloides/metabolismo , Potenciação de Longa Duração/efeitos dos fármacos , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Proteínas Priônicas/farmacologia , Doença de Alzheimer/metabolismo , Doença de Alzheimer/terapia , Animais , Transtornos Cognitivos/tratamento farmacológico , Transtornos Cognitivos/metabolismo , Hipocampo/efeitos dos fármacos , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Humanos , Potenciação de Longa Duração/fisiologia , Neurônios/efeitos dos fármacos , Neurônios/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/farmacologia , Proteínas Priônicas/metabolismo , Ratos Sprague-Dawley
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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol ; 307(12): R1413-27, 2014 Dec 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25209413

RESUMO

Metabolic acidosis (MAc), a decrease in extracellular pH (pHo) caused by a decrease in [HCO3 (-)]o at a fixed [CO2]o, is a common clinical condition and causes intracellular pH (pHi) to fall. Although previous work has suggested that MAc-induced decreases in pHi (ΔpHi) differ among cell types, what is not clear is the extent to which these differences are the result of the wide variety of methodologies employed by various investigators. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of two sequential MAc challenges (MAc1 and MAc2) on pHi in 10 cell types/lines: primary-cultured hippocampal (HCN) neurons and astrocytes (HCA), primary-cultured medullary raphé (MRN) neurons, and astrocytes (MRA), CT26 colon cancer, the C2C12 skeletal muscles, primary-cultured bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDM) and dendritic cells (BMDC), Ink4a/ARF-null melanocytes, and XB-2 keratinocytes. We monitor pHi using ratiometric fluorescence imaging of 2',7'-bis-(2-carboxyethyl)-5-(and-6)-carboxyfluorescein while imposing MAc: lowering (pHo) from 7.4 to 7.2 by decreasing [HCO3 (-)]o from 22 to 14 mM at 5% CO2 for 7 min. After MAc1, we return cells to the control solution for 10 min and impose MAc2. Using our definition of MAc resistance [(ΔpHi/ΔpHo) ≤ 40%], during MAc1, ∼70% of CT26 and ∼50% of C2C12 are MAc-resistant, whereas the other cell types are predominantly MAc-sensitive. During MAc2, some cells adapt [(ΔpHi/ΔpHo)2 < (ΔpHi/ΔpHo)1], particularly HCA, C2C12, and BMDC. Most maintain consistent responses [(ΔpHi/ΔpHo)2 ≅ (ΔpHi/ΔpHo)1], and a few decompensate [(ΔpHi/ΔpHo)2>(ΔpHi/ΔpHo)1], particularly HCN, C2C12, and XB-2. Thus, responses to twin MAc challenges depend both on the individual cell and cell type.


Assuntos
Acidose/metabolismo , Líquido Intracelular/metabolismo , Adaptação Fisiológica , Animais , Astrócitos/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias do Colo/metabolismo , Células Dendríticas/metabolismo , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Queratinócitos/metabolismo , Macrófagos/metabolismo , Melanócitos/metabolismo , Camundongos , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Músculo Esquelético/citologia , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Neurônios/metabolismo , Fenótipo , Fatores de Tempo
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Front Physiol ; 5: 43, 2014.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24592239

RESUMO

Intracellular pH (pHi) regulation in the brain is important in both physiological and physiopathological conditions because changes in pHi generally result in altered neuronal excitability. In this review, we will cover 4 major areas: (1) The effect of pHi on cellular processes in the brain, including channel activity and neuronal excitability. (2) pHi homeostasis and how it is determined by the balance between rates of acid loading (J L) and extrusion (J E). The balance between J E and J L determine steady-state pHi, as well as the ability of the cell to defend pHi in the face of extracellular acid-base disturbances (e.g., metabolic acidosis). (3) The properties and importance of members of the SLC4 and SLC9 families of acid-base transporters expressed in the brain that contribute to J L (namely the Cl-HCO3 exchanger AE3) and J E (the Na-H exchangers NHE1, NHE3, and NHE5 as well as the Na(+)- coupled HCO3 (-) transporters NBCe1, NBCn1, NDCBE, and NBCn2). (4) The effect of acid-base disturbances on neuronal function and the roles of acid-base transporters in defending neuronal pHi under physiopathologic conditions.

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