PMID- 23123787 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130722 LR - 20181202 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 531 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Dec 7 TI - Chronic inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 protects against rotenone-induced cell death in human neuron-like cells by increasing BDNF secretion. PG - 182-7 LID - S0304-3940(12)01414-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.046 [doi] AB - Mitochondrial dysfunction is a common feature of many neurodegenerative disorders. Likewise, activation of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) has been proposed to play an important role in neurodegeneration. This multifunctional protein kinase is involved in a number of cellular functions and we previously showed that chronic inhibition of GSK-3 protects neuronal cells against mitochondrial dysfunction-elicited cell death, through a mechanism involving increased glucose metabolism and the translocation of hexokinase II (HKII) to mitochondria. Here, we sought to gain deeper insight into the molecular basis of this neuroprotection. We found that chronic inhibition of GSK-3, either genetically or pharmacologically, elicited a marked increase in brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) secretion, which in turn conferred resistance to mitochondrial dysfunction through subcellular re-distribution of HKII. These results define a molecular pathway through which chronic inhibition of GSK-3 may protect neuronal cells from death. Moreover, they highlight the potential benefits of enhanced neurotrophic factor secretion as a therapeutic approach to treat neurodegenerative diseases. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Gimenez-Cassina, Alfredo AU - Gimenez-Cassina A AD - Dept. de Biologia Molecular and Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (UAM-CSIC) Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Alfredo_gimenez-cassina@dfci.harvard.edu FAU - Lim, Filip AU - Lim F FAU - Diaz-Nido, Javier AU - Diaz-Nido J LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20121102 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Uncoupling Agents) RN - 03L9OT429T (Rotenone) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (Hexokinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) SB - IM MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Cell Death/physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/*metabolism MH - Hexokinase/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - Neurons/*metabolism MH - Rotenone/toxicity MH - Signal Transduction/*physiology MH - Uncoupling Agents/toxicity EDAT- 2012/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2013/07/23 06:00 CRDT- 2012/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/09/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/07/23 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(12)01414-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.046 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2012 Dec 7;531(2):182-7. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.10.046. Epub 2012 Nov 2.