PMID- 24023368 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131223 LR - 20211021 IS - 1521-0103 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3565 (Print) IS - 0022-3565 (Linking) VI - 347 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Pharmacological inhibition of pleckstrin homology domain leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase is neuroprotective: differential effects on astrocytes. PG - 516-28 LID - 10.1124/jpet.113.206888 [doi] AB - Pleckstrin homology domain and leucine-rich repeat protein phosphatase 1 (PHLPP1) inhibits protein kinase B (AKT) survival signaling in neurons. Small molecule pan-PHLPP inhibitors (selective for PHLPP1 and PHLPP2) may offer a translatable method to induce AKT neuroprotection. We tested several recently discovered PHLPP inhibitors (NSC117079 and NSC45586; benzoic acid, 5-[2-[4-[2-(2,4-diamino-5-methylphenyl)diazenyl]phenyl]diazenyl]-2-hydroxy-,sodium salt.) in rat cortical neurons and astrocytes and compared the biochemical response of these agents with short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated PHLPP1 knockdown (KD). In neurons, both PHLPP1 KD and experimental PHLPP inhibitors activated AKT and ameliorated staurosporine (STS)-induced cell death. Unexpectedly, in astrocytes, both inhibitors blocked AKT activation, and NSC117079 reduced viability. Only PHLPP2 KD mimicked PHLPP inhibitors on astrocyte biochemistry. This suggests that these inhibitors could have possible detrimental effects on astrocytes by blocking novel PHLPP2-mediated prosurvival signaling mechanisms. Finally, because PHLPP1 levels are reportedly high in the hippocampus (a region prone to ischemic death), we characterized hippocampal changes in PHLPP and several AKT targeting prodeath phosphatases after cardiac arrest (CA)-induced brain injury. PHLPP1 levels increased in rat brains subjected to CA. None of the other AKT inhibitory phosphatases increased after global ischemia (i.e., PHLPP2, PTEN, PP2A, and PP1). Selective PHLPP1 inhibition (such as by shRNA KD) activates AKT survival signaling in neurons and astrocytes. Nonspecific PHLPP inhibition (by NSC117079 and NSC45586) only activates AKT in neurons. Taken together, these results suggest that selective PHLPP1 inhibitors should be developed and may yield optimal strategies to protect injured hippocampal neurons and astrocytes-namely from global brain ischemia. FAU - Jackson, Travis C AU - Jackson TC AD - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research (T.C.J., P.M.K., H.B., R.S.C, K.J.F., C.D., T.U.) and Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology (J.D.V., D.G.G., E.K.J.),University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Department of Anesthesiology, Presbyterian Hospital (T.D.), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. FAU - Verrier, Jonathan D AU - Verrier JD FAU - Drabek, Tomas AU - Drabek T FAU - Janesko-Feldman, Keri AU - Janesko-Feldman K FAU - Gillespie, Delbert G AU - Gillespie DG FAU - Uray, Thomas AU - Uray T FAU - Dezfulian, Cameron AU - Dezfulian C FAU - Clark, Robert S AU - Clark RS FAU - Bayir, Hulya AU - Bayir H FAU - Jackson, Edwin K AU - Jackson EK FAU - Kochanek, Patrick M AU - Kochanek PM LA - eng GR - K08 NS069817/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK079307/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - K08-NS069817/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - DK079307/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20130910 PL - United States TA - J Pharmacol Exp Ther JT - The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics JID - 0376362 RN - 0 (Anthraquinones) RN - 0 (Azo Compounds) RN - 0 (NSC117079) RN - 0 (NSC45586) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Phenylenediamines) RN - 0 (Sulfonamides) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.1.3.16 (PHLPP1 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anthraquinones/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Astrocytes/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Azo Compounds/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Brain Ischemia/etiology/metabolism/pathology/prevention & control MH - Cell Culture Techniques MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Heart Arrest/complications/metabolism/pathology MH - Humans MH - Molecular Structure MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Neuroprotective Agents/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Nuclear Proteins/*antagonists & inhibitors/genetics MH - Phenylenediamines/chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sulfonamides/chemistry/*pharmacology PMC - PMC3807060 EDAT- 2013/09/12 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/24 06:00 PMCR- 2014/11/01 CRDT- 2013/09/12 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/09/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/11/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jpet.113.206888 [pii] AID - JPET_206888 [pii] AID - 10.1124/jpet.113.206888 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Nov;347(2):516-28. doi: 10.1124/jpet.113.206888. Epub 2013 Sep 10.