PMID- 24604717 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140925 LR - 20211203 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 229 IP - 11 DP - 2014 Nov TI - IGF-1 alleviates NMDA-induced excitotoxicity in cultured hippocampal neurons against autophagy via the NR2B/PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway. PG - 1618-29 LID - 10.1002/jcp.24607 [doi] AB - Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a brain-specific multifunctional protein involved in neuronal polarity and axonal guidance. Mature IGF-1 triggers three enzymes, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), and phosphoinositide phospholipase C-gamma (PLC-gamma), which are its predominant downstream regulators. The PI3K-AKT signaling pathway is upstream of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), which is of great importance in the induction of autophagy. However, whether the neuroprotective effect of IGF-1 against excitotoxicity is mediated by autophagy through the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway remains to be elucidated. The induction of autophagy following NMDA treatment was determined by microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3) conversion and the result of this autophagy was assessed by monitoring the cleavage of caspase 3 in cultured hippocampal neurons. Cell viability was determined using MTT and LDH assay, and PI-staining was used to estimate the fate of autophagy and the protective effect of IGF-1. In addition, IGF-1 was found to decrease autophagy induced by NMDA using transmission electron microscopy and MDC staining. The protective effect of IGF-1 against autophagy was accompanied with up-regulation of phospho-AKT (p-AKT) and phospho-mTOR (p-mTOR), which was blocked by the inhibitor of PI3K. At the same time, the activation of NR2B resulting in the down-regulation of p-AKT and p-mTOR was blocked by IGF-1. Together, these data suggest that NMDA induces the autophagy, followed by apoptosis in cultured hippocampal neurons, and that IGF-1 can block this effect via inhibition of NR2B receptors and activation of the PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway. CI - (c) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Wang, Yansong AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Neurobiology and Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China; Department of Spine Surgery, Institute of Hard Tissue Development and Regeneration of Harbin Medical University, Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Hei Long Jiang Province, P.R. China. FAU - Wang, Wei AU - Wang W FAU - Li, Dongguo AU - Li D FAU - Li, Mi AU - Li M FAU - Wang, Peipei AU - Wang P FAU - Wen, Jian AU - Wen J FAU - Liang, Min AU - Liang M FAU - Su, Bo AU - Su B FAU - Yin, Yanling AU - Yin Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins) RN - 0 (Beclin-1) RN - 0 (Becn1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (LC3 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (NR2B NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Neurotoxins) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 17885-08-4 (Phosphoserine) RN - 6384-92-5 (N-Methylaspartate) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Beclin-1 MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects MH - Female MH - Hippocampus/*pathology MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*pharmacology MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism MH - Models, Biological MH - N-Methylaspartate/*toxicity MH - Neurons/drug effects/enzymology/*pathology/ultrastructure MH - Neurotoxins/*toxicity MH - Phagosomes/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Phosphoserine/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Synapses/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism EDAT- 2014/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/26 06:00 CRDT- 2014/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2013/10/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/jcp.24607 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2014 Nov;229(11):1618-29. doi: 10.1002/jcp.24607.