PMID- 28560687 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180326 LR - 20181113 IS - 1559-1166 (Electronic) IS - 0895-8696 (Print) IS - 0895-8696 (Linking) VI - 62 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Jun TI - HIV-1 gp120 Upregulates Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Expression in BV2 Cells via the Wnt/beta-Catenin Signaling Pathway. PG - 199-208 LID - 10.1007/s12031-017-0931-z [doi] AB - HIV-1 gp120 plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated pain, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are incompletely understood. This study aims to determine the effect and possible mechanism of HIV-1 gp120 on BDNF expression in BV2 cells (a murine-derived microglial cell line). We observed that gp120 (10 ng/ml) activated BV2 cells in cultures and upregulated proBDNF/mBDNF. Furthermore, gp120-treated BV2 also accumulated Wnt3a and beta-catenin, suggesting the activation of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway. We demonstrated that activation of the pathway by Wnt3a upregulated BDNF expression. In contrast, inhibition of the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway by either DKK1 or IWR-1 attenuated BDNF upregulation induced by gp120 or Wnt3a. These findings collectively suggest that gp120 stimulates BDNF expression in BV2 cells via the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. FAU - Wang, Yongdi AU - Wang Y AD - College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. FAU - Liao, Jinxu AU - Liao J AD - College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. FAU - Tang, Shao-Jun AU - Tang SJ AD - Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555, USA. FAU - Shu, Jianhong AU - Shu J AD - College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. FAU - Zhang, Wenping AU - Zhang W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3107-8965 AD - College of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, 310018, China. Wenpingzhang@zstu.edu.cn. LA - eng GR - R01 DA036165/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS079166/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS095747/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170530 PL - United States TA - J Mol Neurosci JT - Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN JID - 9002991 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (HIV Envelope Protein gp120) RN - 0 (Wnt3A Protein) RN - 0 (Wnt3a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (beta Catenin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cell Line MH - HIV Envelope Protein gp120/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Microglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation MH - *Wnt Signaling Pathway MH - Wnt3A Protein/genetics/metabolism MH - beta Catenin/metabolism PMC - PMC6005692 MID - NIHMS974169 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDNF OT - HIV-1 gp120 OT - Microglia OT - Wnt/beta-catenin signaling EDAT- 2017/06/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/27 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/18 CRDT- 2017/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/04/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/05/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/06/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s12031-017-0931-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12031-017-0931-z [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Mol Neurosci. 2017 Jun;62(2):199-208. doi: 10.1007/s12031-017-0931-z. Epub 2017 May 30.