PMID- 29057768 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180817 LR - 20180817 IS - 1348-4540 (Electronic) IS - 0918-8959 (Linking) VI - 65 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan 30 TI - Ghrelin protects adult rat hippocampal neural stem cells from excessive autophagy during oxygen-glucose deprivation. PG - 63-73 LID - 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0281 [doi] AB - Ghrelin functions as a neuroprotective agent and saves neurons from various insults include ischemic injury. However, it remains to be elucidated whether ghrelin protects neuronal cells against ischemic injury-induced excessive autophagy. Autophagy is required for the maintenance of neural stem cell homeostasis. However, regarding autophagic cell death, it is commonly assumed that excessive autophagy leads to self-elimination of mammalian cells. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential neuroprotection effects of ghrelin from excessive autophagy in adult rat hippocampal neural stem cells (NSCs). Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation (OGD) strongly induces autophagy in adult rat hippocampal NSCs. Ghrelin treatment inhibited OGD-induced cell death of adult rat hippocampal NSCs assessed by cell-counting-kit-8 assay. Ghrelin also suppressed OGD-induced excessive autophagy activity. The protective effect of ghrelin was accompanied by an increased expression levels of Bcl-2, p-62 and decreased expression level of LC3-II, Beclin-1 by Western blot. Furthermore, ghrelin reduced autophagosome formation and number of GFP-LC3 transfected puncta. In conclusion, our data suggest that ghrelin protects adult rat hippocampal NSCs from excessive autophagy in experimental stroke (oxygen-glucose deprivation) model. Regulating autophagic activity may be a potential optimizing target for promoting adult rat hippocampal NSCs based therapy for stroke. FAU - Chung, Hyunju AU - Chung H AD - Department of Core Research Laboratory, Clinical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Choi, Junghyun AU - Choi J AD - Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Park, Seungjoon AU - Park S AD - Department of Pharmacology and Medical Research Center for Bioreaction to ROS and Biomedical Science Institute, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20171021 PL - Japan TA - Endocr J JT - Endocrine journal JID - 9313485 RN - 0 (Bcl2 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Beclin-1) RN - 0 (Becn1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Ghrelin) RN - 0 (LC3 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Sequestosome-1 Protein) RN - 0 (Sqstm1 protein, rat) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Adult Stem Cells/cytology/metabolism/pathology/ultrastructure MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - *Autophagy MH - Beclin-1/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Ghrelin/*metabolism MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Hippocampus/cytology/*metabolism/pathology/ultrastructure MH - Hypoglycemia/metabolism/pathology MH - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/agonists/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/metabolism MH - Neural Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism/pathology/ultrastructure MH - *Neuroprotection MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*agonists/metabolism MH - Rats, Inbred F344 MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - Sequestosome-1 Protein/*agonists/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Excessive autophagy OT - Ghrelin OT - Hippocampus OT - Neuroprotection OT - Oxygen-glucose deprivation EDAT- 2017/10/24 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/18 06:00 CRDT- 2017/10/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0281 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Endocr J. 2018 Jan 30;65(1):63-73. doi: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0281. Epub 2017 Oct 21.