PMID- 29684334 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190506 LR - 20190506 IS - 1872-6240 (Electronic) IS - 0006-8993 (Linking) VI - 1691 DP - 2018 Jul 15 TI - The MKK7 inhibitor peptide GADD45beta-I attenuates ER stress-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in HT22 cells: Involvement of JNK-Wnt pathway. PG - 1-8 LID - S0006-8993(18)30200-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.04.012 [doi] AB - JNK, a member of the mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs) superfamily, plays a key role in cell death in many neurological disorders, but systemic inhibition of JNK has detrimental side effects. JNK can be regulated by two direct upstream kinases: MAPK kinase 4 (MKK4) and MAPK kinase 7 (MKK7). Here, we investigated the effect of GADD45beta-I, a recently designed cell-permeable inhibitor peptide for MKK7, on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced cytotoxicity in neuronal HT22 cells. We found that treatment with the ER stress inducer tunicamycin (TM) increased the phosphorylation of JNK and MKK7 in HT22 cells, which was nullified by GADD45beta-I. GADD45beta-I significantly attenuated TM-induced toxicity via inhibiting apoptotic cell death, as evidenced by decreased number of TUNEL-positive cells and reduced caspase-3 activity. GADD45beta-I treatment also decreased expression of ER stress associated pro-apoptotic proteins and prevented morphological changes of the ER after TM exposure. In addition, inhibition of mitochondrial oxidative stress and preservation of intracellular ATP levels were observed in GADD45beta-I-treated cells. The experiments using siRNA transfection and Topflash reporter assay revealed a possible involvement of Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in GADD45beta-I-induced protection in HT22 cells. In summary, our results demonstrated that GADD45beta-I exerted protective effects against TM-induced cytotoxicity via regulating JNK-Wnt pathway. Targeting MKK7 could represent a new therapeutic strategy for the treatment of neurological diseases where ER stress associated neuronal injury are involved. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Xu, Quan-Hua AU - Xu QH AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Bijie First People's Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou 551700, China. FAU - Song, Bing-Jun AU - Song BJ AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. FAU - Liu, Dan AU - Liu D AD - Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education), Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, China. FAU - Chen, Yu-Hua AU - Chen YH AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. FAU - Zhou, Yuan AU - Zhou Y AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. FAU - Liu, Wen-Bo AU - Liu WB AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. FAU - Li, Hua AU - Li H AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. FAU - Long, Tian-Lin AU - Long TL AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Bijie First People's Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou 551700, China. FAU - Zhang, Rui AU - Zhang R AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Bijie First People's Hospital, Bijie, Guizhou 551700, China. FAU - Liu, Wei AU - Liu W AD - Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Shaanxi Fourth People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710043, China. Electronic address: liuwei_sx4y@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180421 PL - Netherlands TA - Brain Res JT - Brain research JID - 0045503 RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (GADD45beta-I) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Wnt Proteins) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 1.1.1.27 (L-Lactate Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 2.7.12.2 (MAP Kinase Kinase 4) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/*drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/cytology MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - L-Lactate Dehydrogenase/metabolism MH - MAP Kinase Kinase 4/genetics/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mitochondrial Diseases/*drug therapy/etiology MH - Neurons/drug effects MH - Peptides/*pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects MH - Wnt Proteins/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - ER stress OT - JNK OT - MKK7 OT - Mitochondrial dysfunction OT - Wnt EDAT- 2018/04/24 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/07 06:00 CRDT- 2018/04/24 06:00 PHST- 2017/08/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/29 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/04/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/24 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-8993(18)30200-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.04.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res. 2018 Jul 15;1691:1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.04.012. Epub 2018 Apr 21.