PMID- 30840161 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200505 LR - 20200505 IS - 1573-675X (Electronic) IS - 1360-8185 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 5-6 DP - 2019 Jun TI - Inhibition of TNF-alpha-induced neuronal apoptosis by antidepressants acting through the lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA(1). PG - 478-498 LID - 10.1007/s10495-019-01530-2 [doi] AB - Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a pro-inflammatory cytokine considered to be implicated in the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder, is a critical regulator of neuronal cell fate. In the present study we found that TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis of HT22 hippocampal cells, a neuroblast-like cell line, was markedly attenuated by the antidepressants mianserin, mirtazapine and amitriptyline. The anti-apoptotic effect of the antidepressants was blocked by either pharmacological inhibition or gene silencing of the lysophosphatidic acid receptor LPA(1). Mianserin failed to affect TNF-alpha-induced caspase 8 activation, but inhibited the loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, procaspase 9 cleavage and downstream activation of caspase 3 in response to the cytokine. By acting through LPA(1), mianserin also attenuated the enhanced pro-apoptotic response induced by the combination of TNF-alpha with other pro-inflammatory cytokines. TNF-alpha appeared to counterbalance its own pro-apoptotic response by activating NF-kB, ERK1/2 and JNK. Antidepressants had no significant effects on NF-kB activation, but potentiated the TAK-1-dependent phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and JNK elicited by the cytokine. This synergistic interaction was associated with enhanced JNK-mediated phosphorylation of Bcl-2 at Ser70 and increased ERK1/2-dependent mitochondrial accumulation of Mcl-1, two anti-apoptotic proteins that promote mitochondrial outer membrane stability. These results indicate that certain antidepressants, by activating LPA(1) signalling, protect HT22 hippocampal cells from TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis through a mechanism involving, at least in part, the potentiation of the pro-survival pathways activated by the cytokine. FAU - Olianas, Maria C AU - Olianas MC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4041-641X AD - Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Section of Neurosciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Dedoni, Simona AU - Dedoni S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7330-2179 AD - Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Section of Neurosciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. FAU - Onali, Pierluigi AU - Onali P AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9733-460X AD - Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Section of Neurosciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. onali@unica.it. AD - Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042, Monserrato, CA, Italy. onali@unica.it. LA - eng GR - L.R. n degrees 7 / 2007-CRP10810/2012-FIR 2017 Universita' degli Studi di Cagliari/Regione Autonoma della Sardegna/International PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Apoptosis JT - Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death JID - 9712129 RN - 0 (Antidepressive Agents) RN - 0 (Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid) RN - 0 (Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I) RN - 0 (Tnfrsf1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antidepressive Agents/*pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Gene Silencing MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid/antagonists & inhibitors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Antidepressants OT - Apoptosis OT - HT22 hippocampal cells OT - LPA1 OT - TNF-alpha EDAT- 2019/03/07 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/06 06:00 CRDT- 2019/03/07 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/06 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/03/07 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10495-019-01530-2 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10495-019-01530-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Apoptosis. 2019 Jun;24(5-6):478-498. doi: 10.1007/s10495-019-01530-2.