PMID- 31182681 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200713 LR - 20200713 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Jun 10 TI - Kainic acid Induces production and aggregation of amyloid beta-protein and memory deficits by activating inflammasomes in NLRP3- and NF-kappaB-stimulated pathways. PG - 3795-3810 LID - 10.18632/aging.102017 [doi] AB - Kainic acid (KA) treatment causes neuronal degeneration, which is a feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) symptoms such as amyloid beta-protein production and memory deficits. Inflammasomes are known to be critical for the progression of AD. However, the underlying mechanism by which inflammasomes influence AD progression remains unknown. The present study investigated the damaging effect of KA on neurons by focusing on the inflammasome-mediated signaling pathways. Assessments using cultured microglia and mouse brains demonstrated that KA treatment specifically induced inflammasome activation. Mechanistic evaluations showed that KA activated two major components of inflammasomes, nucleotide binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptor (NLR) protein 3 (NLRP3) and nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, which resulted in the production of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Inhibition of NLRP3 or NF-kappaB by Bay11-7082 caused a reduction in the KA-induced expression of interleukin (IL)-1beta and BDNF. Moreover, knockdown of the expression of KA receptors (KARs) such as Grik1 and Grik3 induced suppression of NLRP3 and NF-kappaB, suggesting that KARs function upstream of NLRP3 and NF-kappaB to mediate the effects of KA on regulation of IL-1beta and BDNF expression. Notably, IL-1beta was shown to exert positive effects on the expression of BACE1, which is blocked by Bay11-7082. Overall, our results revealed that Bay11-7082 acts against KA-induced neuronal degeneration, amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) deposition, and memory defects via inflammasomes and further highlighted the protective role of Bay11-7082 in KA-induced neuronal defects. FAU - Ruan, Yang AU - Ruan Y AD - Key Laboratory of Pathobiology, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Qiu, Xiang AU - Qiu X AD - Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Lv, Yu-Dan AU - Lv YD AD - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Dong, Dong AU - Dong D AD - Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Wu, Xiu-Juan AU - Wu XJ AD - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. FAU - Zhu, Jie AU - Zhu J AD - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. AD - , Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 141 86, Sweden. FAU - Zheng, Xiang-Yu AU - Zheng XY AD - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Center, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130021, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 RN - 0 (Amyloid beta-Peptides) RN - 0 (Inflammasomes) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein) RN - 0 (Protein Aggregates) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - SIV03811UC (Kainic Acid) SB - IM MH - Amyloid beta-Peptides/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Inflammasomes/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Kainic Acid/*pharmacology MH - Memory Disorders/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Microglia/drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/*metabolism MH - Neurons/drug effects/metabolism MH - Protein Aggregates/*drug effects MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects PMC - PMC6594814 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NF-kappaB OT - NLRP3 OT - brain-derived neurotrophic factor OT - interleukin-1beta OT - kainic acid COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2019/06/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/14 06:00 PMCR- 2019/06/15 CRDT- 2019/06/12 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/06/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/06/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 102017 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.102017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2019 Jun 10;11(11):3795-3810. doi: 10.18632/aging.102017.