PMID- 34719643 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220210 LR - 20220210 IS - 1347-5215 (Electronic) IS - 0918-6158 (Linking) VI - 44 IP - 11 DP - 2021 TI - Neuroprotection by B355252 against Glutamate-Induced Cytotoxicity in Murine Hippocampal HT-22 Cells Is Associated with Activation of ERK3 Signaling Pathway. PG - 1662-1669 LID - 10.1248/bpb.b21-00158 [doi] AB - Glutamate differentially affects the levels extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 and ERK3 and the protective effect of B355252, an aryl thiophene compound, 4-chloro-N-(naphthalen-1-ylmethyl)-5-(3-(piperazin-1-yl)phenoxy)thiophene-2-sulfonamide, is associated with suppression of ERK1/2. The objectives of this study were to further investigate the impact of B355252 on ERK3 and its downstream signaling pathways affected by glutamate exposure in the mouse hippocampal HT-22 neuronal cells. Murine hippocampal HT22 cells were incubated with glutamate and treated with B355252. Cell viability was assessed, protein levels of pERK3, ERK3, mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase-5 (MAPKAPK-5), steroid receptor coactivator 3 (SRC-3), p-S6 and S6 were measured using Western blotting, and immunoreactivity of p-S6 was determined by immunocytochemistry. The results reveal that glutamate markedly diminished the protein levels of p-ERK3 and its downstream targets MK-5 and SRC-3 and increased p-S6, an indicator for mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation. Conversely, treatment with B355252 protected the cells from glutamate-induced damage and prevented the glutamate-caused declines of p-ERK3, MK-5 and SRC-3 and increase of p-S6. Our study demonstrates that one of the mechanisms that glutamate mediates its cytotoxicity is through suppression of ERK3 and that B355252 rescues the cells from glutamate toxicity by reverting ERK3 level. FAU - Ma, Yanni AU - Ma Y AD - Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University. AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. FAU - Qi, Qi AU - Qi Q AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. AD - The Julis Chambers Biomedical Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI), North Carolina Central University. FAU - He, Qingping AU - He Q AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. FAU - Gilyazova, Nailya S AU - Gilyazova NS AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. FAU - Ibeanu, Gordon AU - Ibeanu G AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. FAU - Li, P Andy AU - Li PA AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technological Enterprise (BRITE), College of Health and Sciences, North Carolina Central University. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Japan TA - Biol Pharm Bull JT - Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin JID - 9311984 RN - 0 (B355252) RN - 0 (Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Thiophenes) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/*pharmacology MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Glutamic Acid/*toxicity MH - Hippocampus/*drug effects MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/*drug effects MH - Mice MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6/*metabolism MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Thiophenes/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - B355252 OT - MK-5 OT - cytotoxicity OT - extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)3 OT - glutamate OT - mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) EDAT- 2021/11/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/11 06:00 CRDT- 2021/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2021/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2021/11/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/11 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1248/bpb.b21-00158 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biol Pharm Bull. 2021;44(11):1662-1669. doi: 10.1248/bpb.b21-00158.