Hydrogen sulfide protects SH-SY5Y cells against 6-hydroxydopamine-induced endoplasmic reticulum stress

2012 ◽  
Vol 303 (1) ◽  
pp. C81-C91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Xie ◽  
Chi Xin Tiong ◽  
Jin-Song Bian

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease. The present study attempted to investigate the effect of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) on 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced ER stress in SH-SY5Y cells. We found in the present study that exogenous application of sodium hydrosulfide (NaHS; an H2S donor, 100 μM) significantly attenuated 6-OHDA (50 μM)-induced cell death. NaHS also reversed the upregulation of cleaved poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and caspase 9 in 6-OHDA-treated cells. Consistent with its cytoprotective effects, NaHS markedly reduced 6-OHDA induced-ER stress responses, including the upregulated levels of eukaryotic initiation factor-2α phosphorylation, glucose-regulated protein 78, and C/EBP homologous protein expression. The protective effect of H2S on ER stress was attenuated by blockade of Akt activity with an Akt inhibitor or inhibition of heat shock protein (Hsp)90 with geldanamycin but not by suppression of ERK1/2 with PD-98059. Blockade of Akt also significantly decreased the protein abundance of Hsp90 in SH-SY5Y cells. Moreover, overexpression of cystathionine β-synthase (a main H2S-synthesizing enzyme in the brain) elevated the Hsp90 protein level and suppressed 6-OHDA-induced ER stress. In conclusion, the protective effect of H2S against 6-OHDA-induced ER stress injury in SH-SY5Y cells involves the Akt-Hsp90 pathway.

2018 ◽  
Vol 315 (5) ◽  
pp. C609-C622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avisek Majumder ◽  
Mahavir Singh ◽  
Jyotirmaya Behera ◽  
Nicholas T. Theilen ◽  
Akash K. George ◽  
...  

Although hyperhomocysteinemia (HHcy) occurs because of the deficiency in cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) causing skeletal muscle dysfunction, it is still unclear whether this effect is mediated through oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, or both. Nevertheless, there is no treatment option available to improve HHcy-mediated muscle injury. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an antioxidant compound, and patients with CBS mutation do not produce H2S. In this study, we hypothesized that H2S mitigates HHcy-induced redox imbalance/ER stress during skeletal muscle atrophy via JNK phosphorylation. We used CBS+/−mice to study HHcy-mediated muscle atrophy, and treated them with sodium hydrogen sulfide (NaHS; an H2S donor). Proteins and mRNAs were examined by Western blots and quantitative PCR. Proinflammatory cytokines were also measured. Muscle mass and strength were studied via fatigue susceptibility test. Our data revealed that HHcy was detrimental to skeletal mass, particularly gastrocnemius and quadriceps muscle weight. We noticed that oxidative stress was reversed by NaHS in homocysteine (Hcy)-treated C2C12 cells. Interestingly, ER stress markers (GRP78, ATF6, pIRE1α, and pJNK) were elevated in vivo and in vitro, and NaHS mitigated these effects. Additionally, we observed that JNK phosphorylation was upregulated in C2C12 after Hcy treatment, but NaHS could not reduce this effect. Furthermore, inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and TNF-α were higher in plasma from CBS as compared with wild-type mice. FOXO1-mediated Atrogin-1 and MuRF-1 upregulation were attenuated by NaHS. Functional studies revealed that NaHS administration improved muscle fatigability in CBS+/−mice. In conclusion, our work provides evidence that NaHS is beneficial in mitigating HHcy-mediated skeletal injury incited by oxidative/ER stress responses.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanfen Zhou ◽  
Lianyou Zhao ◽  
Zhimin Zhang ◽  
Xuanhao Lu

In the present study, we investigated the effect of methionine-enriched diet (MED) on blood pressure in rats and examined the protective effect of enalapril, a widely used angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) class antihypertensive drug. The results showed that MED induced significant increase of SBP and Ang II-induced contractile response in aortae of rats. MED significantly increased plasma levels of homocysteine (Hcy) and ACE. In addition, MED increased the phosphorylation of protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK) and eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α) and expression of activating transcription factor 3 (ATF3) and ATF6 in aortae of rats, indicating the occurrence of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. Moreover, MED resulted in oxidative stress as evidenced by significant increase of TBARS level and decrease of superoxide dismutase and catalase activities. Administration of enalapril could effectively inhibit these pathological changes induced by MED in rats. These results demonstrated that ACE-mediated ER stress and oxidative stress played an important role in high Hcy-induced hypertension and MED may exert a positive loop between the activation of ACE and accumulation of Hcy, aggravating the pathological condition of hypertension. The data provide novel insights into the mechanism of high Hcy-associated hypertension and the therapeutic efficiency of enalapril.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhao ◽  
Ningming Hu ◽  
Qin Jiang ◽  
Li Zhu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Rotavirus (RV) is a major pathogen that causes severe gastroenteritis in infants and young animals. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and subsequent apoptosis play pivotal role in virus infection. However, the protective mechanisms of intestinal damage caused by RV are poorly defined, especially the molecular pathways related to enterocytes apoptosis. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect and mechanism of sodium butyrate (SB) on RV-induced apoptosis of IPEC-J2 cells. Results The RV infection led to significant cell apoptosis, increased the expression levels of ER stress (ERS) markers, phosphorylated protein kinase-like ER kinase (PERK), eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α), caspase9, and caspase3. Blocking PERK pathway using specific inhibitor GSK subsequently reversed RV-induced cell apoptosis. The SB treatment significantly inhibited RV-induced ERS by decreasing the expression of glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78), PERK, and eIF2α. In addition, SB treatment restrained the ERS-mediated apoptotic pathway, as indicated by downregulation of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) mRNA level, as well as decreased cleaved caspase9 and caspase3 protein levels. Furthermore, siRNA-induced GPR109a knockdown significantly suppressed the protective effect of SB on RV-induced cell apoptosis. Conclusions These results indicate that SB exerts protective effects against RV-induced cell apoptosis through inhibiting ERS mediated apoptosis by regulating PERK-eIF2α signaling pathway via GPR109a, which provide new ideas for the prevention and control of RV.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (15) ◽  
pp. 5230
Author(s):  
Erawan Borkham-Kamphorst ◽  
Ute Haas ◽  
Eddy Van de Leur ◽  
Anothai Trevanich ◽  
Ralf Weiskirchen

The lack of Lipocalin (LCN2) provokes overwhelming endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses in vitro and in acute toxic liver injury models, resulting in hepatocyte apoptosis. LCN2 is an acute phase protein produced in hepatocytes in response to acute liver injuries. In line with these findings we investigated ER stress responses of Lcn2−/− mice in chronic ER stress using a long-term repetitive carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injection model. We found chronic CCl4 application to enhance ER stress and unfolded protein responses (UPR), including phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), increased expression of binding immunoglobulin protein (BiP) and glucose-regulated protein 94 (GRP94). IRE1α/TRAF2/JNK signaling enhanced mitochondrial apoptotic pathways, and showed slightly higher in Lcn2−/− mice compared to the wild type counterparts, leading to increased hepatocyte apoptosis well evidenced by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining. Hepatocyte injuries were confirmed by significant high serum alanine transaminase (ALT) levels in CCl4-treated Lcn2−/− mice. Lcn2−/− mice furthermore developed mild hepatic steatosis, supporting our finding that ER stress promotes lipogenesis. In a previous report we demonstrated that the pharmacological agent tunicamycin (TM) induced ER stress through altered protein glycosylation and induced high amounts of C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP), resulting in hepatocyte apoptosis. We compared TM-induced ER stress in wild type, Lcn2−/−, and Chop null (Chop−/−) primary hepatocytes and found Chop−/− hepatocytes to attenuate ER stress responses and resist ER stress-induced hepatocyte apoptosis through canonical eIF2α/GADD34 signaling, inhibiting protein synthesis. Unexpectedly, in later stages of TM incubation, Chop−/− hepatocytes resumed activation of IRE1α/JNK/c-Jun and p38/ATF2 signaling, leading to late hepatocyte apoptosis. This interesting observation indicates Chop−/− mice to be unable to absolutely prevent all types of liver injury, while LCN2 protects the hepatocytes by maintaining homeostasis under ER stress conditions.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ye Zhao ◽  
Ningming Hu ◽  
Qin Jiang ◽  
Li Zhu ◽  
Ming Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Rotavirus (RV) is an important pathogens that causes severe gastroenteritis in infants and young animals. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and subsequent apoptosis played pivotal role in virus infection. However, the protective mechanisms of intestinal damage caused by RV are poorly defined, especially the molecular pathways related to enterocytes apoptosis. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the protective effect and mechanism of sodium butyrate (SB) on RV-induced apoptosis of IPEC-J2 cells. Results: The RV infection led to significant cell apoptosis, increased the expression levels of ER stress (ERS) markers, phosphorylated protein kinase-like ER kinase (PERK), phosphorylated eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2α), caspase9, and caspase3. Blocking PERK pathway using specific inhibitor GSK subsequently reversed RV-induced cell apoptosis. The SB treatment significantly inhibited RV-induced ERS by decreasing the expression of glucose regulated protein 78 (GRP78), PERK, and eIF2α. In addition, SB treatment restrained the ERS-mediated apoptotic pathway, as indicated by downregulation of C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP), as well as decreased cleaved caspase 9 and 3. Furthermore, siRNA-induced GPR109a knockdown significantly suppressed the protective effect of SB on RV-induced cell apoptosis. Conclusion: Taken together, these findings revealed that SB exerts protective effects against RV-induced cell apoptosis through inhibiting ERS mediated apoptosis via PERK-eIF2α signaling pathway in a GPR109a-dependent manner, which provide new ideas for the prevention and control of RV.


2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (20) ◽  
pp. e2023604118
Author(s):  
Angeles Aroca ◽  
Inmaculada Yruela ◽  
Cecilia Gotor ◽  
Diane C. Bassham

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenously generated gaseous signaling molecule, which recently has been implicated in autophagy regulation in both plants and mammals through persulfidation of specific targets. Persulfidation has been suggested as the molecular mechanism through which sulfide regulates autophagy in plant cells. ATG18a is a core autophagy component that is required for bulk autophagy and also for reticulophagy during endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. In this research, we revealed the role of sulfide in plant ER stress responses as a negative regulator of autophagy. We demonstrate that sulfide regulates ATG18a phospholipid-binding activity by reversible persulfidation at Cys103, and that this modification activates ATG18a binding capacity to specific phospholipids in a reversible manner. Our findings strongly suggest that persulfidation of ATG18a at C103 regulates autophagy under ER stress, and that the impairment of persulfidation affects both the number and size of autophagosomes.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjiao Shi ◽  
Zhixin Guo ◽  
Ruixia Yuan

Background and Objective: This study investigated whether rapamycin has a protective effect on the testis of diabetic rats by regulating autophagy, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and oxidative stress. Methods: Thirty male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: control, diabetic, and diabetic treated with rapamycin, which received gavage of rapamycin (2mg.kg-1.d-1) after induction of diabetes. Diabetic rats were induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (STZ, 65mg.Kg-1). All rats were sacrificed at the termination after 8 weeks of rapamycin treatment. The testicular pathological changes were determined by hematoxylin and eosin staining. The protein or mRNA expression of autophagy-related proteins (Beclin1, microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 (LC3), p62), ER stress marked proteins (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) homologous protein (CHOP), caspase-12), oxidative stress-related proteins (p22phox, nuclear factor erythroid2-related factor 2 (Nrf2)) and apoptosis-related proteins (Bax, B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2)) were assayed by western blot or real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR. Results: There were significant pathological changes in the testes of diabetic rats. The expression of Beclin1, LC3, Nrf2, Bcl-2 were significantly decreased and p62, CHOP, caspase12, p22phox, and Bax were notably increased in the testis of diabetic rats (P <0.05). However, rapamycin treatment for 8 weeks significantly reversed the above changes in the testis of diabetic rats (P <0.05). Conclusion: Rapamycin appears to produce a protective effect on the testes of diabetic rats by inducing the expression of autophagy and inhibiting the expression of ER-stress, oxidative stress, and apoptosis.


Author(s):  
Sinan Xiong ◽  
Wee-Joo Chng ◽  
Jianbiao Zhou

AbstractUnder physiological and pathological conditions, cells activate the unfolded protein response (UPR) to deal with the accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy arising from immunoglobulin-secreting plasma cells. MM cells are subject to continual ER stress and highly dependent on the UPR signaling activation due to overproduction of paraproteins. Mounting evidence suggests the close linkage between ER stress and oxidative stress, demonstrated by overlapping signaling pathways and inter-organelle communication pivotal to cell fate decision. Imbalance of intracellular homeostasis can lead to deranged control of cellular functions and engage apoptosis due to mutual activation between ER stress and reactive oxygen species generation through a self-perpetuating cycle. Here, we present accumulating evidence showing the interactive roles of redox homeostasis and proteostasis in MM pathogenesis and drug resistance, which would be helpful in elucidating the still underdefined molecular pathways linking ER stress and oxidative stress in MM. Lastly, we highlight future research directions in the development of anti-myeloma therapy, focusing particularly on targeting redox signaling and ER stress responses.


Endocrinology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (11) ◽  
pp. 5275-5284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Lu ◽  
Qinghua Wang ◽  
Lianghu Huang ◽  
Huiyue Dong ◽  
Lingjing Lin ◽  
...  

Abstract Elevated circulating saturated fatty acids concentration is commonly associated with poorly controlled diabetes. The highly prevalent free fatty acid palmitate could induce apoptosis in various cell types, but little is known about its effects on human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Here, we report that prolonged exposure to palmitate induces human bone marrow-derived MSC (hBM-MSC) and human umbilical cord-derived MSC apoptosis. We investigated the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which is known to promote cell apoptosis. Palmitate activated XBP1 splicing, elF2α (eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α) phosphorylation, and CHOP, ATF4, BiP, and GRP94 transcription in hBM-MSCs. ERK1/2 and p38 MAPK phosphorylation were also induced by palmitate in hBM-MSCs. A selective p38 inhibitor inhibited palmitate activation of the ER stress, whereas the ERK1/2 inhibitors had no effect. The AMP-activated protein kinase activator aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide blocked palmitate-induced ER stress and apoptosis. These findings suggest that palmitate induces ER stress and ERK1/2 and p38 activation in hBM-MSCs, and AMP-activated protein kinase activator prevents the deleterious effects of palmitate by inhibiting ER stress and apoptosis.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (Supplement_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Woong Park ◽  
Hyeongwan Kim ◽  
Yujin Jung ◽  
Kyung Pyo Kang ◽  
Won Kim

Abstract Background and Aims Nephrotoxicity is an important cisplatin-induced adverse reaction and restricts the use of cisplatin to treat malignant tumors. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is caused by the accumulation of misfolded proteins, and is induced by cisplatin in kidneys. SIRT2 nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)-dependent deacetylase is a member of the sirtuin family, but its role in cisplatin-induced ER stress remains unclear. Method To investigate the effect of SIRT2 on cisplatin-induced ER stress using SIRT2 knockout mice and human proximal tubular epithelial cells (HK-2 cells). We treated cisplatin (20 µg/mL) or induced by intraperitoneal injection of cisplatin (20 mg/kg) and evaluated the changes of ER stress and its signal mechanism. Results Cisplatin administration was found to significantly increase the expressions of PRKR-like ER kinase (PERK), phosphorylation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α (eIF2α), and the C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) and caspase-12 in the kidneys of SIRT2-wild type mice. However, cisplatin-induced increases in the expressions of p-PERK, p-eIF2α, CHOP and, caspase-12 were diminished in kidneys of SIRT2 knockout mice. In vitro, cisplatin significantly increased the expressions of p-PERK, p-eIF2α, CHOP, and caspase-12 in HK-2 cells. When the effect of SIRT2 on cisplatin-induced ER stress was evaluated using SIRT2-siRNA (ON-TARGET plus human SIRT2 siRNA) or the SIRT2 inhibitors, AGK2 and AK1, knockdown or inhibition of SIRT2 significantly attenuated the cisplatin-induced protein expression of p-PERK, p-eIF2α, CHOP, and caspase-12. Immunoprecipitation studies showed SIRT2 bound physically to heat shock factor (HSF)1 and that HSF1 acetylation was significantly increased by cisplatin. In addition, knockdown of SIRT2 increased cisplatin-induced HSF1 acetylation and increased the expression of heat shock protein (HSP)70. Conclusion These observations suggest that suppression of SIRT2 ameliorates cisplatin-induced ER stress by increasing HSF1 acetylation and HSP expression.


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