The expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress markers in down syndrome placenta

Author(s):  
Jerry Yong Huang Gan
2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 354-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Pinto ◽  
Alisson Luiz da Rocha ◽  
Bruno Cesar Pereira ◽  
Luciana da Costa Oliveira ◽  
Gustavo Paroschi Morais ◽  
...  

Downhill running-based overtraining model increases the hypothalamic levels of IL-1β, TNF-α, SOCS3, and pSAPK-JNK. The aim of the present study was to verify the effects of 3 overtraining protocols on the levels of BiP, pIRE-1 (Ser724), pPERK (Thr981), pelF2α (Ser52), ATF-6, GRP-94, caspase 4, caspase 12, pAKT (Ser473), pmTOR (Ser2448), and pAMPK (Thr172) proteins in the mouse hypothalamus. The mice were randomized into the control, overtrained by downhill running (OTR/down), overtrained by uphill running (OTR/up), and overtrained by running without inclination (OTR) groups. After the overtraining protocols (i.e., at the end of week 8), hypothalamus was removed and used for immunoblotting. The OTR/down group exhibited increased levels of all of the analyzed endoplasmic reticulum stress markers in the hypothalamus at the end of week 8. The OTR/up and OTR groups exhibited increased levels of BiP, pIRE-1 (Ser724), and pPERK (Thr981) in the hypothalamus at the end of week 8. There were no significant differences in the levels of caspase 4, caspase 12, pAKT (Ser473), pmTOR (Ser2448), and pAMPK (Thr172) between the experimental groups at the end of week 8. In conclusion, the 3 overtraining protocols increased the endoplasmic reticulum stress at the end of week 8.


2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 357-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanting Mao ◽  
Chenchen Wang ◽  
Xinyu Tian ◽  
Yulin Huang ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
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Abstract Editor’s Perspective What We Already Know about This Topic What This Article Tells Us That Is New Background Prolonged endoplasmic reticulum stress has been identified in various diseases. Inflammatory mediators, which have been shown to induce endoplasmic reticulum stress in several studies, have been suggested to serve as the important modulators in pain development. In this study, the authors hypothesized that the endoplasmic reticulum stress triggered by inflammatory mediators contributed to pain development. Methods The authors used a male mouse model of bone cancer pain. The control mice were intrathecally injected with tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and lipopolysaccharide, the bone cancer pain mice were intrathecally injected with the endoplasmic reticulum stress inhibitors 4-PBA and GSK2606414. The nociceptive behaviors, endoplasmic reticulum stress markers, and inflammatory mediators were assessed. Results Increased expression of the p-RNA-dependent protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase and p-eukaryotic initiation factor 2α were found in the spinal neurons during bone cancer pain, along with upregulation of inflammatory mediators (TNF-α, interleukin 1β, and interleukin 6). Intrathecal administration of TNF-α or lipopolysaccharide increased the expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress markers in control mice. Inhibition of endoplasmic reticulum stress by intrathecal administration of 4-PBA (baseline vs. 3 h: 0.34 ± 0.16 g vs. 1.65 ± 0.40 g in paw withdrawal mechanical threshold, 8.00 ± 1.20 times per 2 min vs. 0.88 ± 0.64 times per 2 min in number of spontaneous flinches, P < 0.001, n = 8) or GSK2606414 (baseline vs. 3 h: 0.37 ± 0.08 g vs. 1.38 ± 0.11 g in paw withdrawal mechanical threshold, 8.00 ± 0.93 times per 2 min vs. 3.25 ± 1.04 times per 2 min in number of spontaneous flinches, P < 0.001, n = 8) showed time- and dose-dependent antinociception. Meanwhile, decreased expression of inflammatory mediators (TNF-α, interleukin 1β, and interleukin 6), as well as decreased activation of astrocytes in the spinal cord, were found after 4-PBA or GSK2606414 treatment. Conclusions Inhibition of inflammatory mediator–triggered endoplasmic reticulum stress in spinal neurons attenuates bone cancer pain via modulation of neuroinflammation, which suggests new approaches to pain relief.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 596-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senol Ardic ◽  
Aysegul Gumrukcu ◽  
Ozgen Gonenc Cekic ◽  
Mehmet Erdem ◽  
Goksen Derya Reis Kose ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
C. Ahn ◽  
D. Lee ◽  
K. P. Kim ◽  
M. H. Lee ◽  
E.-B. Jeung

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) regulates calcium ion concentration as a reservoir in the cell. ER stress is a cellular stress response related to the endoplasmic reticulum. At the initial stage of ER stress, ER tries to restore normal function by halting protein translation, degrading misfolded proteins, and increasing production of chaperones involved in protein folding. If ER fails to restore ER stress, ER stress can lead cells to apoptosis. To study the signaling between ER stress and calcium channels under ER-stressed circumstances, we designed a hypoxia-induced diabetic model. Nine-week-old male mice were chosen, maintained under hypoxic condition under 10% O2, 5% CO2 for 10 days, and the expression of ER stress markers and calcium channel gene expression were examined by real-time PCR. By maintaining hypoxic condition, the mice showed high glucose levels. Under this diabetic condition, in pancreatic beta cells, ER stress markers were elevated. This tendency showed an increase in calbindin-D9k KO mice. Chaperones such as calreticulin and calnexin were decreased, but in calbindin-D9k KO mice chaperone calnexin was not decreased. Interestingly, the calbindin-D9k KO normoxia mice showed increased glucose level compared with wild-type normoxia mice. Also, calnexin expression of pancreas was decreased in calbindin-D9k KO normoxia mice. This result indicates that pancreas cells were under endoplasmic reticulum stress. Taken together, calbindin may play an important role in endoplasmic reticulum stress in pancreas. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant of Korean government (MEST) (No. 2013-010514).


In Vivo ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3 suppl) ◽  
pp. 1645-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
AYLIN KÖSELER ◽  
RAMAZAN SABIRLI ◽  
TARIK GÖREN ◽  
İBRAHIM TÜRKÇÜER ◽  
ÖZGÜR KURT

Placenta ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 319-320
Author(s):  
Karla Castro ◽  
Karen Prado ◽  
Aline Lorenzon-Ojea ◽  
Basilio Smuzcek ◽  
Mara Hoshida ◽  
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