Protracted lithium treatment protects against the ER stress elicited by thapsigargin in rat PC12 cells: roles of intracellular calcium, GRP78 and Bcl-2
Protracted lithium treatment protects against the ER stress elicited by thapsigargin in rat PC12 cells: roles of intracellular calcium, GRP78 and Bcl-2
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DOI：
10.1038/sj.tpj.6500296
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发表时间：
2005-01-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Chuang, DM
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作者：
Hiroi, T;Wei, H;Chuang, DM
We investigated the cytoprotective effects of lithium, the mood-stabilizer, on thapsigargin-induced stress on the endoplasmic reticulum ( ER) in rat PC12 cells. Protracted lithium pretreatment of PC12 cells elicited cytoprotection against thapsigargin-induced cytotoxicity. Lithium protection was concurrent with inhibition of thapsigargin-induced intracellular calcium increase and with elevated expression of the molecular chaperone GRP78. Moreover, lithium pretreatment upregulated the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2, and blocked Bcl-2 downregulation elicited by thapsigargin. Prior to the induction of GRP78, lithium treatment alone increased the expression of c-Fos whose induction by ER stress is necessary for GRP78 induction. Curcumin, an inhibitor of transcription factor AP-1, blocked lithium cytoprotection against thapsigargin cytotoxicity. Thus, the induction of GRP78 and Bcl-2, and activation of AP-1 likely contribute to lithium-induced protection against cytotoxicity resulting from ER stress. Additionally, thapsigargin-induced cytotoxicity was suppressed by pretreatment with another mood-stabilizer, valproate, indicating that cytoprotection against ER stress is a common action of mood-stabilizing drugs.
