UCH-L1 inhibition aggravates mossy fiber sprouting in the pentylenetetrazole kindling model
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Number 1, Youyi Road. Yuzhong District, 400042, Chongqing (China)
- Department of Neurology, Chongqing Three Gorges Central Hospital, Number 165, Xincheng Road, Wanzhou District, 404000, Chongqing (China)
- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Number 76, Linjiang Road, Yuzhong District, 400010, Chongqing (China)
Highlights: • UCH-L1 mainly locates in cytomembrane and cytoplasm of neuron, while rarely located in gliocyte. • UCH-L1 is increased in PTZ-induced epilepsy rats and co-relates with tau protein. • Inhibition of UCH-L1 aggravates the severity of seizures, the accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau and MSF. Mossy fiber sprouting (MFS) is a pathological phenomenon that is commonly observed in epilepsy, and plentiful data reveal that abnormal phosphorylated modification of tau protein plays a critical role in MSF by the regulation of microtubule dynamics and axonal transport. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1), a proteasomal deubiquitinating enzyme, has been proved to be associated with tau aggregation through mediating degradation of ubiquitinated and hyperphosphorylated tau. Thus, this study aimed to determine the expression of UCH-L1 in the rat hippocampus during the pentylenetetrazole (PTZ)-induced process and to demonstrate the possible correlation with MFS in epileptogenesis. Seizures were established by intraperitoneal injection of PTZ and LDN-57444 was used to inhibit the hydrolase activity of UCH-L1. We used western blot, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and timm staining to detect phosphorylated modification of tau and MSF. The results presented that LDN-57444 induced the deteriorated severity of seizures, increased phosphorylation of tau and increased distribution of Timm granules in both the supragranular region of the dentate gyrus (DG) and the stratum pyramidale of CA3 subfield. Our results suggest that UCH-L1 may be associated with hippocampal MSF followed the epileptogenesis through mediating phosphorylation of tau. UCH-L1 may be a potential and novel therapeutic target to limit epileptogenesis.
- OSTI ID:
- 23134285
- Journal Information:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 503, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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