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Nitric Oxide Donors Induce Neurotrophin-Like Survival Signaling and Protect Neurons against Apoptosis

Carsten Culmsee, Norbert Gerling, Stefan Landshamer, Bianca Rickerts, Hans-Jürgen Duchstein, Kazuo Umezawa, Susanne Klumpp and Josef Krieglstein
Molecular Pharmacology October 2005, 68 (4) 1006-1017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.105.013086
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Our previous results showed that inhibition of protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP) by orthovanadate is an appropriate strategy to mimic nerve growth factor (NGF) effects in neurons, including enhanced phosphorylation of TrkA, stimulation of downstream survival signaling pathways, and protection against apoptotic stress. In this study, we wanted to trigger such NGF-like survival signaling in primary hippocampal neurons with the more specific PTP inhibitors ethyl-3,4-dephostatin (DPN), 4-O-methyl-ethyl-3,4-dephostatin (Me-DPN), and methoxime-3,4-dephostatin. It was striking that only the nitric oxide (NO)-releasing dephostatin analogs DPN and Me-DPN, but not the nitrosamine-free methoxime derivative (which did not release NO), enhanced TrkA phosphorylation and protected the neurons against staurosporine (STS)-induced apoptosis. The established NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) also enhanced TrkA phosphorylation and prevented apoptosis similarly to DPN and Me-DPN. Analysis of the major signaling pathways downstream of TrkA revealed that both SNAP and DPN enhanced phosphorylation of Akt and the mitogen-activated kinases (MAPK) Erk1/2. Blocking of these signaling pathways by the PI3-K inhibitor wortmannin or the MAPK kinase inhibitor U0126 [1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyano-1,4-bis(2-aminophynyltio)butadiene] equally abolished the neuroprotective effect of the NO donors. It was striking that inhibition of the soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) by 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ) or protein kinase G (PKG) inhibition by (9S,10R,12R)-2,3,9,10,11,12-hexahydro-10-methoxy-2,9-dimethyl-1-oxo-9,12-epoxy-1H-diindolo-[1,2,3-fg:3′,2′,1′-kl]pyrrolo[3,4-i][1,6]benzodiazocine-10-carboxylic acid methyl ester (KT5823) also blocked the neuroprotective effect of the NO donors, and ODQ clearly attenuated SNAP-induced phosphorylation of TrkA, Akt, and MAPK. In conclusion, NO release by the dephostatin derivatives and subsequent stimulation of sGC and PKG is essential for their neuroprotective effects. In primary neurons, such NO-activated survival signaling involves NGF-like effects, including enhanced phosphorylation of TrkA and activation of PI3-K/Akt and MAPK pathways.

  • Received March 21, 2005.
  • Accepted July 18, 2005.
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Nitric Oxide Donors Induce Neurotrophin-Like Survival Signaling and Protect Neurons against Apoptosis

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Carsten Culmsee, Norbert Gerling, Stefan Landshamer, Bianca Rickerts, Hans-Jürgen Duchstein, Kazuo Umezawa, Susanne Klumpp and Josef Krieglstein
Molecular Pharmacology October 1, 2005, 68 (4) 1006-1017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.105.013086
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