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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages 839-849Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12696
Keywords
astrocytes; NF-B; SSeCKS; TCDD; TNF-
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21077061, 81270428, 81202368]
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2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant that could induce significant toxic effects in the human nervous system. However, the underlying molecular mechanism has not been entirely elucidated. Reactive astrogliosis has implicated in various neurological diseases via the production of a variety of pro-inflammatory mediators. Herein, we investigated the potential role of TCDD in facilitating astrocyte activation and the underlying molecular mechanisms. We showed that TCDD induced rapid astrocyte activation following TCDD exposure, which was accompanied by significantly elevated expression of Src-Suppressed-C Kinase Substrate (SSeCKS), a protein involved in protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated Nuclear Factor kappa B signaling, suggesting a possible involvement of PKC-induced SSeCKS activation in TCDD-triggered reactive astroglia. In keeping with the finding, we found that the level of phosphorylated Nuclear Factor kappa B p65 was remarkably increased after TCDD treatment. Furthermore, interference of SSeCKS attenuated TCDD-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase, glial fibrillary acidic protein, phospho-p65 expression, and tumor necrosis factor- secretion in astrocytes. In addition, pre-treatment with PKC inhibitor also attenuated TCDD-induced astrocyte activation, as well as SSeCKS expression. Interestingly, we found that TCDD treatment could lead to SSeCKS perinuclear localization, which could be abolished after treatment with PKC inhibitor. Finally, we showed that inhibition of PKC activity or SSeCKS expression would impair TCDD-triggered tumor necrosis factor- secretion. Our results suggested that TCDD exposure could lead to astrocyte activation through PKC/SSeCKS-dependent mechanisms, highlighting that astrocytes might be important target of TCDD-induced neurotoxicity.
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