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BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH
Volume 201, Issue 3, Pages 1398-1406Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03234-2
Keywords
Aluminum; AMPA receptor trafficking; Palmitoylation; depalmitoylation cycle; zDHHC3; PPT1
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Aluminum inhibits the trafficking of AMPA receptors through its effect on the palmitoylation/depalmitoylation cycle. Decreased palmitoylation levels of AMPA receptors may be a mechanism of Al action.
To study the effect of the palmitoylation/depalmitoylation cycle on the inhibition of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolpropionic acid (AMPA) receptor trafficking induced by aluminum (Al) in vitro. Five different doses of aluminum-maltolate complex (Al(mal)(3)) were administered to rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cells (PC12 cells) for three exposure time durations, and the cell activity was measured by the CCK-8 method to obtain the optimal doses and time of Al(mal)(3) exposure. Following Al(mal)(3) exposure, membrane protein (M) and total protein (T) were extracted. The expression levels of GluR1 and GluR2, which are AMPA receptor subunits, were determined by Western blot analysis, and the levels with respect to membrane and total protein were calculated. The ratio of membrane protein to total protein (M/T) was used to measure the rate of AMPA receptor transport. The palmitoylation levels of GluR1 and GluR2 were detected by immunoprecipitation-acyl-biotin exchange (IP-ABE) assay. Western blotting was performed to detect the protein expression of acyltransferase (zDHHC3) and palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1 (PPT1). Following depalmitoylation inhibitor (palmostatin B) treatment of PC12 cells, the effect of aluminum on AMPA receptor trafficking was detected through the aforementioned methods. With increasing Al(mal)(3) doses administered to PC12 cells, a gradual decrease in the trafficking of AMPA receptor subunits GluR1 and GluR2 and in the palmitoylation levels of GluR1 and GluR2 was found; the expression of zDHHC3 was decreased; and the expression of PPT1 was increased. In addition, palmostatin B reduced the effects of Al(mal)(3) on AMPA receptor palmitoylation and trafficking. Al can inhibit the trafficking of the AMPA receptor in vitro, and a decrease in the palmitoylation level of the AMPA receptor may be a mechanism of Al action. The palmitoylation/depalmitoylation cycle of the AMPA receptor is influenced by Al through the actions of zDHHC3 and PPT1.
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