Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 140, Issue 5, Pages 799-813Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13922
Keywords
acute stroke; AMPK; autophagy; cortical spreading depression; neuroprotection
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81271293]
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Cortical spreading depression (CSD), based on its similarities with peri-infarct depolarization, is an ideal model for investigating transformation from the ischemic penumbra to infarct core. However, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. To our knowledge, this is the first study to use a middle cerebral artery occlusion ischemic-reperfusion (I/R) injury model to determine whether AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK)-dependent autophagy contributes to the neuroprotection of CSD preconditioning in rat cortex. In this study, we topically applied a pledget soaked in 1mol/L KCl solution on rat cortex for 2 h to elicite CSD or 1 mol/L NaCl solution as a control. The results demonstrated that CSD preconditioning significantly decreased the infarct volume, neurological deficits and neuronal apoptosis in the cortical penumbra of middle cerebral artery occlusion rats, which was inhibited by the autophagy inhibitor 3-methyladenine (3-MA, 200 nmol). Furthermore, CSD increased the protein levels of the autophagy markers LC3-II, Beclin-1 and the p-AMPK (Thr(172))/AMPK ratio at 12 h and decreased P62 and p-P70S6K (Thr(389)). Moreover, the AMPK inhibitor Compound C (20 mg/kg) down-regulated the LC3-II, p-AMPK (Thr(172))/AMPK and ULK1 levels, up-regulated the P62 and p-P70S6K (Thr(389)) levels induced by CSD. The neuroprotection of CSD is likely a result of AMPK-mediated autophagy activity and autophagy-induced neuronal cells apoptosis inhibition. These novel findings support a central role for AMPK and autophagy in CSD-induced ischemic tolerance. AMPK-mediated autophagy may represent a new target for stroke.
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