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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 80, Issue 4, Pages 715-718Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-3042.2001.00761.x
Keywords
lysophosphatidic acid (LPA); morphology; protease activated receptor-1 (PAR-1); RhoA; thrombin
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG00538] Funding Source: Medline
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Regulation of neuronal morphology and extension of cell processes are required for normal synaptic connections and signaling. Thrombin, a serine protease, regulates neuronal morphological changes by activating protease activated receptor-1 (PAR-1), a seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptor. Thrombin-mediated morphological changes precede its diverse action on neurons, and the drugs that regulate these morphological changes have important therapeutic implications. The present study was carried out to evaluate the role of geldanamycin, a specific inhibitor of Hsp90 on thrombin-induced regulation of neuronal morphology. Incubation of mouse neuroblasts (NB2a) with geldanamycin prevented thrombin-mediated neurite retraction in a dose-dependent manner. Geldanamycin also blocked thrombin-induced activation of RhoA, a small GTP binding protein involved in the cytoskeletal signaling. To determine the specificity of geldanamycin action, its effect on lysophosphatidic acid (LPA)induced morphological changes was examined. Geldanamycin did not have any effect on LPA-induced neurite retraction and RhoA activation indicating a specific role for this drug in the regulation of thrombin-mediated morphological changes.
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