Journal
CELLULAR SIGNALLING
Volume 25, Issue 5, Pages 1194-1201Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2013.02.007
Keywords
Ephedrine; Thioredoxin-1; beta-Adrenergic receptors; Dopamine- and cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein; Cyclic AMP response element-binding protein
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81160162, U1202227]
- Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Ephedrine (Eph) is one of alkaloids that has been isolated from the ancient herb ephedra (ma huang) and is used as the treatment of asthma, hypotension and fatigue. However, its molecular mechanism remains unknown. Thioredoxin-1 (Trx-1) is a redox regulating protein, which has various biological activities, including regulating transcription factor DNA binding activity and neuroprotection. In this study, we found that Eph induced Trx-1 expression, which was inhibited by propranolol (beta-adrenergic receptor inhibitor), but not by phenoxybenzamine (alpha-adrenergic receptor inhibitor) in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells. Moreover, the increase of Trx-1 expression was inhibited by SQ22536 (adenylyl cyclase inhibitor) and H-89 (protein kinase A inhibitor). Interestingly, the effect of Eph on dopamine- and cyclic AMP-regulated phosphoprotein (DARPP-32) was similar to Trx-1. Thus, the relationship between Trx-1 and DARPP-32 was further studied. The DARPP-32 siRNA significantly reduced Trx-1 expression, but Trx-1 siRNA did not exchange DARPP-32. These results suggested that Eph induced the Trx-1 expression through beta-adrenergic receptor/cyclic AMP/PKA/DARPP-32 signaling pathway. Furthermore, Eph induced PKA-mediated cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation. Down-regulation of DARPP-32 expression decreased phosphorylated CREB. In addition, Eph had a significant effect on the viability of the rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells through beta-adrenergic receptors. Trx-1 may play an important role in the actions of Eph. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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