期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
卷 120, 期 2, 页码 259-268出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07556.x
关键词
Beclin 1; dendrimer; excitotoxicity; siRNA
资金
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion (Spain)
- NanoDrugs, S.L.
- Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias [PI081434]
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [BFU2011-30161-C02-01]
- Consejeria de Educacion, JCCM [PII1I09-0163-4002, POII10-0274-3182]
Autophagy is an important process which plays a key role in cellular homeostasis by degrading cytoplasmic components in the lysosomes, which facilitates recycling. Alterations to normal autophagy have been linked to excitotoxicity, but the mechanisms governing its signal transduction remain unclear. The aim of this study was to explore the role of autophagy in neuronal excitotoxic death by delivering small interfering RNA (siRNA) to rat cortical neurons, using a dendrimer to silence the autophagy-related gene 6 (beclin 1) and to determine the role of autophagy in excitotoxicity. We have found that the dendrimer is very efficient to deliver siRNA to rat cortical neurons, leading to almost complete removal of the target protein Beclin 1. In addition, NMDA increases autophagy markers, such as the protein levels of Beclin 1, the microtubule-associated light chain 3 (LC3) B-II/LC3B-I ratio, and monodansylcadaverine (MDC) labeling in rat cortical neurons. Moreover, NMDA also increases the formation of autophagosomes observed under a transmission electron microscope. Silencing beclin 1 expression blocked NMDA-induced autophagy. Moreover, Beclin 1 removal potentiated NMDA-induced neuronal death indicating that autophagy plays a protective role during excitotoxicity and suggesting that targeting autophagy might be a helpful therapeutic strategy in neurodegenerative diseases.
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