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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 104, 期 36, 页码 14525-14530出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0704482104
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caspase; ERK; survival signaling; drugs; neurodegeneration
Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal inherited neurodegenerative disorder. HD is caused by polyglutamine expansions in the huntingtin (htt) protein that result in neuronal loss and contribute to HID pathology. The mechanisms of neuronal loss in HD are elusive, and there is no therapy to alleviate HD. To find small molecules that slow neuronal loss in HD, we screened 1,040 biologically active molecules to identify suppressors of cell death in a neuronal cell culture model of HID. We found that inhibitors of mitochondrial function or glycolysis rescued cell death in this cell culture and in in vivo HID models. These inhibitors prevented cell death by activating prosurvival ERK and AKT signaling but without altering cellular ATIP levels. ERK and AKT inhibition through the use of specific chemical inhibitors abrogated the rescue, whereas their activation through the use of growth factors rescued cell death, suggesting that this activation could explain the protective effect of metabolic inhibitors. Both ERK and AKT signaling are disrupted in HD, and activating these pathways is protective in several HD models. Our results reveal a mechanism for activating prosurvival signaling that could be exploited for treating HID and possibly other neurodegenerative disorders.
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