With the progress of society, there is an increasing need to tackle disorders of the central nervous system. Human brain tissue, unlike animal tissues, is an irreplaceable resource for the study of neurological diseas...With the progress of society, there is an increasing need to tackle disorders of the central nervous system. Human brain tissue, unlike animal tissues, is an irreplaceable resource for the study of neurological diseases (1)Aimed at scientific research and education, the roles of human brain tissue repositories are to acquire brain tissue from donors, prepare, process, and preserve collected samples,provide tissue to specific eligible facilities, and determine the characteristics of each tissue sample.展开更多
Lambda-cyhalothrin（LCT）,one of the type II pyrethroids,has been widely used throughout the world.The estrogenic effect of LCT to increase cell proliferation has been well established.However,whether the estrogenic e...Lambda-cyhalothrin（LCT）,one of the type II pyrethroids,has been widely used throughout the world.The estrogenic effect of LCT to increase cell proliferation has been well established.However,whether the estrogenic effect of LCT will influence neurodevelopment has not been investigated.In addition,17β-Estradiol（E2）plays a crucial role in neurodevelopment and induces an increase in synaptic proteins.The post-synaptic density 95（PSD95）protein,which is involved in the development of the structure and function of new spines and localized with estrogen receptor α（ERα）at the post-synaptic density（PSD）,was detected in our study by using hippocampal neuron cell line HT22.We found that LCT up-regulated PSD95 and ERα expression,estrogen receptor（ER）antagonist ICI182,780 and phosphatidylinositol-4;5-bisphosphate 3-kinase（PI3K）inhibitor LY294,002 blocked this effect.In addition,LCT disrupted the promotion effect of E2 on PSD95.To investigate whether the observed changes are caused by ERα-dependent signaling activation,we next detected the effects of LCT on the ERα-mediated PI3K-Protein kinase B（PKB/Akt）-eukaryotic initiation factor（e IF）4E-binding protein 1（4E-BP1）pathway.There existed an activation of Akt and the downstream factor 4E-BP1 after LCT treatment.In addition,LCT could disrupt the activation effect of E2 on the Akt pathway.However,no changes in c AMP response element-binding protein（CREB）activation and PSD95 messenger ribonucleic acid（m RNA）were observed.Our findings demonstrated that LCT could increase the PSD95 protein level via the ERα-dependent Akt pathway,and LCT might disrupt the up-regulation effect of E2 on PSD95 protein expression via this signaling pathway.展开更多
文摘With the progress of society, there is an increasing need to tackle disorders of the central nervous system. Human brain tissue, unlike animal tissues, is an irreplaceable resource for the study of neurological diseases (1)Aimed at scientific research and education, the roles of human brain tissue repositories are to acquire brain tissue from donors, prepare, process, and preserve collected samples,provide tissue to specific eligible facilities, and determine the characteristics of each tissue sample.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.H2607-30571585)
文摘Lambda-cyhalothrin（LCT）,one of the type II pyrethroids,has been widely used throughout the world.The estrogenic effect of LCT to increase cell proliferation has been well established.However,whether the estrogenic effect of LCT will influence neurodevelopment has not been investigated.In addition,17β-Estradiol（E2）plays a crucial role in neurodevelopment and induces an increase in synaptic proteins.The post-synaptic density 95（PSD95）protein,which is involved in the development of the structure and function of new spines and localized with estrogen receptor α（ERα）at the post-synaptic density（PSD）,was detected in our study by using hippocampal neuron cell line HT22.We found that LCT up-regulated PSD95 and ERα expression,estrogen receptor（ER）antagonist ICI182,780 and phosphatidylinositol-4;5-bisphosphate 3-kinase（PI3K）inhibitor LY294,002 blocked this effect.In addition,LCT disrupted the promotion effect of E2 on PSD95.To investigate whether the observed changes are caused by ERα-dependent signaling activation,we next detected the effects of LCT on the ERα-mediated PI3K-Protein kinase B（PKB/Akt）-eukaryotic initiation factor（e IF）4E-binding protein 1（4E-BP1）pathway.There existed an activation of Akt and the downstream factor 4E-BP1 after LCT treatment.In addition,LCT could disrupt the activation effect of E2 on the Akt pathway.However,no changes in c AMP response element-binding protein（CREB）activation and PSD95 messenger ribonucleic acid（m RNA）were observed.Our findings demonstrated that LCT could increase the PSD95 protein level via the ERα-dependent Akt pathway,and LCT might disrupt the up-regulation effect of E2 on PSD95 protein expression via this signaling pathway.
