The effects of a single dose of the HIV-1 coat protein gp120 given into one lateral cerebral ventricle (i.c.v.) on the expression of cyclooxygenase type 2 (COX-2) and PGE(2) levels have been studied using Western blotting and ELISA techniques applied to brain tissue extracts obtained from the neocortex of individual rats, one of the regions of the central nervous system where the viral protein causes apoptosis. The results demonstrate that COX-2 expression is almost doubled 6 h after a single dose (100 ng) of gp120 and this is paralleled by a statistically significant elevation of PGE(2). Enhanced COX-2 expression is implicated in the mechanisms of apoptosis evoked by gp120 because the latter is prevented by NS398 (10 mg/kg i.p.), a selective inhibitor of COX-2 activity. Protection is also afforded by NMDA receptor antagonists, such as MK801 (0.3 mg/kg i.p.) and CGP040116 (10 mg/kg i.p.), and by the free radical scavenger, U-74389G (10 mg/kg i.p.), supporting a glutamate-mediated, excitotoxic, mechanism of apoptotic death induced by gp120. These data together with the observation that MK801 failed to prevent gp120-enhanced COX-2 expression indicate that products of the arachidonic cascade may be responsible for elevation of synaptic glutamate leading neocortical cells to oxidative stress and excitotoxic apoptosis.

Corasaniti, M., Strongoli, M., Piccirilli, S., Nistico', R.g., Costa, A., Bilotta, A., et al. (2000). Apoptosis induced by gp120 in the neocortex of rat involves enhanced expression of cyclooxygenase type 2 and is prevented by NMDA receptor antagonists and by the 21-aminosteroid U-74389G. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 274(3), 664-669 [10.1006/bbrc.2000.3160].

Apoptosis induced by gp120 in the neocortex of rat involves enhanced expression of cyclooxygenase type 2 and is prevented by NMDA receptor antagonists and by the 21-aminosteroid U-74389G

PICCIRILLI, SILVIA;NISTICO', ROBERT GIOVANNI;COSTA, ALESSANDRO;FINAZZI AGRO', ALESSANDRO;BAGETTA, GIACINTO
2000-01-01

Abstract

The effects of a single dose of the HIV-1 coat protein gp120 given into one lateral cerebral ventricle (i.c.v.) on the expression of cyclooxygenase type 2 (COX-2) and PGE(2) levels have been studied using Western blotting and ELISA techniques applied to brain tissue extracts obtained from the neocortex of individual rats, one of the regions of the central nervous system where the viral protein causes apoptosis. The results demonstrate that COX-2 expression is almost doubled 6 h after a single dose (100 ng) of gp120 and this is paralleled by a statistically significant elevation of PGE(2). Enhanced COX-2 expression is implicated in the mechanisms of apoptosis evoked by gp120 because the latter is prevented by NS398 (10 mg/kg i.p.), a selective inhibitor of COX-2 activity. Protection is also afforded by NMDA receptor antagonists, such as MK801 (0.3 mg/kg i.p.) and CGP040116 (10 mg/kg i.p.), and by the free radical scavenger, U-74389G (10 mg/kg i.p.), supporting a glutamate-mediated, excitotoxic, mechanism of apoptotic death induced by gp120. These data together with the observation that MK801 failed to prevent gp120-enhanced COX-2 expression indicate that products of the arachidonic cascade may be responsible for elevation of synaptic glutamate leading neocortical cells to oxidative stress and excitotoxic apoptosis.
2000
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Settore BIO/14 - FARMACOLOGIA
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Animals; Apoptosis; Cyclooxygenase 2; Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors; Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors; Dizocilpine Maleate; Drug Antagonism; HIV Envelope Protein gp120; Isoenzymes; Male; Neocortex; Neuroprotective Agents; Nitrobenzenes; Pregnatrienes; Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; Signal Transduction; Sulfonamides
Corasaniti, M., Strongoli, M., Piccirilli, S., Nistico', R.g., Costa, A., Bilotta, A., et al. (2000). Apoptosis induced by gp120 in the neocortex of rat involves enhanced expression of cyclooxygenase type 2 and is prevented by NMDA receptor antagonists and by the 21-aminosteroid U-74389G. BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 274(3), 664-669 [10.1006/bbrc.2000.3160].
Corasaniti, M; Strongoli, M; Piccirilli, S; Nistico', Rg; Costa, A; Bilotta, A; Turano, P; FINAZZI AGRO', A; Bagetta, G
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