Abstract
Stroke is one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. Ischemic stroke results in unfolded/misfolded protein accumulation in endoplasmic reticulum (ER), a condition known as ER stress. We hypothesized that previously reported neuroprotection of celecoxib, a selective inhibitor of cyclooxygenase-2, in transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (tMCAO) model, relies on the ER stress decrease. To probe this hypothesis, Sprague-Dawley rats were subjected to 1 h of tMCAO and treated with celecoxib or vehicle 1 and 24 h after ischemia. Protein and mRNA levels of the main hallmarks of ER stress, unfolded protein response (UPR) activation, UPR-induced cell death, and ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) and autophagy, the main protein degradation pathways, were measured at 12 and 48 h of reperfusion. Celecoxib treatment decreased polyubiquitinated protein load and ER stress marker expression such as glucose-related protein 78 (GRP78), C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein) homologous protein (CHOP), and caspase 12 after 48 h of reperfusion. Regarding the UPR activation, celecoxib promoted inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1) pathway instead of double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase-like ER kinase (PERK) pathway. Furthermore, celecoxib treatment increased proteasome catalytic subunits transcript levels and decreased p62 protein levels, while the microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3B) II/I ratio remained unchanged. Thus, the ability of celecoxib treatment on reducing the ER stress correlates with the enhancement of IRE1-UPR pathway and UPS degradation. These data support the ability of anti-inflammatory therapy in modulating ER stress and reveal the IRE1 pathway as a promising therapeutic target in stroke therapy.
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Abbreviations
- Ab:
-
Antibody
- ATF4:
-
Activating transcription factor 4
- ATF6:
-
Activating transcription factor 6
- BAG:
-
B-cell lymphoma-2-associated athanogene
- BSA:
-
Bovine serum albumin
- cH:
-
Contralateral hemisphere
- CHOP:
-
C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein) homologous protein
- COX-2:
-
Cyclooxygenase-2
- DAPI:
-
4,6-Diamidino-2-phenylindole
- eIF2α:
-
Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 subunit α
- ER:
-
Endoplasmic reticulum
- ERAD:
-
ER-associated degradation
- FrPaSS:
-
Frontoparietal cortex, somatosensory area
- GAPDH:
-
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- GRP78:
-
Glucose-related protein 78
- i.p:
-
Intraperitoneally
- I/R:
-
Ischemia/reperfusion
- iH:
-
Injured hemisphere
- IRE1:
-
Inositol-requiring enzyme 1
- LC3B:
-
Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3
- MCA:
-
Middle cerebral artery
- ODs:
-
Optical densities
- p62/SQSTM1:
-
Ubiquitin-binding protein p62/Sequestosome-1
- PBS:
-
50-mm phosphate buffered saline pH 7.4
- PERK:
-
Double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase-like ER kinase
- PFA:
-
Paraformaldehyde
- polyUb:
-
Polyubiquitinated
- Psmβ:
-
Proteasome β catalytic subunits
- RRID:
-
Research resource identifiers
- RT-qPCR:
-
Real-time quantitative PCR
- SDS:
-
Sodium dodecyl sulfate
- TBS-T:
-
Tris-buffered saline + 0.2% Tween-20
- TFI:
-
Total fluorescence intensity
- tMCAO:
-
Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion
- UPR:
-
Unfolded protein response
- UPS:
-
Ubiquitin proteasome system
- XBP1s:
-
Spliced X-box binding protein 1
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This study was supported by MINECO and FEDER Funds (RTC2015-4094-1); by Junta de Castilla y León (LE025P17); and by Neural Therapies S.L (NT-Dev-01). Paloma Gonzalez-Rodriguez and Irene F Ugidos were granted from Junta de Castilla y Leon (EDU/529/2017 and EDU/310/2015 respectively). Enrique Font-Belmonte was supported by a grant from the Universidad de Leon. Neural Therapies SL also granted Marıa Santos-Galdiano and Berta Anuncibay-Soto.
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Santos-Galdiano, M., González-Rodríguez, P., Font-Belmonte, E. et al. Celecoxib-Dependent Neuroprotection in a Rat Model of Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (tMCAO) Involves Modifications in Unfolded Protein Response (UPR) and Proteasome. Mol Neurobiol 58, 1404–1417 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-020-02202-y
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