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Redox modification of Akt mediated by the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP, in mouse midbrain, leads to down-regulation of pAkt

Durgadoss, Lalitha and Nidadavolu, Prakash and Valli, Rupanagudi Khader and Saeed, Uzma and Mishra, Mamata and Seth, Pankaj and Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi (2012) Redox modification of Akt mediated by the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP, in mouse midbrain, leads to down-regulation of pAkt. In: The FASEB Journal, 26 (4). pp. 1473-1483.

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Abstract

Impairment of Akt phosphorylation, a critical survival signal, has been implicated in the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. However, the mechanism underlying pAkt loss is unclear. In the current study, we demonstrate pAkt loss in ventral midbrain of mice treated with dopaminergic neurotoxin, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), when compared to ventral midbrain of control mice treated with vehicle alone. Thiol residues of the critical cysteines in Akt are oxidized to a greater degree in mice treated with MPTP, which is reflected as a 40% loss of reduced Akt. Association of oxidatively modified Akt with the phosphatase PP2A, which can lead to enhanced dephosphorylation of pAkt, was significantly stronger after MPTP treatment. Maintaining the protein thiol homeostasis by thiol antioxidants prevented loss of reduced Akt, decreased association with PP2A, and maintained pAkt levels. Overexpression of glutaredoxin, a protein disulfide oxidoreductase, in human primary neurons helped sustain reduced state of Akt and abolished MPP+-mediated pAkt loss. We demonstrate for the first time the selective loss of Akt activity, in vivo, due to oxidative modification of Akt and provide mechanistic insight into oxidative stress-induced down-regulation of cell survival pathway in mouse midbrain following exposure to MPTP.-Durgadoss, L., Nidadavolu, P., Khader Valli, R., Saeed, U., Mishra, M., Seth, P., Ravindranath, R. Redox modification of Akt mediated by the dopaminergic neurotoxin MPTP, in mouse midbrain, leads to down-regulation of pAkt. FASEB J. 26, 1473-1483 (2012). www.fasebj.org

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: The FASEB Journal
Publisher: The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Keywords: protein thiol;glutaredoxin;thiol antioxidants;protein phosphatase 2A
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Neuroscience
Date Deposited: 03 May 2012 12:21
Last Modified: 03 May 2012 12:21
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/44383

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