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- T Xiong, J Tang, J Zhao, H Chen, F Zhao, J Li, Y Qu, D Ferriero, and D Mu.
- Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China.
- Neuroscience. 2012 Aug 2;216:123-32.
AbstractAkt has been demonstrated as a survival kinase in brain after hypoxia-ischemia (HI). Previous studies have shown that glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β)/collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP-2) signaling pathway could be regulated by Akt for axonal-dendritic polarity. CRMP-2 is associated also with microtubule-mediated trafficking. However, whether Akt could regulate GSK-3β/CRMP-2 pathway and the possible effects of this regulation is unclear in developing brain after HI. In this study, we detected the expression of total and phosphorylated Akt, GSK-3β, and CRMP-2, as well as the axonal injury marker amyloid precursor protein (APP) by utilizing an HI model in postnatal 10-day rats. Axonal loss was determined by Bielschowsky silver impregnation, and histological injury was evaluated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining. We found that the phosphorylation of Akt was accompanied by phosphorylation of GSK-3β and dephosphorylation of CRMP-2 after HI. Furthermore, Akt inhibition significantly decreased the phosphorylation of GSK-3β and dephosphorylation of CRMP-2. Moreover, the down-regulation of dephosphorylated CRMP-2 was associated with increased axonal injury (increased APP expression and axonal loss). Our findings suggest that the Akt/GSK-3β/CRMP-2 pathway mediates axonal injury in neonatal rat brain after HI.Copyright © 2012 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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