Abstract:
:Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), one of the most important neuroactive steroids, is produced in the adrenals and the brain. DHEAS is believed to play a critical role in modulating different forms of cellular control, including processes associated with human neural systems. Its production rate and level in serum, adrenals, and brain gradually decrease with advancing age. The decline of DHEAS level was associated with age-related neuronal dysfunction and degeneration, most probably because the steroids protect the central nervous system (CNS) neurons against neurotoxic challenges. Moreover, increasing studies show that matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), MMP-9 especially, are upregulated by proinflammatory mediators in the CNS disorders. The increased MMP-9 as an inflammatory biomarker of several CNS disorders that may participate in the CNS inflammation and neurodegeneration. Herein, we investigate the effects of DHEAS on brain inflammation by the model we have defined of bradykinin (BK)-induced MMP-9 expression in rat brain astrocyte (RBA) and its mechanism. The results showed that DHEAS significantly reduce MMP-9 induced by BK. Pretreatment with DHEAS can inhibit BK-stimulated phosphorylation of c-Src and PYK2. Moreover, DHEAS attenuated BK-stimulated NADPH oxidase (Nox)-derived reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, suggesting that DHEAS has an antioxidative effect. We further demonstrated that DHEAS blocked activation of ERK1/2, Akt, and c-Fos/AP-1 by BK. Finally, DHEAS decreased MMP-9-related events including RBA migration and neuronal apoptosis. The results will provide new insights into the anti-inflammatory action of DHEAS, supporting that DHEAS may have a neuroprotective effect in the improvement of the CNS disorders by reducing neuroinflammation.
journal_name
Mol Neurobioljournal_title
Molecular neurobiologyauthors
Liou CJ,Yang CM,Lee TH,Liu PS,Hsieh HLdoi
10.1007/s12035-018-1125-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-01-01 00:00:00pages
736-747issue
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0893-7648issn
1559-1182pii
10.1007/s12035-018-1125-6journal_volume
56pub_type
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