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Xi MD, Li P, Du H, Qiao XM, Liu ZG, Wei WQ. Geranylgeranylacetone induction of HSP90α exerts cryoprotective effect on Acipenser sinensis sperm. Anim Reprod Sci 2018; 193:19-25. [PMID: 29724523 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2018.03.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Revised: 03/21/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90) is a fertility-associated protein, the expression of which positively correlates with sperm quality in many species. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) is reported to induce expression of HSP90. The present study aimed to investigate whether GGA induced expression of HSP90 in Acipenser sinensis sperm to exert a cryoprotective effect. Sperm from five male A. sinensis was combined with extender containing 20 mmol/L tris pH = 8.1, 10% v/v methanol, 2-5 mmol/L KCl, 15 mmol/L lactose, and 15 mmol/L trehalose, with GGA at 0, 14, 67, 135, 673, 1346, or 6731 μmol/L. After cryopreservation and thawing, the percentage of motile spermatozoa, spermatozoon curvilinear velocity (VCL), straight-line velocity (VSL), average path velocity (VAP), acrosome integrity, and membrane integrity, as well as fertility were evaluated. Sperm quality increased with the increase of GGA to 673 μmol/L, but decreased at higher concentrations. Expression levels of HSP90α were detected by Western blot in sperm frozen with GGA at 673 μmol/L (highest obtained sperm quality), 6731 μmol/L (highest GGA concentration), and a control without GGA. The expression of HSP90α increased with the increase in GGA, with lowest expression observed in the control. GGA was found to induce increase of HSP90α, and this increase was associated with higher quality cryopreserved sperm at concentrations ≤673 μmol/L. This research suggests a viable technique to increase the quality of cryopreserved A. sinensis sperm by adding GGA to induce expression of HSP90α.
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- Meng Dan Xi
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing 100049, China; Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; Sino-Czech Joint Laboratory for Fish Conservation and Biotechnology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; Sino-Czech Joint Laboratory for Fish Conservation and Biotechnology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; Sino-Czech Joint Laboratory for Fish Conservation and Biotechnology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; Sino-Czech Joint Laboratory for Fish Conservation and Biotechnology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China
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- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China; Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China; Sino-Czech Joint Laboratory for Fish Conservation and Biotechnology, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuhan 430223, China.
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Zeng S, Wang H, Chen Z, Cao Q, Hu L, Wu Y. Effects of geranylgeranylacetone upon cardiovascular diseases. Cardiovasc Ther 2018; 36:e12331. [PMID: 29656548 DOI: 10.1111/1755-5922.12331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 03/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Shengqiang Zeng
- The Third Department of Cardiology; Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital; Nanchang China
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- The Third Department of Cardiology; Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital; Nanchang China
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- The Third Department of Cardiology; Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital; Nanchang China
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- The Third Department of Cardiology; Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital; Nanchang China
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- The Third Department of Cardiology; Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital; Nanchang China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine; The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University; Nanchang China
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Tashiro S, Miyake H, Rokutan K. Role of geranylgeranylacetone as non-toxic HSP70 inducer in liver surgery: clinical application. JOURNAL OF HEPATO-BILIARY-PANCREATIC SCIENCES 2018; 25:269-274. [DOI: 10.1002/jhbp.549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Seiki Tashiro
- Department of Surgery; Taoka Hospital; Tokushima Japan
- School of Medicine; Tokushima University Graduate School; Tokushima Japan
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- School of Medicine; Tokushima University Graduate School; Tokushima Japan
- Department of Surgery; Tokushima Municipal Hospital; Tokushima Japan
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- Department of Pathophysiology; Institute of Biomedical Sciences; Tokushima University Graduate School; Tokushima Japan
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Lo WC, Wu CT, Lee HC, Young YH, Chang YL, Cheng PW. Evaluation of geranylgeranylacetone against cisplatin-induced ototoxicity by auditory brainstem response, heat shock proteins and oxidative levels in guinea pigs. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2017; 61:29-35. [PMID: 28344103 DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2017.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This study aims to assess whether geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) could reduce ototoxicity induced by cisplatin through upregulation of not only heat shock protein(HSP)-70, but also HSP-27 and HSP-40, and to study if GGA would reduce cisplatin-induced increase in oxidative stress. 48 guinea pigs were used in this study and treated with the following regimen: 0.5% CMC (sodium carboxymethyl cellulose) control for 7days, GGA (600mg/kg/d) for 7days, a combination of GGA (600mg/kg) for 7days and then one dose of 10mg/kg cisplatin (GGA+Cis), and a combination of CMC for 7days and then 10mg/kg cisplatin (cisplatin group). Auditory brainstem response (ABR) measurement was performed in each animal at time before treatment and 7days after the last dose. Additionally, HSPs, nitric oxide (NO), and lipid peroxidation (LPO) levels in cochlear membranous tissues were assessed. The mean ABR thresholds in the cisplatin group were significantly (p<0.05) increased when compared to the other three groups. In guinea pigs receiving both GGA and cisplatin, the mean threshold shift (TS) were smaller (p<0.05) than those of the cisplatin group, but larger (p<0.05) than those of the CMC control or GGA only group with statistical significance. Compared to the GGA only group or the group treated with GGA+Cis, the cisplatin group had the highest (p<0.05) oxidative stress (NO and LPO levels), and the lowest (p<0.05) mean HSPs expression levels. It can be concluded that GGA attenuate ototoxicity induced by cisplatin through upregulation of HSP-27, -40, and -70. Moreover, increased oxidative stress induced by cisplatin in the cochlea membranous tissue could be reduced by pre-treatment of GGA.
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- Wu-Chia Lo
- Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Otolaryngology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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He W, Zhuang Y, Wang L, Qi L, Chen B, Wang M, Shao D, Chen J. Geranylgeranylacetone attenuates hepatic fibrosis by increasing the expression of heat shock protein 70. Mol Med Rep 2015; 12:4895-900. [PMID: 26165998 PMCID: PMC4581808 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Increasing evidence has demonstrated that the heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) gene may be closely associated with tissue fibrosis; however, the association between HSP70 and liver fibrosis remains to be fully elucidated. The present study hypothesized that geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) exerts beneficial effects on liver fibrosis though upregulation of the expression of HSP70. Liver fibrosis was induced in rats using carbon tetrachloride (CCl4). The rats were subsequently divided into three groups: Control group, CCl4 model group and CCl4 model + GGA group. Liver fibrosis in the rats was evaluated using hematoxylin and eosin staining, Masson's trichrome staining and Sirius red staining. The levels of serum alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and total bilirubin were determined using an automated biochemistry analyzer. The levels of total hepatic hydroxyproline were also determined. The expression levels of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) were determined using immunofluorescence staining and western blotting, and the protein expression levels of HSP70 were determined using western blotting. The CCl4-induced rats exhibited liver fibrosis, increased hydroxyproline content, impaired liver function, upregulated expression levels of the α-SMA and TGF-β1 pro-fibrogenic proteins, and increased expression of HSP70, compared with the control group. These changes were attenuated by treatment with GGA. These results demonstrated that GGA exerted beneficial effects in CCl4-induced liver fibrosis via upregulating the expression of HSP70.
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- Wei He
- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu 213003, P.R. China
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Marunouchi T, Inomata S, Sanbe A, Takagi N, Tanonaka K. Protective effect of geranylgeranylacetone via enhanced induction of HSPB1 and HSPB8 in mitochondria of the failing heart following myocardial infarction in rats. Eur J Pharmacol 2014; 730:140-7. [PMID: 24631258 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2014.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Revised: 02/08/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying mitochondrial impairment in the failing heart are not yet clear. In a previous study, we found that the levels of small heat shock proteins (HSP) such as mitochondrial HSPB1 and HSPB8 in the failing heart following myocardial infarction were decreased. In the present study, to verify the hypothesis that mitochondrial dysfunction in the failing heart is associated with alterations in mitochondrial small heat shock proteins, we examined the effects of geranylgeranylacetone, a heat shock protein inducer, on the cardiac mitochondrial function after myocardial infarction. When hemodynamic parameters of rats with myocardial infarction were measured at the 8th (8W) week after coronary artery ligation (CAL), the 8W-CAL showed signs of chronic heart failure concomitant with a reduced mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate. HSPB1 and HSPB8 contents in the mitochondrial fraction prepared from the failing heart were decreased, suggesting that an attenuation of mitochondrial translocation of HSPB1 and HSPB8 had led to an impairment of mitochondrial energy-producing ability. Geranylgeranylacetone treatment from the 2nd to 8th week after myocardial infarction attenuated the reduction in mitochondrial HSPB1 and HSPB8 contents. Furthermore, the mitochondrial energy-producing ability and cardiac pump function were preserved by orally administered geranylgeranylacetone during the development of heart failure. These results suggest that the induction of small heat shock proteins in the infarcted heart by geranylgeranylacetone treatment contributed to the preservation of mitochondrial function, leading to an improvement of cardiac contractile function.
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- Tetsuro Marunouchi
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Nishitokuta, Yahaba, Siwa, Iwate 028-3603, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
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Geranylgeranylacetone suppresses noise-induced expression of proinflammatory cytokines in the cochlea. Auris Nasus Larynx 2011; 39:270-4. [PMID: 21794995 DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Revised: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 06/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF1) is a master regulator of heat shock response, and also inhibits expression of inflammatory cytokines directly or indirectly. Here, we examined effects of HSF1 activation on the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in mouse cochlea after exposure to noise. METHODS Male CBA/N mice with normal Preyer's reflex were exposed to intense noise for 3h. Three hours after noise exposure, bilateral cochleae were removed and expression of major inflammatory cytokines was examined. RESULTS We found that interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) expression increased significantly after noise exposure, and the expression was suppressed significantly in mice administered with geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), which activates HSF1. Seven days after noise exposure, thresholds for auditory brainstem response were elevated, and GGA administration significantly suppressed this elevation. CONCLUSION These results suggest that HSF1-mediated suppression of proinflammatory cytokines in the cochlea by GGA administration could be an important means of inner ear protection.
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Zhao YQ, Gao JT, Liu SH, Wu Y, Lin MT, Fan M. Geranylgeranylacetone preconditioning may attenuate heat-induced inflammation and multiorgan dysfunction in rats. J Pharm Pharmacol 2010; 62:99-105. [DOI: 10.1211/jpp.62.01.0011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Objectives
Geranylgeranylacetone, an acyclic isoprenoid, is a non-toxic inducer of heat shock protein (HSP)70. HSP70 overproduction is associated with heat tolerance in rats. This study aimed to investigate whether geranylgeranylacetone preconditioning of rats reduced heat-induced inflammation and multiple organ dysfunction.
Methods
Anaesthetised rats were given vehicle or geranylgeranylacetone (800 mg/kg) orally. After 48 h they were exposed to ambient temperature of 43°C for 70 min to induce heatstroke. Another group of rats kept at room temperature were used as normothermic controls.
Key findings
Vehicle-treated rats all succumbed to heat stress; their survival time was 25 ± 4 min. Pretreatment with geranylgeranylacetone significantly increased survival time to 92 ± 15 min. Compared with normothermic controls, all vehicle-treated heatstroke rats displayed hepatic and renal dysfunction (e.g. increased plasma levels of serum urea nitrogen, creatinine, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase) and active inflammation (e.g. increased plasma and brain levels of interleukin-1β, tumour necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6). These heat-stress response indicators were all significantly suppressed by geranylgeranylacetone pretreatment. In addition, the plasma and brain levels of interleukin-10 (an anti-inflammatory cytokine) and brain levels of HSP70 were significantly increased after geranylgeranylacetone preconditioning during heatstroke.
Conclusions
Geranylgeranylacetone preconditioning attenuates heat-induced inflammation and multiorgan dysfunction in rats.
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- Yong-Qi Zhao
- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Physiology, Jilin Medical College, Jilin, 132013, China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Department of Medical Research, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850, China
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Zhang K, Zhao T, Huang X, Liu ZH, Xiong L, Li MM, Wu LY, Zhao YQ, Zhu LL, Fan M. Preinduction of HSP70 promotes hypoxic tolerance and facilitates acclimatization to acute hypobaric hypoxia in mouse brain. Cell Stress Chaperones 2009; 14:407-15. [PMID: 19105051 PMCID: PMC2728275 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-008-0094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2008] [Accepted: 11/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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It has been shown that induction of HSP70 by administration of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) leads to protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study was performed to determine the effect of GGA on the survival of mice and on brain damage under acute hypobaric hypoxia. The data showed that the mice injected with GGA survived significantly longer than control animals (survival time of 9.55 +/- 3.12 min, n = 16 vs. controls at 4.28 +/- 4.29 min, n = 15, P < 0.005). Accordingly, the cellular necrosis or degeneration of the hippocampus and the cortex induced by sublethal hypoxia for 6 h could be attenuated by preinjection with GGA, especially in the CA2 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus. In addition, the activity of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) of the hippocampus and the cortex was increased after exposure to sublethal hypoxia for 6 h but could be inhibited by the preinjection of GGA. Furthermore, the expression of HSP70 was significantly increased at 1 h after GGA injection. These results suggest that administration of GGA improved survival rate and prevented acute hypoxic damage to the brain and that the underlying mechanism involved induction of HSP70 and inhibition of NOS activity.
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- Kuan Zhang
- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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- Department of Brain Protection and Plasticity, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100850 China
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Sakabe M, Shiroshita-Takeshita A, Maguy A, Brundel BJ, Fujiki A, Inoue H, Nattel S. Effects of a heat shock protein inducer on the atrial fibrillation substrate caused by acute atrial ischaemia. Cardiovasc Res 2008; 78:63-70. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Association of heat shock protein 70 induction and the amelioration of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis in mice. Immunobiology 2007; 212:11-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2006.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2006] [Revised: 08/14/2006] [Accepted: 08/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wada T, Sei H, Kusumoto K, Kitaoka K, Chikahisa S, Rokutan K, Morita Y. Geranylgeranylacetone, an inducer of HSP 70, attenuates REM sleep rebound after sleep deprivation. Brain Res Bull 2006; 69:388-92. [PMID: 16624670 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2005] [Revised: 01/24/2006] [Accepted: 02/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of pretreatment of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an inducer of heat shock protein (HSP) 70, on responses in sleep and core body temperature (Tcore) against sleep deprivation (SD) was examined in rats. After 3 days of GGA or vehicle injection, a 6-h period of SD was performed. During the recovery period, both rapid-eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep were increased in both GGA- and vehicle-injected rats. However, in GGA-injected rats, REM-sleep rebound was significantly suppressed, while NREM-sleep rebound remained unaffected. In addition, the increase of Tcore caused by SD was also attenuated in GGA-injected rats. In the hippocampus, both SD and the GGA pretreatment induced an increase in the expression of HSP70 mRNA, indicating that the SD functions as a stress for hippocampal neurons and that the GGA induces HSP70 expression. The findings suggest that pretreatment with GGA suppresses REM sleep rebound and the response of Tcore against SD.
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- Tadashi Wada
- Department of Integrative Physiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Ohkawara T, Takeda H, Nishiwaki M, Nishihira J, Asaka M. Protective effects of heat shock protein 70 induced by geranylgeranylacetone on oxidative injury in rat intestinal epithelial cells. Scand J Gastroenterol 2006; 41:312-7. [PMID: 16497619 DOI: 10.1080/00365520500319427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an anti-ulcer agent, has recently been demonstrated to protect a variety of cells and tissues via induction of heat shock protein (HSP)70 against numerous stresses. We investigated whether GGA induces HSP70 and protects against an oxidative stressor, monocrolamine (NH(2)Cl), in a rat intestinal epithelial cell line (IEC-18). MATERIAL AND METHODS IEC-18 cells pretreated with GGA (0.1-10 microM) were subjected to injury induced by NH(2)Cl. Cell viability was assessed, and endogenous HSP70 levels were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in IEC-18 cells. RESULTS Treatment with GGA (0.1-10 microM) was found rapidly to elevate HSP70 levels and to protect against NH(2)Cl-induced injury in IEC-18 cells. Furthermore, quercetin, an inhibitor of HSP70 synthesis, diminished the protective effects of GGA in IEC-18 cells upon NH(2)Cl-caused injury. CONCLUSIONS The results of this study suggest that GGA plays an important role in defense mechanisms against oxidative injury in the intestine, primarily via induction of HSP70.
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- Tatsuya Ohkawara
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Nishida T, Matsura T, Nakada J, Togawa A, Kai M, Sumioka I, Minami Y, Inagaki Y, Ishibe Y, Ito H, Ohta Y, Yamada K. Geranylgeranylacetone protects against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity by inducing heat shock protein 70. Toxicology 2006; 219:187-96. [PMID: 16377054 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2005] [Revised: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an anti-ulcer drug, has been reported to induce heat shock protein (HSP) 70 in several animal organs. The present study was performed to determine whether GGA protects mouse liver against acetaminophen (APAP)-induced injury and whether it has potential as a therapeutic agent for APAP overdose. Hepatic damage was induced by single oral administration of APAP (500 mg/kg). GGA at 400 mg/kg was given orally 4 or 8h before, or 0.5h after APAP administration. Treatment of mice with GGA 4h before or 0.5h after APAP administration suppressed increases in transaminase activities and ammonia content in blood as well as hepatic necrosis. Such GGA treatment significantly increased hepatic HSP70 accumulation after APAP administration. Furthermore, GGA inhibited increases in hepatic lipid peroxide content and hepatic myeloperoxidase activity after APAP administration. In contrast, GGA neither inhibited hepatic cytochrome P450 2E1 activity nor suppressed hepatic glutathione depletion after APAP administration. The protective effect of GGA treatment 4h before APAP on hepatotoxicity induced by APAP was completely inhibited with quercetin, known as an HSP inhibitor. In conclusion, GGA has been identified as a new antidote to APAP injury, acting by induction of HSP70. The potential of GGA as a therapeutic tool is strongly supported by its ability to inhibit hepatic injury even when administered after ingestion of APAP.
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- Tadashi Nishida
- Division of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Science, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683-8503, Japan
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Mikuriya T, Sugahara K, Takemoto T, Tanaka K, Takeno K, Shimogori H, Nakai A, Yamashita H. Geranylgeranylacetone, a heat shock protein inducer, prevents acoustic injury in the guinea pig. Brain Res 2005; 1065:107-14. [PMID: 16309629 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2005] [Revised: 10/09/2005] [Accepted: 10/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) used widely as anti-ulcer agent is accepted as an inducer of the heat shock proteins (Hsps) at gastric mucosa, liver, heart, and brain. However, there have been no reports that GGA could induce Hsps in the cochlea leading up to the oto-protection. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether single oral dose of GGA could induce Hsps at cochlea and oral administration had protective effect to the cochlea against noise trauma. We used Hartley guinea pigs and investigated the expression of Hsp70, 40, and 27 in cochlea by Western blot analysis. To evaluate cochlear function, we assessed thresholds of the auditory brain stem response (ABR). For histological assessment, we observed the sensory epithelium using surface preparation technique. GGA (600 mg/kg) or vehicle was given orally to animals. Western blot analysis showed that the expressions of Hsp 70, 40, and 27 were increased 24-48 h after administration of single dose of GGA, whereas there was less expression in the animals given vehicle. In the animals given GGA once a day for a week before sound exposure (130 dB SPL octave band noise with a center frequency of 4 kHz) for 3 h, their ABR threshold elevations were lowered significantly. In addition, significantly fewer defects were observed on outer hair cells of organ of Corti in the animals treated by GGA than those of the animals without GGA. This result shows that pretreatment by GGA have a potential to prevent cochlea damage against the intense noise.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anti-Ulcer Agents/pharmacology
- Blotting, Western
- Cochlea/drug effects
- Cochlea/metabolism
- Cochlea/pathology
- Diterpenes/pharmacology
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem/drug effects
- Guinea Pigs
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/drug effects
- Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/metabolism
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/prevention & control
- Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis
- Male
- Noise/adverse effects
- Stimulation, Chemical
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- Takefumi Mikuriya
- Department of Otolaryngology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Minamikogushi 1-1-1, Ube, Yamaguchi 755-8505, Japan
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Katsuno M, Sang C, Adachi H, Minamiyama M, Waza M, Tanaka F, Doyu M, Sobue G. Pharmacological induction of heat-shock proteins alleviates polyglutamine-mediated motor neuron disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:16801-6. [PMID: 16260738 PMCID: PMC1275598 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506249102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an adult-onset motor neuron disease caused by the expansion of a trinucleotide CAG repeat encoding the polyglutamine tract in the first exon of the androgen receptor gene (AR). The pathogenic, polyglutamine-expanded AR protein accumulates in the cell nucleus in a ligand-dependent manner and inhibits transcription by interfering with transcriptional factors and coactivators. Heat-shock proteins (HSPs) are stress-induced chaperones that facilitate the refolding and, thus, the degradation of abnormal proteins. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), a nontoxic antiulcer drug, has been shown to potently induce HSP expression in various tissues, including the central nervous system. In a cell model of SBMA, GGA increased the levels of Hsp70, Hsp90, and Hsp105 and inhibited cell death and the accumulation of pathogenic AR. Oral administration of GGA also up-regulated the expression of HSPs in the central nervous system of SBMA-transgenic mice and suppressed nuclear accumulation of the pathogenic AR protein, resulting in amelioration of polyglutamine-dependent neuromuscular phenotypes. These observations suggest that, although a high dose appears to be needed for clinical effects, oral GGA administration is a safe and promising therapeutic candidate for polyglutamine-mediated neurodegenerative diseases, including SBMA.
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- Masahisa Katsuno
- Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan
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Fan N, Yang GS, Lu JH, Yang N, Zhang HB. Oral administration of geranylgeranylacetone plus local somatothermal stimulation: A simple, effective, safe and operable preconditioning combination for conferring tolerance against ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat livers. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11:5725-31. [PMID: 16237775 PMCID: PMC4481498 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i36.5725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To explore a simple, effective, safe and operable pretreatment for conferring tolerance against ischemia-reperfusion (I-R) injury in rat livers.
METHODS: Forty-five rats were divided into five groups (each group n = 9). Group C: control group; group G: geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) was administered without heat stress; group S: local heat stress alone; group WG: GGA plus whole-body heat stress; group SG: GGA administration plus local heat stress. After completion of the I-R procedure, the ischemic-reperfused liver lobes in five groups were resected and tested for heat shock protein (HSP70) by RT-PCR, Western blotting analysis and immunohistochemical staining. The blood samples were collected for ALT and AST measurement at the end of occlusion of blood supply, 30 min after reperfusion, 24, 48, 72 h after surgery from the inferior vena cava. Survival was monitored for 1 wk.
RESULTS: The production of HSP70 after I-R injury increased, the liver enzyme levels after reperfusion decreased rapidly, and the survival rates increased in groups C-SG.
CONCLUSION: The combination of GGA plus local somatothermal stimulation is a simple, effective, safe and operable pretreatment to induce HSP70 in patients with liver tumor and cirrhosis before hepatectomy and in donors before harvesting graft for liver transplantation.
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- Ning Fan
- Department of Laparoscopy, Affiliated Eastern Hospital of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200438, China
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Ohkawara T, Nishihira J, Takeda H, Miyashita K, Kato K, Kato M, Sugiyama T, Asaka M. Geranylgeranylacetone protects mice from dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. Scand J Gastroenterol 2005; 40:1049-57. [PMID: 16211708 DOI: 10.1080/00365520510023161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) has recently been reported to induce heat shock protein (HSP) 70, which has a protective function against inflammation. We investigated the therapeutic effects of oral administration of GGA on dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS BALB/c mice were given 3% DSS solution orally for 7 days to induce colitis. The disease activity of colitis was assessed clinically every day, and histology in the colon was evaluated at 7 days post-DSS. The levels of myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and interferon (IFN)-gamma in the colon tissues were also examined. In addition, expression of HSPs 25, 40, 70 and 90 in the colon tissue was determined by Western blot analysis. Mice were orally administered GGA (50-500 mg/kg) when treatment of DSS started. RESULTS It was found that GGA significantly reduced the clinical severity of colitis and suppressed the levels of MPO activity, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma induced by DSS in the colon. On the other hand, GGA enhanced the expression of HSP70 in the colon of mice given DSS. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, these results suggest that GGA is a new anti-inflammatory drug that could be useful in the treatment of colitis such as inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Tatsuya Ohkawara
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hematology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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Suzuki S, Maruyama S, Sato W, Morita Y, Sato F, Miki Y, Kato S, Katsuno M, Sobue G, Yuzawa Y, Matsuo S. Geranylgeranylacetone ameliorates ischemic acute renal failure via induction of Hsp70. Kidney Int 2005; 67:2210-20. [PMID: 15882264 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00326.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are well known as cytoprotective proteins. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an antiulcer agent, has recently been shown to induce Hsp70. This study was performed to investigate the renoprotective properties of GGA. METHODS The effect of GGA on the induction of the major HSPs (Hsp90, Hsp70, Hsc70, Hsp60, and Hsp32) was studied in the rat kidney or rat primary cultures of tubular epithelial cells (R-TECs) by Western blot. Localization of Hsp70 was determined by immunohistochemistry. The renoprotective effects of GGA were studied using a rat model of ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. GGA (400 mg/kg), GGA with quercetin pretreatment (100 mg/kg), or a vehicle was given to rats 24 hours and again 1 hour prior to the induction of I/R injury. Rats were sacrificed at 24 hours after reperfusion. Histologic analyses and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated deoxyuridine triphosphate (dUTP) nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay were performed. Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and serum creatinine was also measured. The cytoprotective properties of GGA were also studied in vitro by treating R-TECs with GGA (10 mumol/L) or a vehicle, followed by incubation in culture medium with oxidative stress condition (0.5 mmol/L hydrogen peroxide) or ischemic condition (2 nmol/L NaCN and 20 mmol/L 2-deoxyglucose in the absence of medium glucose). RESULTS Oral administration of GGA induced Hsp70 expression in the kidney (which peaked at 24 hours) but did not induce Hsp90, Hsc70, Hsp60, or Hsp32. The induction of Hsp70 was blocked by quercetin. Immunohistochemistry showed that Hsp70 was localized mainly in the tubular epithelial cells. Preconditioning rats with GGA significantly decreased BUN and serum creatinine levels after I/R injury. Histologic examination revealed that GGA significantly attenuated tubular damage and macrophage infiltration. The number of TUNEL-positive cells also decreased significantly in the GGA group. Quercetin, an inhibitor of Hsp70 induction, eliminated these renoprotective effects of GGA. In in vitro study, GGA-induced Hsp70 in R-TECs, which peaked at 2 to 4 hours. Both oxidative stress and ischemic stimuli induced apoptosis in R-TECs. GGA significantly suppressed the number of apoptotic cells in both conditions. CONCLUSION The results support the hypothesis that GGA induces Hsp70, protects tubular epithelial cells from apoptosis, and thus ameliorates tubular damage by I/R injury. The present study suggests that GGA would be a useful tool in treating acute renal failure or preventing transplanted kidney damage in the clinical setting.
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- Satoshi Suzuki
- Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Yasuda H, Shichinohe H, Kuroda S, Ishikawa T, Iwasaki Y. Neuroprotective effect of a heat shock protein inducer, geranylgeranylacetone in permanent focal cerebral ischemia. Brain Res 2005; 1032:176-82. [PMID: 15680957 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2004] [Revised: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 11/06/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Previous studies have strongly suggested that heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has protective effects in ischemia/reperfusion in tissues such as brain, heart, and liver. This study was performed to assess the efficacy of the HSP70 inducer geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) in experiments involving permanent middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. Male Balb/c mice were subjected to permanent MCA occlusion by direct occlusion through small craniectomy. Vehicle or GGA (200 or 1000 mg/kg) was injected intraperitoneally 1 h prior to the onset of ischemia. Infarct volumes were evaluated at 24 h of ischemia by using 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining. The effect of GGA on the induction of HSP70 was studied at 3 h after ischemia with fluorescence immunocytochemistry. The percentage of infarct volume in the control mice (n=10) was 23.0+/-4.0% (mean+/-SD) of the contralateral hemisphere, while those in the treated groups were 22.6+/-7.3% (200 mg/kg group; n=5, P>0.05) and 15.7+/-3.8% (1000 mg/kg group; n=5, P<0.05). Pretreatments with 1000 mg/kg of GGA enhanced the ischemia-related induction of HSP in the neurons and astrocytes in the boundary zone of infarct. The results demonstrate that GGA significantly reduces infarct volume due to permanent MCA occlusion when given 1 h prior to the induction of ischemia.
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- Hiroshi Yasuda
- Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, North 15 West 7, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan
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Ishida T, Oshimo T, Nishimura A, Mutoh J, Ishii Y, Koga N, Yamada H, Hashiguchi I, Akamine A, Oguri K. Reduction of the toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in mice using an antiulcer drug, geranylgeranylacetone. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 27:1397-402. [PMID: 15340226 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.27.1397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The protective effect of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), an antiulcer drug, against the acute toxicity and teratogenicity produced by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) was examined in C57BL/6J mice. When mice were co-treated, GGA reduced the loss of body weight gain and lethality produced by TCDD but hepatomegaly and thymic atrophy were not improved. Additionally, no protective effect of GGA was observed in the formation of cleft palate and hydronephrosis in mouse fetuses caused by maternal exposure to TCDD. To clarify the reducing mechanism by GGA, the Hsp70.1 mRNA levels in liver and intestine were analyzed. However, it was difficult to explain the effect of GGA from the induction of Hsp70.1. GGA had also no effect on the induction of hepatic ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activity by TCDD. These data suggest that GGA exhibits a protective effect against some forms of dioxin toxicity by a mechanism without involving inhibition of arylhydrocarbon receptor activation.
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- Takumi Ishida
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Masuda Y, Sumita S, Fujimura N, Namiki A. Geranylgeranylacetone attenuates septic diaphragm dysfunction by induction of heat shock protein 70*. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:2585-91. [PMID: 14605528 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000094230.44674.d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purposes of the present study were to evaluate the induction of heat shock protein (HSP) 70 expression in the diaphragm by geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) administration and to determine the effect of HSP70 induction on diaphragm contractility measured in vitro and the production of oxygen-derived free radicals during experimental septic peritonitis. DESIGN Prospective laboratory study. SETTING University laboratory. SUBJECTS One-hundred sixty male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS In experiment 1, rats received GGA intragastrically, and time-dependent induction of HSP70 expression in the diaphragm was determined at 0, 12, 24, and 36 hrs after GGA administration. To evaluate dose-dependent inhibition of GGA-induced HSP70 expression by quercetin, rats were pretreated with progressive doses of quercetin before GGA administration. In experiment 2, rats received gum arabic solution (vehicle), 100, 200, or 400 mg/kg of GGA. In experiment 3, rats were pretreated with quercetin or glycerol before GGA or vehicle administration. Intra-abdominal sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and perforation (CLP) under inhalation anesthesia after GGA or vehicle administration in experiments 2 and 3. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Western blot analysis using diaphragm homogenates obtained from normal rats showed that HSP70 expression peaked at 24 or 36 hrs after GGA administration and that pretreatment with >10 mg/kg of quercetin blocked the induction of HSP70 expression by GGA. CLP induced diaphragmatic dysfunction and increased diaphragmatic malondialdehyde concentrations and superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities. GGA attenuated CLP-induced diaphragm dysfunction and increased malondialdehyde concentrations in a dose-dependent manner but did not affect superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase activities after CLP. Diaphragm dysfunction and increased diaphragmatic malondialdehyde concentrations after CLP were maintained on quercetin pretreatment despite GGA administration. CONCLUSIONS GGA induces HSP70 expression in the diaphragm, and this induction attenuates septic diaphragm impairment by inhibiting the production of oxygen-derived free radicals.
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- Yoshiki Masuda
- Department of Anesthesiology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Hokkaido,
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Unoshima M, Iwasaka H, Eto J, Takita-Sonoda Y, Noguchi T, Nishizono A. Antiviral effects of geranylgeranylacetone: enhancement of MxA expression and phosphorylation of PKR during influenza virus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2003; 47:2914-21. [PMID: 12936994 PMCID: PMC182641 DOI: 10.1128/aac.47.9.2914-2921.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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A cyclic polyisoprenoid compound, geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), has been used as antiulcer drug. GGA is also a potent inducer of heat shock proteins (HSPs). HSPs are considered to induce an antiviral effect; however, the detailed mechanism is unknown. To determine whether GGA might show antiviral activity and what the mechanism is, the effect of GGA against influenza virus (strain PR8) infection in vivo and in vitro was investigated. The results demonstrated that GGA treatment strongly suppressed the deleterious consequences of PR8 replication and was accompanied by an increase in HSP70 gene expression in mice. Results from in vitro analyses demonstrated that GGA significantly inhibited the synthesis of PR8-associated proteins and prominently enhanced expression of human myxovirus resistance 1 (MxA) followed by increased HSP70 transcription. Moreover, GGA augmented the expression of an interferon-inducible double-strand RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) gene and promoted PKR autophosphorylation and concomitantly alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 phosphorylation during PR8 infection. It is proposed that GGA-induced HSP70 has potent antiviral activity by enhancement of antiviral factors and can clinically achieve protection from influenza virus infection.
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- Masako Unoshima
- Department of Anesthesiology, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan.
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In response to stresses, mammalian cells induce heat shock proteins (HSP). Overproduction of a stress-inducible 70-kDa protein (Hsp70) results in the acquisition of tolerance against various types of stresses. An acyclic isoprenoid, geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), was introduced for the first time as a non-toxic Hsp 70 inducer, which selectively and safely induced Hsp70 in cultured guinea pig gastric mucosal cells and rat gastric mucosa. GGA also primed other types of cells for enhanced induction of Hsp70, when exposed to stress. Pretreatment of rats with GGA markedly suppressed ischemia-reperfusion injury of the liver, small intestine, or heart, and improved survival after 95% hepatectomy as well as liver transplantation. GGA can block insult-induced apoptosis at multiple levels; it inhibited activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinases, decline of mitochondrial membrane potential, and formation of apoptosome by binding with Apaf-1. Recently, GGA has been shown to induce thioredoxin and anti-viral genes, suggesting that GGA may exhibit protective actions independently of Hsp70 induction. HSP are members of molecular chaperones that are essential for the quality control of intracellular proteins. New compounds specifically targeting molecular chaperones that function to prevent the accumulation of misfolded proteins may be useful for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders in the near future.
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- Kazuhito Rokutan
- Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan.
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Kikuchi S, Shinpo K, Takeuchi M, Tsuji S, Yabe I, Niino M, Tashiro K. Effect of geranylgeranylaceton on cellular damage induced by proteasome inhibition in cultured spinal neurons. J Neurosci Res 2002; 69:373-81. [PMID: 12125078 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We investigated the effect of two proteasome inhibitors, lactacystin and epoxomicin, on cultured spinal cord neurons. The incubation of spinal neurons with proteasome inhibitors for 24 hr induced neurotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner. We found motor neurons to be more vulnerable to proteasome-induced neurotoxicity than nonmotor neurons. The staining of cell bodies in treated motor neurons was markedly disrupted and showed characteristic granular patterns. Proteasome-induced neurotoxicity is accompanied by apoptotic nuclear changes, posttranslational modification of the cellular proteins, generation of intracellular free radicals, reduction in the amount of reduced glutathione, and mitochondrial dysfunction. Neurotoxicity was reduced by the administration of low concentrations (1-100 nM) of geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), which is widely used as an antiulcer drug, although higher concentrations of this drug produced neurotoxicity in spinal cord neurons. GGA was found to induce the expression of heat shock protein 70 as well as thioredoxin, which may partly contribute to the protective effect of GGA. These data suggest that the inhibition of proteasome may play a role in the mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases of the spinal cord, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and that the use of GGA may be effective in the treatment of these conditions.
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- Seiji Kikuchi
- Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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Ooie T, Takahashi N, Saikawa T, Nawata T, Arikawa M, Yamanaka K, Hara M, Shimada T, Sakata T. Single oral dose of geranylgeranylacetone induces heat-shock protein 72 and renders protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat heart. Circulation 2001; 104:1837-43. [PMID: 11591623 DOI: 10.1161/hc3901.095771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Induction of heat-shock proteins (HSPs) results in cardioprotection against ischemic insult. Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA), known as an antiulcer agent, reportedly induces HSP72 in the gastric mucosa and small intestine of rats. The present study tested the hypothesis that oral GGA would induce HSP72 in the heart and thus render cardioprotection against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats. METHODS AND RESULTS Cardiac expression of HSPs was quantitatively evaluated in rats by Western blot analysis. Ten minutes of whole-body hyperthermia induced HSP72 expression in the rat hearts. A single oral dose of GGA (200 mg/kg) also induced expression of HSP72, which peaked at 24 hours after administration. Therefore, isolated perfused heart experiments using a Langendorff apparatus were performed 24 hours after administration of 200 mg/kg GGA (GGA group) or vehicle (control group). After a 5-minute stabilization period, no-flow global ischemia was given for 20, 40, or 60 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of reperfusion. During reperfusion, the functional recovery was greater and the released creatine kinase was less in the GGA group than in the control group. Electron microscopy findings revealed that the ischemia/reperfusion-induced damage of myocardial cells was prevented in GGA-treated myocytes. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that oral GGA is cardioprotective against ischemic insult through its induction of HSP72.
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- T Ooie
- Department of Internal Medicine I, School of Medicine, Oita Medical University, Oita, Japan
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Tsuruma T, Yagihashi A, Hirata K, Araya J, Katsuramaki T, Tarumi K, Yanai Y, Watanabe N. Induction of heat shock protein-70 (hsp-70) by intraarterial administration of geranylgeranylacetone. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1631-3. [PMID: 11119869 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01441-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- T Tsuruma
- Department of Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Hirota K, Nakamura H, Arai T, Ishii H, Bai J, Itoh T, Fukuda K, Yodoi J. Geranylgeranylacetone enhances expression of thioredoxin and suppresses ethanol-induced cytotoxicity in cultured hepatocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 275:825-30. [PMID: 10973806 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Geranylgeranylacetone (GGA) has been introduced into the clinical field as an anti-ulcer drug. In addition to protective effects on gastric mucosal cells, GGA also has anti-apoptotic effects against ischemia and reperfusion injury in hepatocytes and intestinal cells. However, the molecular mechanisms of the cytoprotective or anti-apoptotic effect of GGA are largely unknown. To explore the molecular mechanism of GGA action, we focused on thioredoxin (TRX), an endogenous-redox-acting molecule. We have demonstrated that GGA induces the messenger RNA and protein of TRX and affects the activation of transcription factors, AP-1 and NF-kappaB, and that GGA blunted ethanol-induced cytotoxicity of cultured hepatocytes. These results provide evidence suggesting that a possible novel molecular mechanism of GGA is to protect cells via the induction of TRX and the activation of transcription factors such as NF-kappaB and AP-1.
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- K Hirota
- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto, Sakyo-Ku, 606-8507, Japan.
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