1. Breast cancer susceptibility protein 1 (BRCA1) rescues neurons from cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury through NRF2-mediated antioxidant pathway
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Hongquan Guo, Xinfeng Liu, Juanji Li, Xiaolei Shi, Yi Xie, Pengfei Xu, Yunzi Li, Qian Liu, Rui Sun, Ye Hong, Mengna Peng, and Gelin Xu
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0301 basic medicine ,BRCT, BRCA1 C-terminal ,GPX3, glutathione peroxidase 3 ,4-HNE, 4-hydroxynonenol ,OGD, oxygen-glucose deprivation ,GCLM, glutamate-cysteine ligase regulator subunit ,Iba-1, ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule-1 ,Clinical Biochemistry ,SOD1, superoxide dismutase 1 ,HO-1, heme oxygenase 1 ,medicine.disease_cause ,Biochemistry ,NPCs, neural precursor cells ,CaMKII, calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II ,Lipid peroxidation ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,CA1, cornu ammonis 1 ,NSCs, neural stem cells ,3-NT, 3-nitrotyrosine ,XRE, xenobiotic responsive element ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,BER, base excision repair ,GFP, green fluorescent protein ,PSD95, postsynaptic density protein 95 ,chemistry.chemical_classification ,lcsh:R5-920 ,DCX, doublecortin ,ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,NRF2, nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 ,GPX4, glutathione peroxidase 4 ,8-OHDG, 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine ,Signal transduction ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Ischemia/Reperfusion ,Research Paper ,NQO1, NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone 1) ,DNA damage ,DNA repair ,Ischemia ,I/R, ischemia/reperfusion ,CNS, central nervous system ,GCLC, glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic ,NRF2 ,03 medical and health sciences ,ROS, reactive oxygen species ,NER, nucleotide excision repair ,medicine ,MCAO, middle cerebral artery occlusion ,SOD2, superoxide dismutase 2 ,Reactive oxygen species ,AD, Alzheimer disease ,Organic Chemistry ,GFAP, glial fibrillary acidic protein ,BRCA1 ,medicine.disease ,ARE, antioxidative response element ,030104 developmental biology ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,chemistry ,NHEJ, non-homologous end joining ,Oxidative stress ,BRCA1, breast cancer susceptibility protein 1 ,DSBs, double strand breaks ,Cancer research ,HR, homologous recombination ,Reperfusion injury - Abstract
Cellular oxidative stress plays a vital role in the pathological process of neural damage in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion (I/R). The breast cancer susceptibility protein 1 (BRCA1), a tumor suppressor, can modulate cellular antioxidant response and DNA repair. Yet the role of BRCA1 in cerebral I/R injury has not been explored. In this study, we observed that BRCA1 was mainly expressed in neurons and was up-regulated in response to I/R insult. Overexpression of BRCA1 attenuated reactive oxygen species production and lipid peroxidation. Enhanced BRCA1 expression promoted DNA double strand break repair through non-homologous end joining pathway. These effects consequently led to neuronal cell survival and neurological recovery. Mechanically, BRCA1 can interact with the nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like 2 (NRF2) through BRCA1 C-terminal (BRCT) domain. The cross-talk between BRCT and NRF2 activated the NRF2/Antioxidant Response Element signaling pathway and thus protected injured neurons during cerebral I/R. In conclusion, enhanced BRCA1 after cerebral I/R injury may attenuate or prevent neural damage from I/R via NRF2-mediated antioxidant pathway. The finding may provide a potential therapeutic target against ischemic stroke., Highlights • BRCA1 was up-regulated after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury. • Up-regulated BRCA1 attenuated cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury and cognitive impairment. • BRCA1 binding to NRF2 via BRCT domain triggered NRF2-mediated antioxidant response. • BRCA1 promoted DSBs repair via non-homologous end joining-pathway.
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- 2018
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