GSK-3β-mediated regulation of cadmium-induced cell death and survival

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Background: Previous studies indicated that cadmium (Cd) increases PI3-kinase/Akt phosphorylation, resulting in an alteration in GSK-3β activity. However, the mechanism of Cd-induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in neuronal cells has yet to be studied in needs further elucidation. We examined the role of GSK-3β in Cd-induced neuronal cell death and the related downstream signaling pathways. Methods: SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells were treated with 10 or 20 μM BAPTA-AM and 1 μM wortmannin for 30 min and then incubated with 25 μM Cd for 12 h. Apoptotic cells were visualized via DAPI and PI staining. Data were evaluated with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Student's t-test. Data are expressed as the means ± SD of experiments performed at least three times. Results: Treatment of human neuronal SH-SY5Y cells with Cd induced ER, stress as evidenced by the increased expression of GRP78, which is a marker of ER stress. Cd exposure significantly increased the phosphorylation of Akt at thr308 and ser473 and that of GSK-3β at ser9 in a time-dependent manner, while the total protein levels of GSK-3β and Akt did not change. Cd-induced apoptosis was higher in GSK-3β-knockdown cells than in normal cells. Conclusions: Our data suggest that Akt/GSK-3β signaling activated by Cd is involved in neuronal cell survival.

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Kim, S., Cheon, H., Kim, S. M., & Kim, Y. Y. (2018). GSK-3β-mediated regulation of cadmium-induced cell death and survival. Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11658-018-0076-2

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