Hexa (ethylene glycol) derivative of benzothiazole aniline promotes dendritic spine formation through the RasGRF1-Ras dependent pathway.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2016
Abstract
Our recent study demonstrated that an amyloid-β binding molecule, BTA-EG4, increases dendritic spine number via Ras-mediated signaling. To potentially optimize the potency of the BTA compounds, we synthesized and evaluated an amyloid-β binding analog of BTA-EG4 with increased solubility in aqueous solution, BTA-EG6. We initially examined the effects of BTA-EG6 on dendritic spine formation and found that BTA-EG6-treated primary hippocampal neurons had significantly increased dendritic spine number compared to control treatment. In addition, BTA-EG6 significantly increased the surface level of AMPA receptors. Upon investigation into the molecular mechanism by which BTA-EG6 promotes dendritic spine formation, we found that BTA-EG6 may exert its effects on spinogenesis via RasGRF1-ERK signaling, with potential involvement of other spinogenesis-related proteins such as Cdc42 and CDK5. Taken together, our data suggest that BTA-EG6 boosts spine and synapse number, which may have a beneficial effect of enhancing neuronal and synaptic function in the normal healthy brain.
Volume
1862
Issue
2
First Page
284
Last Page
295
ISSN
0006-3002
Published In/Presented At
Lee, N. J., Song, J. M., Cho, H. J., Sung, Y. M., Lee, T., Chung, A., Hong, S. H., Cifelli, J. L., Rubinshtein, M., Habib, L. K., Capule, C. C., Turner, R. S., Pak, D. T., Yang, J., & Hoe, H. S. (2016). Hexa (ethylene glycol) derivative of benzothiazole aniline promotes dendritic spine formation through the RasGRF1-Ras dependent pathway. Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1862(2), 284–295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2015.12.007
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
26675527
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article