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Query: UNIPROT:P11021 (BiP)
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B/K protein is a newly identified member of double C2-like domain protein family. We examined the expression of B/K protein in the hippocampus of kainate-induced rat seizure model. Intraperitoneal injection of kainate increased the immunoreactivity to B/K protein in the CA1 to CA3 of the hippocampus. B/K protein expression began to increase at 6 h, reached the maximum at 12 h, and then returned nearly to the normal level at 72 h after the injection of kainate (12 mg/kg), and it was also dependent on the dose of kainate between 4 and 16 mg/kg. In electron microscopic and subcellular fractionation studies, B/K protein was localized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of the hippocampus. Kainate also induced the expression of BiP, a typical ER stress marker protein, in the hippocampus and the cortex, and it was coexpressed with B/K protein. Moreover, thapsigargin-induced ER stress caused upregulation of B/K protein expression in PC12 cells. In conclusion, our data showing the induction of both B/K protein expression and ER stress response in the hippocampus of kainate seizure model, and ER-specific expression and ER stress-induced expression of B/K strongly suggest the possible role of B/K protein in epileptogenesis or epilepsy-induced neuronal damage.
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PMID:Expression of B/K protein in the hippocampus of kainate-induced rat seizure model. 1475 99

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which is caused by an accumulation of unfolded proteins in the ER lumen, is associated with stroke and with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer diseases. We assessed the expression patterns of immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein (BiP)/glucose-regulated protein (GRP) 78 (an ER-resident molecular chaperone whose expression serves as a good marker of ER-stress), activating transcription factor (ATF)-4, and C/EBP homology protein (CHOP) by immunohistochemistry and/or Western blotting after transient forebrain ischemia in gerbils. Double-fluorescent staining involving CHOP immunohistochemistry and the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated DNA nick-end labeling (TUNEL) method was performed to clarify the involvement of CHOP in cell death. Immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses of the hippocampal Cornet d'Ammon (CA)1 subfield showed that BiP expression was increased at 12 h, peaked at 3 days, then decreased (versus the control group). A transient increase was detected in CA3 at 1 day after ischemia, but BiP expression was unchanged in dentate gyrus and cortex. Signals for ATF-4 and CHOP were increased at 1 day and 3 days in CA1, and at 12 h in CA3. Co-localization of CHOP immunoreactivity and DNA fragmentation was detected by the TUNEL method at 3 days after ischemia in CA1, but not at 12 h in CA3. These findings are consistent with ER stress playing a pivotal role in post-ischemic neuronal death in the gerbil hippocampal CA1 subfield.
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PMID:Involvement of endoplasmic reticulum stress in the neuronal death induced by transient forebrain ischemia in gerbil. 1808 69

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, which is caused by the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the ER lumen, is associated with stroke and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. We evaluated the effect of a selective inducer of immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein (BiP) (BiP inducer X; BIX) against both tunicamycin-induced cell death (in SH-SY5Y cells) and the effects of global transient forebrain ischemia (in gerbils). BIX significantly induced BiP expression both in vitro and in vivo. Pretreatment with BIX at 2 or 5 microM reduced the cell death induced by tunicamycin in SH-SY5Y cells. In gerbils subjected to forebrain ischemia, prior treatment with BIX (intracerebroventricular injection at 10 or 40 microg) protected against cell death and decreased TUNEL-positive cells in the hippocampal CA1 subfield. These findings indicate that this selective inducer of BiP could be used to prevent the neuronal damage both in vitro and in vivo.
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PMID:Induction of BiP, an ER-resident protein, prevents the neuronal death induced by transient forebrain ischemia in gerbil. 1839 93

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is implicated in various diseases. Recently, some reports have suggested that the sigma-1 receptor may play a role in ER stress, and many antidepressants have a high affinity for the sigma-1 receptor. In the present study, we focused on imipramine, a widely used antidepressant, and investigated whether it might protect against the neuronal cell death induced by tunicamycin, an ER stress inducer. In mouse cultured hippocampal HT22 cells, imipramine inhibited cell death and caspase-3 activation induced by tunicamycin, although it did not alter the elevated expressions of 78 kDa glucose-regulated protein (GRP78) and C/EBP-homologous protein (CHOP). Interestingly, in such cells application of imipramine normalized the expression of the sigma-1 receptor, which was decreased by treatment with tunicamycin alone. Additionally, NE-100, a selective sigma-1 receptor antagonist, abolished the protective effect of imipramine against such tunicamycin-induced cell death. Imipramine inhibited the reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential induced by tunicamycin, and NE-100 blocked this modulating effect of imipramine. Furthermore, in anesthetized mice intracerebroventricular administration of tunicamycin decreased the number of neuronal cells in the hippocampus, particularly in the CA1 and dentate gyrus (DG) areas, and 7 days' imipramine treatment (10mg/kg/day; i.p.) significantly suppressed these reductions in CA1 and DG. These findings suggest that imipramine protects against ER stress-induced hippocampal neuronal cell death both in vitro and in vivo. Such protection may be partly due to the sigma-1 receptor.
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PMID:Imipramine protects mouse hippocampus against tunicamycin-induced cell death. 2304 Nov 55

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and protein misfolding are associated with various neurodegenerative diseases. ER stress activates unfolded protein response (UPR), an adaptative response. However, severe ER stress can induce cell death. Here we show that the E3 ubiquitin ligase and co-chaperone Carboxyl Terminus HSP70/90 Interacting Protein (CHIP) prevents neuron death in the hippocampus induced by severe ER stress. Organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHSCs) were exposed to Tunicamycin, a pharmacological ER stress inducer, to trigger cell death. Overexpression of CHIP was achieved with a recombinant adeno-associated viral vector (rAAV) and significantly diminished ER stress-induced cell death, as shown by analysis of propidium iodide (PI) uptake, condensed chromatin, TUNEL and cleaved caspase 3 in the CA1 region of OHSCs. In addition, overexpression of CHIP prevented upregulation of both CHOP and p53 both pro-apoptotic pathways induced by ER stress. We also detected an attenuation of eIF2a phosphorylation promoted by ER stress. However, CHIP did not prevent upregulation of BiP/GRP78 induced by UPR. These data indicate that overexpression of CHIP attenuates ER-stress death response while maintain ER stress adaptative response in the central nervous system. These results indicate a neuroprotective role for CHIP upon UPR signaling. CHIP emerge as a candidate for clinical intervention in neurodegenerative diseases associated with ER stress.
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PMID:CHIP, a carboxy terminus HSP-70 interacting protein, prevents cell death induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress in the central nervous system. 2562 Sep 10

The aim of this study was to investigate whether G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) could alleviate hippocampal neuron injury under cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury (CIRI) by acting on endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS). The CIRI animal model was established by middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Female ovariectomized (OVX) Sprague-Dawley (SD) female rats were randomly divided into 4 groups: control, ischemia-reperfusion injury (MCAO), vehicle (MCAO+DMSO), and GPER-specific agonist G1 (MCAO+G1) groups. The neurobehavioral score was assessed by the Longa score method, the morphological changes of the neurons were observed by the Nissl staining, the cerebral infarction was detected by the TTC staining, and the neural apoptosis in the hippocampal CA1 region was detected by TUNEL staining. The distribution and expression of GRP78 (78 kDa glucose-regulated protein 78) in the hippocampal CA1 region were observed by immunofluorescent staining. The protein expression levels of GRP78, Caspase-12, CHOP and Caspase-3 were detected by Western blot, and the mRNA expression levels of GRP78, Caspase-12, and CHOP were detected by the real-time PCR. The results showed that the neurobehavioral score, cerebral infarct volume, cellular apoptosis index, as well as GRP78, Caspase-12 and CHOP protein and mRNA expression levels in the MCAO group were significantly higher than those of control group. And G1 reversed the above-mentioned changes in the MCAO+G1 group. These results suggest that the activation of GPER can decrease the apoptosis of hippocampal neurons and relieve CIRI, and its mechanism may involve the inhibition of ERS.
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PMID:[G protein-coupled estrogen receptor alleviates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury through inhibiting endoplasmic reticulum stress]. 3144 Jul 49