中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (2): 548-556.doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-23-00756

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

转化生长因子β1可增强皮质神经元的放电活性

  


  • 出版日期:2025-02-15 发布日期:2024-06-18
  • 基金资助:
    广东省自然科学基金项目(2022A1515012044,陈伟强;2019A1515010649,盛江涛)、中国博士后科学基金(2018M633091,盛江涛)

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 enhances discharge activity of cortical neurons

Zhihui Ren1, #, Tian Li1, #, Xueer Liu1, Zelin Zhang1, Xiaoxuan Chen1, Weiqiang Chen2, *, Kangsheng Li1, *, Jiangtao Sheng1, *   

  1. 1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Immunopathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China; 2Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2025-02-15 Published:2024-06-18
  • Contact: Weiqiang Chen, MD, PhD, wqchen@stu.edu.cn; Kangsheng Li, MD, ksli2013@yeah.net; Jiangtao Sheng, MD, jtsheng@stu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    The study was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, Nos. 2019A1515010649 (to WC), 2022A1515012044 (to JS) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2018M633091 (to JS).

摘要:

转化生长因子β1对中枢神经系统疾病的多效性已被广泛报道。在特定脑区,转化生长因子β1发挥的是神经保护还是神经毒性作用,可能取决于特定的病理过程和细胞类型。电压门控钠通道是神经元动作电位上升支中的一种重要的离子通道,与多种神经兴奋相关疾病有关。但是转化生长因子β1对电压门控钠通道功能特性和皮质神经元放电特性的影响尚不清楚。此次实验检测了转化生长因子β1对小鼠原代皮质神经元电压门控钠通道功能和放电特性的影响。结果发现,转化生长因子β1可通过上调Nav1.3表达,剂量和时间依赖性的方式增强电压门控钠通道电流密度。然后通过用PD98059ERK1/2抑制剂),SP600125JNK抑制剂)和SB203580p38 MAPK抑制剂)对神经元进行预处理,发现增加的电压门控钠通道电流密度和Nav1.3表达明显消除。有趣的是,转化生长因子β1还能显著增加皮质神经元动作电位的放电阈值,但未改变动作电位的放电速率。实验结果提示,转化生长因子β可通过激活ERK1/2-JNK-MAPK通路促进Nav1.3表达,导致病理状态下皮质神经元动作电位的放电阈值降低,从而促进中枢神经系统神经兴奋性相关疾病的发生和发展。

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-9263 (Kangsheng Li); https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2438-7345 (Jiangtao Sheng);

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2612-0890 (Weiqiang Chen)

关键词: 转化生长因子β1, 皮质神经元, 电压门控钠电流, Nav1.3, ERK, JNK, p38, 放电活性, 中枢神经系统, 创伤性脑损伤

Abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1) has been extensively studied for its pleiotropic effects on central nervous system diseases. The neuroprotective or neurotoxic effects of TGF-β1 in specific brain areas may depend on the pathological process and cell types involved. Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are essential ion channels for the generation of action potentials in neurons, and are involved in various neuroexcitation-related diseases. However, the effects of TGF-β1 on the functional properties of VGSCs and firing properties in cortical neurons remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the effects of TGF-β1 on VGSC function and firing properties in primary cortical neurons from mice. We found that TGF-β1 increased VGSC current density in a dose- and time-dependent manner, which was attributable to the upregulation of Nav1.3 expression. Increased VGSC current density and Nav1.3 expression were significantly abolished by preincubation with inhibitors of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (PD98059), p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (SB203580), and Jun NH2-terminal kinase 1/2 inhibitor (SP600125). Interestingly, TGF-β1 significantly increased the firing threshold of action potentials but did not change their firing rate in cortical neurons. These findings suggest that TGF-β1 can increase Nav1.3 expression through activation of the ERK1/2–JNK–MAPK pathway, which leads to a decrease in the firing threshold of action potentials in cortical neurons under pathological conditions. Thus, this contributes to the occurrence and progression of neuroexcitatory-related diseases of the central nervous system.

Key words: central nervous system, cortical neurons, ERK, firing properties, JNK, Nav1.3, p38, transforming growth factor-beta 1, traumatic brain injury, voltage-gated sodium currents