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  • Title: Glutathione peroxidase overexpression causes aberrant ERK activation in neonatal mouse cortex after hypoxic preconditioning.
    Author: Autheman D, Sheldon RA, Chaudhuri N, von Arx S, Siegenthaler C, Ferriero DM, Christen S.
    Journal: Pediatr Res; 2012 Dec; 72(6):568-75. PubMed ID: 23007029.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Preconditioning of neonatal mice with nonlethal hypoxia (HPC) protects the brain from hypoxic-ischemic (HI) injury. Overexpression of human glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx1), which normally protects the developing murine brain from HI injury, reverses HPC protection, suggesting that a certain threshold of hydrogen peroxide concentration is required for activation of HPC signaling. METHODS: Activation (phosphorylation) of extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) 1/2 and Akt, and induction of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α were assessed in the cortex, one of the main structures affected by HI and protected by HPC, at different time points after reoxygenation in wild-type (WT) and GPx1-overexpressing animals. RESULTS: GPx1 overexpression prevented both the global and nuclear increase in activated ERK at 0.5 h after HPC and caused a significant decrease in phospho-ERK (pERK)/ERK levels at 24 h after HPC. In contrast, HIF-1α induction at the end of hypoxia was unaffected by GPx1 overexpression. In the cortex of preconditioned WT animals, enhanced pERK staining was primarily observed in neurons and to a lower extent in astrocytes and endothelial cells, with a nuclear prominence. CONCLUSION: Aberrant activation of ERK probably explains the paradoxical reversal of HPC protection by GPx1 overexpression. The results identify hydrogen peroxide as an important mediator of neuroprotective ERK signaling.
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