The mitochondrion as a primary site of action of regulatory agents involved in neuroimmunomodulation
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A major system of neuroimmunomodulation is the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, acting through glucocorticoids and their intracellular signaling components, exerting both stimulatory and inhibitory effects on the immune reaction. Glucocorticoids inhibit the production of proinflammatory cytokines by interacting with nuclear transcription factors (nuclear factor [NF]-kappaB, activated protein [AP]-1) and induce the production of several anti-inflammatory cytokines by gene activation. In some cells and/or in extreme stress conditions, apoptosis is evoked. In most processes related to neuroimmunomodulation a prominent role is emerging for mitochondria. These organelles generate more than 90% of the cell's energy requirements through oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS), which is regulated by several agents, including steroid and thyroid hormones. These hormones are inducers of nuclear and mitochondrial OXPHOS gene transcription and they exert a primary action not only on nuclear but also on mitochondrial genes by way of cognate receptors. Recently, additional nuclear transcription factors involved in neuroimmunomodulation have been detected in mitochondria (NF-kappaB, AP-1, p53, calcium/cAMP response element binding protein [CREB]), and binding sites of these and putative binding sites of other nuclear transcription factors have been identified in the mitochondrial genome. The interaction of these factors with mitochondrial regulatory proteins, with receptors and…
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Hormone-responsive elements are also found in nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial transcription factors that modulate OXPHOS gene expression.
“tThese hormone-responsible elements are also found in nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial transcription factors that also modulate OXPHOS gene expression (Psarra et al., 2006).”
From Mitochondrial Activity and Dynamics Changes Regarding Metabolism in Ageing and Obesity (2017) · cites this paper as Psarra et al., 2006
Appropriate receptors can interact with these sequences to induce hormone-dependent mitochondrial gene expression.
“The appropriate receptors can interact with these sequences to induce hormone-dependent mitochondrial gene expression (Psarra et al., 2006).”
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- Authors
- PSARRA, A. M. G., SOLAKIDI, S., & SEKERIS, C. E.
- Affiliations
- Academy of Athens (GR)
- National Hellenic Research Foundation (GR)
- Venue
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2006-11
- Volume
- 1088
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 12-22
- ISSN
- 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
- 1749-6632
- OpenAlex
- W2149072906
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- National Hellenic Research Foundation Helios Repository (National Hellenic Research Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Bodossaki Foundation
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- mitochondria, neuroimmunomodulation, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, glucocorticoids, oxidative phosphorylation, mitochondrial transcription, nuclear transcription factors, NF-κB, AP-1, p53, CREB, mitochondrial genome, apoptosis, steroid hormones, thyroid hormones, energy metabolism
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Mitochondria, Oxidative Phosphorylation, Receptors, Steroid, Transcription Factors, Neuroimmunomodulation, Apoptosis
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