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The Anemonia Sulcata Toxin BDS-I Protects Astrocytes Exposed to Aβ1-42 Oligomers by Restoring [Ca2+]i Transients and ER Ca2+ Signaling

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Piccialli, Ilaria, Tedeschi, Valentina, Boscia, Francesca, Ciccone, Roselia, Casamassa, Antonella, de Rosa, Valeria, Grieco, Paolo, Secondo, Agnese +1 more·2020·Toxins

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Intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) transients in astrocytes represent a highly plastic signaling pathway underlying the communication between neurons and glial cells. However, how this important phenomenon may be compromised in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains unexplored. Moreover, the involvement of several K+ channels, including KV3.4 underlying the fast-inactivating currents, has been demonstrated in several AD models. Here, the effect of KV3.4 modulation by the marine toxin blood depressing substance-I (BDS-I) extracted from Anemonia sulcata has been studied on [Ca2+]i transients in rat primary cortical astrocytes exposed to Aβ1–42 oligomers. We showed that: (1) primary cortical astrocytes expressing KV3.4 channels displayed [Ca2+]i transients depending on the occurrence of membrane potential spikes, (2) BDS-I restored, in a dose-dependent way, [Ca2+]i transients in astrocytes exposed to Aβ1–42 oligomers (5 µM/48 h) by inhibiting hyperfunctional KV3.4 channels, (3) BDS-I counteracted Ca2+ overload into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) induced by Aβ1–42 oligomers, (4) BDS-I prevented the expression of the ER stress markers including active caspase 12 and GRP78/BiP in astrocytes treated with Aβ1–42 oligomers, and (5) BDS-I prevented Aβ1–42-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and cell suffering measured as mitochondrial activity and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. Collectively, we proposed that the marine toxin BDS-I, by inhibiting the hyperfunctional KV3.4 channels and restoring [Ca2+]i oscillation frequency, prevented Aβ1–42-induced ER stress and cell suffering in astrocytes.

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Authors
Piccialli, I., Tedeschi, V., Boscia, F., Ciccone, R., Casamassa, A., de Rosa, V., Grieco, P., Secondo, A., & Pannaccione, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Naples Federico II (IT)
  • Division of Pharmacology, Department of Neuroscience, Reproductive and Dentistry Sciences, School of Medicine, Federico II University of Naples, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Corresponding author
  • Secondo, Agnese
  • Pannaccione, Anna
Venue
Toxins
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-12-31
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
20
ISSN
2072-6651 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3117807164
Cited by
14
References
77
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2
FWCI
1.05
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Toxins (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Università Politecnica delle Marche (Università Politecnica delle Marche) (submittedVersion)
Funders
University Of Naples Federico II (CA.04_CDA_n_103 27.03.2019, Progetto Ateneo Federico II)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Ion channel regulation and function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
Anemonia sulcata, marine toxins, astrocytes, Alzheimer's disease, calcium transients, endoplasmic reticulum calcium signaling, endoplasmic reticulum stress, caspase-12, GRP78, reactive oxygen species, cell death, neuroprotection
MeSH terms
Animals, Astrocytes, Calcium, Cells, Cultured, Cnidarian Venoms, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Peptide Fragments, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Calcium Signaling, Rats

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