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Title: Methamphetamine activates DNA binding of specific redox-responsive transcription factors in mouse brain.

Authors: Lee, Yong Woo; Son, Kwang Won; Flora, Govinder; Hennig, Bernhard; Nath, Avindra; Toborek, Michal

Published In J Neurosci Res, (2002 Oct 1)

Abstract: Cellular oxidative stress and alterations in redox status can be implicated in methamphetamine (METH)-induced neurotoxicity. To elucidate the molecular signaling pathways of METH-induced neurotoxicity, we investigated the effects of a single intraperitoneal injection of METH (1.0, 10, or 20 mg/kg) on DNA-binding activity of specific redox-sensitive transcription factors in mouse brain. Transcription factors studied included activator protein-1 (AP-1), nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB), SP-1, and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT1 and STAT3). Significant and dose-dependent inductions of AP-1 and CREB DNA-binding activities were observed in four different regions (striatum, frontal cortex, hippocampus, and cerebellum) isolated from the brains of mice injected with METH. However, injections with METH did not affect DNA binding activities of NF-kappaB, SP-1, STAT1, and STAT3. These results suggest that METH-induced oxidative stress may trigger the molecular signaling pathways via specific and selective activation of AP-1 and CREB.

PubMed ID: 12237866 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Activating Transcription Factor 1; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Brain/anatomy & histology; Brain/drug effects*; Brain/metabolism; Cell Nucleus/drug effects; Cell Nucleus/metabolism; Cerebellum/drug effects; Cerebellum/metabolism; Cerebellum/physiology; Cerebral Cortex/drug effects; Cerebral Cortex/metabolism; Cerebral Cortex/physiology; Corpus Striatum/drug effects; Corpus Striatum/metabolism; Corpus Striatum/physiology; DNA-Binding Proteins/drug effects*; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology; Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors/pharmacology*; Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; Hippocampus/drug effects; Hippocampus/metabolism; Hippocampus/physiology; Male; Methamphetamine/pharmacology*; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; NF-kappa B/drug effects; NF-kappa B/metabolism; Oxidation-Reduction/drug effects; Phosphorus Isotopes; Podophyllin/analogs & derivatives*; Podophyllin/metabolism; Podophyllotoxin/analogs & derivatives; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos/metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/metabolism; STAT1 Transcription Factor; STAT3 Transcription Factor; Trans-Activators/drug effects; Trans-Activators/physiology; Transcription Factor AP-1/drug effects; Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism; Transcription Factors/drug effects*; Transcription Factors/metabolism

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