Statins impact primary embryonic mouse neural stem cell survival, cell death, and fate through distinct mechanisms

Statins inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway (CBP), and are used for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. The anti-inflammatory effects of statins may also provide therapeutic benefits and have led to their use in clinical trials for preeclampsia, a pregnancy-associated inflammatory condition, despite their current classification as category X (i.e. contraindicated during pregnancy). In the developing neocortex, products of the CBP play essential roles in proliferation and differentiation of neural stem-progenitor cells (NSPCs). To understand how statins could impact the developing brain, we studied effects of pravastatin and simvastatin on primary embryonic NSPC survival, proliferation, global transcription, and cell fate in vitro. We found that statins dose dependently decrease NSPC expansion by promoting cell death and autophagy of NSPCs progressing through the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Genome-wide transcriptome analysis demonstrates an increase in expression of CBP genes following pravastatin treatment, through activation of the SREBP2 transcription factor. Co-treatment with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), a CBP metabolite downstream of HMG-CoA reductase, reduces SREBP2 activation and pravastatin-induced PARP cleavage. Finally, pravastatin and simvastatin differentially alter NSPC cell fate and mRNA expression during differentiation, through a non-CBP dependent pathway.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

PloS one - 13(2018), 5 vom: 08., Seite e0196387

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Carson, Ross A [VerfasserIn]
Rudine, Anthony C [VerfasserIn]
Tally, Serena J [VerfasserIn]
Franks, Alexis L [VerfasserIn]
Frahm, Krystle A [VerfasserIn]
Waldman, Jacob K [VerfasserIn]
Silswal, Neerupma [VerfasserIn]
Burale, Suban [VerfasserIn]
Phan, James V [VerfasserIn]
Chandran, Uma R [VerfasserIn]
Monaghan, A Paula [VerfasserIn]
DeFranco, Donald B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

79W6B01D07
97C5T2UQ7J
AGG2FN16EV
Cholesterol
Farnesyl pyrophosphate
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Journal Article
KXO2KT9N0G
Polyisoprenyl Phosphates
Pravastatin
RNA, Messenger
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sesquiterpenes
Simvastatin
Srebf2 protein, mouse
Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 2

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Date Completed 06.08.2018

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0196387

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM283854995