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Koh, P.O. et al.

Phil-Ok Koh, Jae-Hyeon Cho, Chung-Kil Won, Hyo-Jong Lee, Jin-Hee Sung, Myeong-Ok Kim,

Estradiol attenuates the focal cerebral ischemic injury through mTOR/p70S6 kinase signaling pathway.

We previously showed that estradiol prevents neuronal cell death through the activation of Akt and its downstream targets Bad and FKHR. This study investigated whether estradiol modulates the survival pathway through other downstream targets of Akt, including mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and p70S6 kinase. It is known that mTOR is a downstream target of Akt and a central regulator of protein synthesis, cell growth, and cell cycle progression. Adult female rats were ovariectomied and treated with estradiol prior to middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). Brains were collected 24h after MCAO and infarct volumes were analyzed. We confirmed that estradiol significantly reduces infarct volume and decreases the number of positive cells for TUNEL staining in the cerebral cortex. Brain injury-induced a decrease in phospho-mTOR and phospho-p70S6 kinase. Estradiol prevented the injury-induced decrease in Akt activation and phosphorylation of mTOR and p70S6 kinases, and the subsequent decrease in S6 phosphorylation. Our findings suggest that estradiol plays a potent protective role against brain injury by preventing the injury-induced decrease of mTOR and p70S6 kinase phosphorylation.[1]

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Estradiol attenuates the focal cerebral ischemic injury through mTOR/p70S6 kinase signaling pathway. Koh, P.O., Cho, J.H., Won, C.K., Lee, H.J., Sung, J.H., Kim, M.O. Neurosci. Lett. (2008) [Pubmed]

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