Protective effects of DJ-1 medicated Akt phosphorylation on mitochondrial function are promoted by Da-Bu-Yin-Wan in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-treated human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.

J Ethnopharmacol

State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica & Neuroscience Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China; College of Pharmacy, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan 410208, China.

Published: July 2016

Ethnopharmacological Relevance: Da-Bu-Yin-Wan (DBYW), a historically traditional Chinese medicine formula, was originally defined over 600 years ago. In recent decades, DBYW was clinically employed to treat Parkinson's disease (PD).

Aim Of The Study: To explore the underlying mechanism of DBYW on mitochondrial function, we investigated the effect of DBYW on mitochondrial function from the perspectives of DJ-1 and Akt signaling.

Materials And Methods: Human derived neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells were transiently transfected with the plasmid pcDNA3-Flag-DJ-1 aimed to overexpress the DJ-1 protein. Transfected cells were treated with 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)), a PD-related mitochondrial complex I inhibitor, in the absence and presence of DBYW. The cell viability was assessed by Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. The protein expressions of DJ-1 and Akt signaling were examined by western blotting. The mitochondrial mass was evaluated by confocal fluorescence microscopy. The mitochondrial complex I activity and cellular ATP content were measured by commercial kits.

Results: Transfection with pcDNA3-Flag-DJ-1 decreased the MPP(+)-induced toxicity and overexpressed the DJ-1. In DJ-1 overexpressed cells, the mitochondrial mass was raised, mitochondrial complex I activity was improved, and cellular ATP content was increased. In addition, overexpression of DJ-1 augmented the Akt phosphorylation on threonine 308 and serine 473. Moreover, DBYW promoted the above effects in DJ-1 expressed cells.

Conclusions: These data suggest that DJ-1 protects the mitochondrial function by medicating Akt phosphorylation in MPP(+)-treated SH-SY5Y cells. Moreover, DBYW enhances the protective effect of DJ-1 medicated Akt phosphorylation on mitochondrial function.

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