title: Control of motoneuron survival by angiogenin.
abstract: Mutations in the hypoxia-inducible factor angiogenin (ANG) have been identified in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) patients, but the potential role of ANG in ALS pathogenesis was undetermined. Here we show that angiogenin promotes motoneuron survival both in vitro and in vivo. Angiogenin protected cultured motoneurons against excitotoxic injury in a PI-3-kinase/Akt kinase-dependent manner, whereas knock-down of angiogenin potentiated excitotoxic motoneuron death. Expression of wild-type ANG protected against endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress-induced and trophic-factor-withdrawal-induced cell death in vitro, whereas the ALS-associated ANG mutant K40I exerted no protective activity and failed to activate Akt-1. In SOD1(G93A) mice angiogenin delivery increased lifespan and motoneuron survival, restored the disease-associated decrease in Akt-1 survival signaling, and reversed a pathophysiological increase in ICAM-1 expression. Our data demonstrate that angiogenin is a key factor in the control of motoneuron survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Medical Physics and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Neuroscience Research Centre, RCSI, Dublin 2, Ireland.
authors.forename: Dairín
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kieran
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sebastia
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Greenway
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Dervla
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Connaughton
authors.forename: Caoimhin G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Concannon
authors.forename: Beau
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fenner
authors.forename: Orla
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hardiman
authors.forename: Jochen H M
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Prehn
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed / Q000379:methods; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051058:Oncogene Protein v-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods; D014415:Tunicamycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077191:Wortmannin; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D014415:Tunicamycin; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; C109415:SOD1 G93A protein; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D051058:Oncogene Protein v-akt; C046366:angiogenin; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic; D000077191:Wortmannin