Increasing methamphetamine doses inhibit glycogen synthase kinase 3β activity by stimulating the insulin signaling pathway in substantia nigra

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
Neda ValianLeila Dargahi

Abstract

Methamphetamine (MA), a highly abused psychostimulant, exerts neurotoxic effects on the dopaminergic system via several neurotoxicity mechanisms in the long-term administration. Since the effect of MA on the signaling insulin pathway is less studied, the current study was designed to evaluate the effect of escalating an MA regimen on different insulin signaling elements in substantia nigra (SN) and striatum of a rat. Increasing MA doses (1-14 mg/kg) were administrated intraperitoneally twice a day for 14 days in rats. In the control group, normal saline was injected in the same volume. On days 1, 14, 28, and 60 after MA discontinuation, molecular assessments were performed. Insulin receptor (IR) and insulin receptor substrate (IRS) 1 and 2 gene expression were evaluated using real-time polymerase chain reaction, and protein levels of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase (PI3K), phospho-PI3K, Akt, phospho-Akt, glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β), and phospho-GSK3β were measured by the Western blot analysis in SN and striatum. Messenger RNA levels of IR and insulin receptor substrate 2 were increased in SN, 1 day after the last injection. Although no changes were observed in PI3K, phospho-PI3K, Akt, phospho-Akt, and GSK...Continue Reading

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