RT Journal Article T1 Dysregulation of prostaglandine E2 and BDNF signaling mediated by estrogenic dysfunction induces primary hippocampal neuronal cell death after single and repeated paraquat treatment A1 Moyano-Cires Ivanoff, Paula Viviana A1 Sanjuan, Javier A1 García Sánchez, José Manuel A1 Anadón Baselga, María José A1 Naval López, María Victoria A1 Sola Vendrell, Emma A1 García Lobo, Jimena A1 Frejo Moya, María Teresa A1 Pino Sans, Javier Del AB Paraquat (PQ) produces hippocampal neuronal cell death and cognitive dysfunctions after unique and continued exposure, but the mechanisms are not understood. Primary hippocampal wildtype or βAPP-Tau silenced cells were co-treated with PQ with or without E2, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), NS-398 (cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor), MF63 (PGES-1 inhibitor) and/or recombinant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) during one- and fourteen-days to studied PQ effect on prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and BDNF signaling and their involvement in hyperphosphorylated Tau (pTau) and amyloid-beta (Aβ) protein formation, and oxidative stress generation, that lead to neuronal cell loss through estrogenic disruption, as a possible mechanism of cognitive dysfunctions produced by PQ. Our results indicate that PQ overexpressed cyclooxygenase-2 that leads to an increase of PGE2 and alters the expression of EP1-3 receptor subtypes. PQ induced also a decrease of proBDNF and mature BDNF levels and altered P75NTR and tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB) expression. PQ induced PGE2 and BDNF signaling dysfunction, mediated through estrogenic disruption, leading to Aβ and pTau proteins synthesis, oxidative stress generation and finally to cell death. Our research provides relevant information to explain PQ hippocampal neurotoxic effects, indicating a probable explanation of the cognitive dysfunction observed and suggests new therapeutic strategies to protect against PQ toxic effects. PB Elsevier SN 0278-6915 YR 2020 FD 2020-10-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116626 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/116626 LA eng NO Moyano, P., Sanjuan, J., García, J. M., Anadon, M. J., Naval, M. V., Sola, E., ... & Del Pino, J. (2020). Dysregulation of prostaglandine E2 and BDNF signaling mediated by estrogenic dysfunction induces primary hippocampal neuronal cell death after single and repeated paraquat treatment. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 144, 111611. NO Author contributions: Paula Moyano: Methodology, Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. Javier Sanjuan: Methodology, Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing. José Manuel García: Methodology, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing. María José Anadon: Data curation, Writing - review & editing. Maria Victoria Naval: Formal analysis, Data curation. Emma Sola: Investigation, Visualization. Jimena García: Investigation, Validation. María Teresa Frejo: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing. Javier del Pino: Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing - review & editing. NO Banco Santander - UCM DS Docta Complutense RD 5 abr 2025