Abstract
We investigated the effect of 10 μM clozapine on the activity of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) and its upstream and downstream molecules in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells. Clozapine activates both Akt- and Dvl-mediated phosphorylation of GSK-3β through phosphorylation at Ser9, and increased total cellular and intranuclear levels of β-catenin. Pretreatment with the specific inhibitor of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt pathway, LY294002 (20 μM), prevented the phosphorylation of Akt but did not affect the phosphorylation of GSK-3β. These results suggest that clozapine regulates the phosphorylation of GSK-3β through Wnt signal pathways involving Dvl upstream but not through the PI3K-Akt pathway in SH-SY5Y cells.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 115-119 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 560 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Feb 2004 |
Keywords
- Clozapine
- Dvl
- Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
- Wnt