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Caffeine stimulates cytochrome oxidase expression and activity in the striatum in a sexually dimorphic manner

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authors

  • Jones, F. S.
  • Jing, J.
  • Stonehouse, A. H.
  • Stevens, A.
  • Edelman, Gerald

publication date

  • September 2008

journal

  • Molecular Pharmacology  Journal

abstract

  • Epidemiological studies indicate that caffeine consumption reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) in men, and antagonists of the adenosine 2A receptor ameliorate the motor symptoms of PD. These findings motivated us to identify proteins whose expression is regulated by caffeine in a sexually dimorphic manner. Using mass spectroscopy, we found that Cox7c, a nuclear-encoded subunit of the mitochondrial enzyme cytochrome oxidase, is up-regulated in the striatum of male but not female mice after receiving a single dose of caffeine. The expression of two other Cox subunits, Cox1 and Cox4, was also stimulated by caffeine in a male-specific fashion. This up-regulation of Cox subunits by caffeine was accompanied by an increase in Cox enzyme activity in the male striatum. Caffeine-induced stimulation of Cox expression and activity were reproduced using the adenosine 2A receptor (A2AR)-specific antagonist 5-amino-7-(2-phenylethyl)-2-(2-furyl)-pyrazolo[4,3-epsilon]-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-c]pyrimidine (SCH58261), and coadministration of the A2AR-specific agonist 2-[p-(2-carboxyethyl)phenethylamino]-5'-N-ethylcarboxamidoadenosine (CGS21680) counteracted the elevation of Cox expression and activity by caffeine. Caffeine also increased Cox activity in PC-12 cells. In contrast, small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of Cox7c expression in PC-12 cells blunted Cox activity, and this was counteracted by caffeine treatment. Caffeine was also found to increase Cox7c mRNA expression in the striatum and in PC-12 cells. This occurred at the level of transcription and was mediated by a segment of the Cox7c promoter. Overall, these findings indicate that cytochrome oxidase is a metabolic target of caffeine and that stimulation of Cox activity by caffeine via blockade of A2AR signaling may be an important mechanism underlying the therapeutic benefits of caffeine in PD.

subject areas

  • Adenosine
  • Adenosine A2 Receptor Agonists
  • Animals
  • Base Pairing
  • Caffeine
  • Electron Transport Complex IV
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Neostriatum
  • PC12 Cells
  • Phenethylamines
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Rats
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Time Factors
  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Up-Regulation
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0026-895X

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1124/mol.108.046888

PubMed ID

  • 18583456
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 673

end page

  • 684

volume

  • 74

issue

  • 3

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