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ArticlePloS one2012

Wortmannin reduces insulin signaling and death in seizure-prone Pcmt1-/- mice.

Kennen B MacKay, Jonathan D Lowenson, Steven G Clarke

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kennen B MacKayDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Jonathan D Lowenson
Steven G Clarke
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA NIGMS T32 Program AssessmentT32GM007185 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TORRES, JORGE · 1985 to 2020
$21.7M
CONTROL OF EUCARYOTIC FUNCTION BY METHYLATIONR37GM026020 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CLARKE, STEVEN G · 2000 to 2009
$5.0M
CONTROL OF EUKARYOTIC MEMBRANE FUNCTION BY METHYLATIONR01GM026020 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CLARKE, STEVEN G · 1985 to 2013
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM007185NIGMS NIH HHS GM026020NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM026020NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM026020NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-isoaspartyl (D-aspartyl) O-methyltransferase deficient mice (Pcmt1(-/-)) accumulate isomerized aspartyl residues in intracellular proteins until their death due to seizures at approximately 45 days. Previous studies have shown that these mice have constitutively activated insulin signaling in their brains, and that these brains are 20-30% larger than those from age-matched wild-type animals. To determine whether insulin pathway activation and brain enlargement is responsible for the fatal seizures, we administered wortmannin, an inhibitor of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase that catalyzes an early step in the insulin pathway. Oral wortmannin reduced the average brain size in the Pcmt1(-/-) animals to within 6% of the wild-type DMSO administered controls, and nearly doubled the lifespan of Pcmt1(-/-) at 60% survival of the original population. Immunoblotting revealed significant decreases in phosphorylation of Akt, PDK1, and mTOR in Pcmt1(-/-) mice and Akt and PDK1 in wild-type animals upon treatment with wortmannin. These data suggest activation of the insulin pathway and its resulting brain enlargement contributes to the early death of Pcmt1-/- mice, but is not solely responsible for the early death observed in these animals.

Indexed as

Administration, OralAndrostadienesAnimalsAsparagineAspartic AcidBrainFemaleInsulinIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutOrgan SizePhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsPhosphoproteinsProtein D-Aspartate-L-Isoaspartate MethyltransferaseAndrostadienesAsparagineAspartic AcidInsulinIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsPhosphoinositide-3 Kinase InhibitorsPhosphoproteinsProtein D-Aspartate-L-Isoaspartate MethyltransferaseWortmannin

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PMID23071621
PMCPMC3465263
OpenAlexW1971232502

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