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NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 41, Issue 4, Pages 251-259Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(02)00020-7
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caspasc-3; chick neurons; lipophilicity; oleic acid; phosphatases; unsaturated fatty acids
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The cellular composition and concentration of fatty acids are crucial for proliferation and survival. We recently showed stimulation of protein phosphatase type-2C (PP2C) by unsaturated fatty acids. Here, we describe that treatment of cultured chick neurons with 100 muM oleic acid for 24h increased the percentage of damaged neurons to 61 +/- 9% compared with 25 +/- 4% in controls. Oleic acid-induced cell death showed features of apoptosis such as chromatin condensation, shrinkage of the nucleus, DNA fragmentation and caspase-3 activation. Extensive studies with a variety of fatty acids revealed a striking correlation between activation of PP2C and induction of apoptosis. Lipophilicity, oxidizability, and an acidic group were required for both effects. In addition, activation of PP2C and induction of apoptosis could discriminate between cis- and trans-conformation of the fatty acids. The results are in favor of PP2C playing an important, yet unidentified role in apoptosis. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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