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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Volume 1498, Issue 1, Pages 72-79Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4889(00)00078-1
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nitric oxide; reactive oxygen species; oxidative stress; cerebellar granule cell; apoptosis; EPC-K1
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Within the central nervous system and under normal conditions, nitric oxide (NO) is an important physiological signaling molecule. When produced in large excess, NO also displays neurotoxicity. In our previous report, we have demonstrated that the exposure of neuronal cells to NO donors induced apoptotic cell death, while pretreatment with free radical scavengers L-ascorbic acid 2-[3,4-dihydro-2,5,7,8-tetramethyl-2-(4,8,12-trimethyltridecyl)-2H-1-benzopyran-6-yl-hydrogen, phosphate] potassium salt (EPC-KZ) or superoxide dismutase attenuated apoptosis effectively, suggesting that reactive oxygen species (ROS) may be involved in the cascade of events leading to apoptosis. In the present investigation, we directly studied the kinetic generation of ROS in NO-treated neuronal cells by flow cytometry using 2',7'-dichloro-fluorescein diacetate and dihydrorhodamine 123 as odor-sensitive fluorescence probes. The results indicated that exposure of cerebellar granule cells to the NO donor S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) induced oxidative stress, which was characterized by the accumulation of cytosolic and mitochondrial ROS, the increase in the extracellular hydrogen peroxide level, and the formation of lipid peroxidation products. SNAP treatment also induced apoptotic cell death as confirmed by the formation of cytosolic mono- and oligonucleosomes. Pretreating cells with the novel antioxidant EPC-KI effectively prevented oxidative stress induced by SNAP, and attenuated cells from apoptosis. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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