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beta-amyloid-activated cell cycle in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells - Correlation with the MAP kinase pathway

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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 231-235

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HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:22:3:231

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cell cycle; apoptosis; cyclin; Alzheimer's disease; mitosis

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Primary cultures of rat cortical neurons exposed to toxic concentrations of beta-amyloid peptide (betaAP) begin an unscheduled mitotic cell cycle that does not progress beyond the S phase. To analyze possible signal transduction pathways involved in this effect, the action of betaAP has been studied in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells differentiated by a 7-d exposure to 10 muM retinoic acid. Treatment with the betaAP fragment, betaAP(25-35), (25 muM) for 24, 48, or 72 h caused apoptotic cell death, detected by flow cytometry as a prediploid cell population. Cell cycle analysis showed that betaAP(25-35) modified cell cycle profiles by markedly increasing the number of cells in the S phase and reducing the population of the G2/M area. These effects seem to involve activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (MAPK/ERK1/2). Inhibition of this pathway by the specific inhibitor PD98059 (2 muM) completely prevented changes of cell cycle distribution induced by betaAP and significantly reduced neuronal death. The data suggest that MAPK cascade can mediate the induction of cell cycle induced by betaAP, thus contributing to the toxicity of the peptide.

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