期刊
MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 141, 期 1, 页码 39-47出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2005.07.017
关键词
astrocytes; NOS2; nitric oxide; NF-kappa B; apoptosis
资金
- NIEHS NIH HHS [ES012941] Funding Source: Medline
Neuronal injury in manganisin is accompanied by activation of astroglia within the basal ganglia that is thought to increase production of inflammatory mediators such as nitric oxide (NO). The present studies Postulated that astroglial-derived NO mediates neuronal apoptosis induced by manganese (Mn) and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells differentiated with nerve growth factor (NGF) were co-cultured with primary astrocytes and exposed to Mn and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha.) plus interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). Mn enhanced cytokine-indu[ced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2, EC 1.14.13.39) and production of NO in astrocytes that correlated with apoptosis in co-cultured neurons, as determined by caspase activity, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick-end labeling (TUNEL), and nuclear morphology. Apoptosis in PC12 neurons required the presence of astrocytes and was blocked by overexpression of a phosphorylation-deficient mutant Of I kappa B alpha (S32/36A) in astrocytes that prevented induction of NOS2. Pharmacologic inhibition of NOS2 with (+/-)-2-amino-5,6-dihydro-6-methyl-4H-1,3-thiazine (AMT) significantly reduced neuronal apoptosis, and the addition of low concentrations of the NO donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP), to neurons Cultured without astrocytes was sufficient to recover the apoptotic phenotype following exposure to Mn and TNF-alpha/IFN-gamma. It is concluded that Mn- and cytokine-dependent apoptosis in PC12 neurons requires astroglial-derived NO and NF-kappa B-dependent expression of NOS2. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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