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BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 985, 期 2, 页码 135-141出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)03037-3
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bilirubin; oligodendrocyte; apoptosis; rat; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase
High levels of unconjugated bilirubin can be neurotoxic and gliotoxic. However, the effect of bilirubin on oligodendrocyte viability has never been investigated. In the present study, we searched the possible toxic effect of bilirubin on differentiated rat oligodendrocytes. Bilirubin was added to oligodendrocyte cultures at different concentrations varied between 10 and 100 muM, and cultures were incubated for different times (24. 48 and 72 h). Cell viability was evaluated by trypan blue exclusion. The results showed that bilirubin decreased oligodendroglial cell viability in a concentration and time-dependent manner. Bilirubin induced apoptotic cell death as revealed by TUNEL staining and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. We found that bilirubin induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS) mRNA expression in rat oligodendrocytes. Bilirubin also increased oligodendroglial nitrite production in a concentration-dependent manner and NOS inhibitor partly blocked bilirubin-induced cytotoxicity. These results suggest that bilirubin induces cytotoxicity, at least partly, via the induction of nitric oxide production in oligodendrocytes. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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