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FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
卷 28, 期 3, 页码 437-446出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(99)00261-0
关键词
motor neuron; nitric oxide; peroxynitrite; apoptosis; differentiation; BDNF; free radicals
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS35871, NS36761, NS33291] Funding Source: Medline
Inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis prevents rat embryonic motor neurons from undergoing apoptosis when initially cultured without brain-derived neurotrophic factor. Using an improved cell culture medium, we found that the partial withdrawal of trophic support even weeks after motor neurons had differentiated into a mature phenotype still induced apoptosis through a process dependent upon nitric oxide. However, nitric oxide itself was not directly toxic to motor neurons. To investigate whether intracellular superoxide contributed to nitric oxide-dependent apoptosis. we developed a novel method using pH-sensitive liposomes to deliver Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase intracellularly into developed a novel method using pH-sensitive liposomes to deliver Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase intracellularly into motor neurons, Intracellular superoxide dismutase prevented motor neuron apoptosis from trophic factor withdrawal, whereas empty liposomes, inactivated superoxide dismutase in liposomes or extracellular superoxide dismutase did not. Neither hydrogen peroxide nor nitrite added separately or in combination affected motor neuron survival. Our results suggest that a partial reduction in trophic support induced motor neuron apoptosis by a process requiring the endogenous a process requiring the endogenous production of both nitric oxide and superoxide, irrespective of the extent of motor neuron maturation in culture. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.
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