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2. Calcineurin-mediated Bad translocation regulates cyanide-induced neuronal apoptosis.
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Shou Y, Li L, Prabhakaran K, Borowitz JL, and Isom GE
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- Animals, Calcineurin Inhibitors, Calcium antagonists & inhibitors, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Signaling drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Chelating Agents metabolism, Chelating Agents pharmacology, Cyanides antagonists & inhibitors, Cytochromes c metabolism, Cytosol drug effects, Cytosol metabolism, Mitochondria drug effects, Mitochondria metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, NF-kappa B metabolism, Neurons cytology, Neurons metabolism, Protein Transport drug effects, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, bcl-Associated Death Protein, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Apoptosis drug effects, Calcineurin metabolism, Carrier Proteins metabolism, Cyanides pharmacology, Neurons drug effects
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In cyanide-induced apoptosis, an increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ and generation of reactive oxygen species are initiation stimuli for apoptotic cell death. Previous studies have shown that cyanide-stimulated translocation of Bax (Bcl-associated X protein) to mitochondria is linked with release of cytochrome c and subsequent activation of a caspase cascade [Shou, Li, Prabhakaran, Borowitz and Isom (2003) Toxicol. Sci. 75, 99-107]. In the present study, the relationship of the cyanide-induced increase in cytosolic free Ca2+ to activation of Bad ( Bcl-2/Bcl-X(L)- antagonist, causing cell death) was determined in cortical cells. Bad is a Ca2+-sensitive pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein, which on activation translocates from cytosol to mitochondria to initiate cytochrome c release. In cultured primary cortical cells, cyanide produced a concentration- and time-dependent translocation of Bad from cytosol to mitochondria. Translocation occurred early in the apoptotic response, since mitochondrial Bad was detected within 1 h of cyanide treatment. Mitochondrial levels of the protein continued to increase up to 12 h post-cyanide exposure. Concurrent with Bad translocation, a Ca2+-sensitive increase in cellular calcineurin activity was observed. Increased cytosolic Ca2+ and calcineurin activation stimulated Bad translocation since BAPTA [bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N, N, N', N'-tetra-acetic acid], an intracellular Ca2+ chelator, and cyclosporin A, a calcineurin inhibitor, significantly reduced translocation. BAPTA also blocked release of cytochrome c from mitochondria as well as apoptosis. Furthermore, treatment of cells with the calcineurin inhibitors cyclosporin A or FK506 blocked the apoptotic response, linking calcineurin activation and the subsequent translocation of Bad to cell death. These observations show that by inducing a rapid increase in cytosolic free Ca2+, cyanide can partially initiate the apoptotic cascade through a calcineurin-mediated translocation of Bad to mitochondria.
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- 2004
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3. Differential internalization and processing of atrial-natriuretic-factor B and C receptor in PC12 cells.
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Rathinavelu A and Isom GE
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- Adrenal Gland Neoplasms, Animals, Cell Line, Cell Membrane metabolism, Cycloheximide pharmacology, Cytochalasin B pharmacology, Down-Regulation, Kinetics, Molecular Weight, Monensin pharmacology, Peptide Fragments metabolism, Pheochromocytoma, Rats, Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor, Receptors, Cell Surface drug effects, Receptors, Cell Surface isolation & purification, Atrial Natriuretic Factor metabolism, Receptors, Cell Surface metabolism
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PC12 cells express two atrial-natriuretic-factor-(ANF)-receptor subtypes with molecular masses of 130,000 (B receptor) and 70,000 (C receptor). The B-receptor subtype constitutes 65% of the cell-surface receptor population, and the remaining 35% are C receptors as determined by saturation binding studies in the presence of C-ANF, a C-receptor-selective analogue. ANF-(99-126)-peptide [ANF(99-126)], which can bind to both B- and C-receptor subtypes, was rapidly internalized into the cells after incubation at 37 degrees C. Internalization of 125I-ANF(99-126) was used as an index of the receptor-mediated endocytosis and to quantify receptor internalization. In the presence of a saturating concentration of C-ANF, receptor-mediated internalization of 125I-ANF(99-126) was reduced by 24%, indicating B receptor mediate 76% of ligand internalization. Incubation of cells with 10 microM-ANF at 37 degrees C down-regulated both receptor subtypes as reflected by decreased surface binding. Time-dependent studies suggest that B- and C-receptor subtypes undergo differential down-regulation. Incubation of down-regulated cells for 120 min in ANF-free medium produced a recovery of 35% of the original cell-surface binding. Affinity cross-linking of 125I-ANF to the receptors on the plasma membrane in re-incubated (up-regulated) cells demonstrated expression of predominantly the B-receptor subtype. Monensin blocked 72% of receptor up-regulation, whereas cycloheximide inhibited 43%, suggesting an active recycling mechanism involved in mediating up-regulation of the B receptors. The present study demonstrates a rapid internalization and intracellular recycling mechanism for B receptors in PC12 cells. C receptors also undergo internalization and down-regulation, but recycling of this receptor subtype into the plasma membrane occurs at a lower rate and to a lesser extent than is the case for the B receptor.
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- 1991
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