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Prostaglandin-induced neurodegeneration is associated with increased levels of oxidative markers and reduced by a mixture of antioxidants
- Source :
- Journal of neuroscience research. 81(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), one product of inflammatory reactions, and PGA1, which is formed during PGE2 extraction, induce degeneration in adenosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)-induced differentiated neuroblastoma (NB) cells in culture. The mechanisms of action of PGE2 on neurodegeneration are not well understood. To investigate this, we have utilized PGA1, which mimics the effect of PGE2 and is very stable in solution. We have assayed selected markers of oxidative stress such as heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), catalase, glutathione peroxidase (GPx1), mitochondrial superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD-2) and cytosolic superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD-1). The results showed that the treatment of differentiated NB cells with PGA1 for a period of 48 hr increased the expression of HO-1 and catalase, decreased the expression of GPx1 and Mn-SOD-2, and did not change the expression of Cu/Zn-SOD-1 as measured by gene array and confirmed by real-time PCR. The protein levels of HO-1 and GPx1 increased; however, the protein level of Mn-SOD-2 decreased and the levels of catalase and Cu/Zn-SOD-1 did not change as determined by Western blot. The increases in the levels of HO-1 and GPx1 reflected an adaptive response to increased oxidative stress, whereas decrease in the level of Mn-SOD-2 may make cells more sensitive to oxidative damage. These data suggest that one of the mechanisms of action of PGA1 on neurodegeneration may involve increased oxidative stress. This was supported further by the fact that a mixture of antioxidants (α-tocopherol, vitamin C, selenomethionine, and reduced glutathione), but not the individual antioxidants, reduced the level of PGA1-induced degeneration in differentiated NB cells. The addition of a single antioxidant at two or four times the concentration used in the mixture was toxic. © 2005 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
- Subjects :
- GPX1
Antioxidant
medicine.medical_treatment
Oxidative phosphorylation
medicine.disease_cause
Antioxidants
Superoxide dismutase
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
chemistry.chemical_compound
Mice
Cell Line, Tumor
medicine
Animals
chemistry.chemical_classification
Neurons
Glutathione Peroxidase
Prostaglandins A
biology
Superoxide Dismutase
Glutathione peroxidase
Membrane Proteins
Cell Differentiation
Glutathione
Catalase
Molecular biology
Adaptation, Physiological
Oxidative Stress
chemistry
Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)
Nerve Degeneration
biology.protein
Oxidative stress
Heme Oxygenase-1
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03604012
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of neuroscience research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....36b4af6ac930d757e33f22152eb686e4