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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
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 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 production of both nitric oxide and superoxide, irrespective of the extent of motor neuron maturation in culture.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
437-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Cell Aging, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Drug Carriers, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Liposomes, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Superoxide Dismutase, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10699756-omega-N-Methylarginine
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Liposome-delivered superoxide dismutase prevents nitric oxide-dependent motor neuron death induced by trophic factor withdrawal.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Anesthesiology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Genetics and Neurobiology, The UAB Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0006, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't