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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-22
pubmed:abstractText
In this study we show that insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I selectively promotes survival and differentiation of amacrine neurons. In cultures lacking this factor, an initial degeneration pathway, selectively affecting amacrine neurons, led to no lamellipodia development and little axon outgrowth. Cell lysis initially affected 50% of amacrine neurons; those remaining underwent apoptosis leading to the death of approximately 95% of them by day 10. Apoptosis was preceded by a marked increase in c-Jun expression. Addition of IGF-I or high concentrations (over 1 microM) of either insulin or IGF-II to the cultures prevented the degeneration of amacrine neurons, stimulated their neurite outgrowth, increased phospho-Akt expression and decreased c-Jun expression. The high insulin and IGF-II concentrations required to protect amacrine cells suggest that these neurons depend on IGF-I for their survival, IGF-II and insulin probably acting through IGF-I receptors to mimic IGF-I effects. Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI 3-kinase) with wortmannin blocked insulin-mediated survival. Wortmannin addition had similar effects to IGF-I deprivation: it prevented neurite outgrowth, increased c-Jun expression and induced apoptosis. These results suggest that IGF-I is essential for the survival and differentiation of amacrine neurons, and activation of PI 3-kinase is involved in the intracellular signaling pathways mediating these effects.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Akt1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Androstadienes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin Antagonists, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Insulin-Like Growth Factor II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/wortmannin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1199-211
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Androstadienes, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Insulin Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Insulin-Like Growth Factor II, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Neurites, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Pseudopodia, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:11181839-Retina
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Insulin-like growth factor-I is a potential trophic factor for amacrine cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't