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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Melanocytes and neuroblasts share the property of transforming L-tyrosine through two distinct metabolic pathways leading to melanogenesis and catecholamine synthesis, respectively. While tyrosinase (TYR) activity has been shown to be expressed by neuroblastoma it remains to be established as to whether also glioblastomas cells are endowed with this property. We have addressed this issue using the human continuous glioblastoma cell line ADF. We demonstrated that these cells possess tyrosinase as well as L-tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity and synthesize melanosomes. Because the two pathways are potentially cyto-genotoxic due to production of quinones, semiquinones, and reactive oxygen species (ROS), we have also investigated the expression of the peroxisomal proliferators activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) and nuclear factor-kB (NFkB) transcription factor as well the effect of L-tyrosine concentration on cell survival. We report that L-tyrosine down-regulates PPARalpha expression in ADF cells but not neuroblastoma and that this aminoacid and phenylthiourea (PTU) induces apoptosis in glioblastoma and neuroblastoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9541
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
207
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
675-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Formaldehyde, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Melanosomes, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Monophenol Monooxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-PPAR alpha, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Phenylthiourea, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Tyrosine, pubmed-meshheading:16447258-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Human glioblastoma ADF cells express tyrosinase, L-tyrosine hydroxylase and melanosomes and are sensitive to L-tyrosine and phenylthiourea.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Basic and Applied Biology, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio, L'Aquila, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't