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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
2
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
2007-4-3
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Thrombin, a multifunctional serine protease, is neurotoxic in vitro and in vivo. Thrombin has been shown to be increased in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neuropathological conditions and could be a mediator of pathological neuronal cell death in the brain. The mechanisms of thrombin-induced neuronal cell death are incompletely understood. The objective of this study is to explore mechanisms that contribute to thrombin-induced neuronal apoptosis focusing on the role of cell cycle regulators and the pro-apoptotic protein Bim (Bcl-2-interacting mediator of cell death) in this process. Our data show that thrombin treatment of primary cerebral cortical cultures results in dose-dependent apoptotic cell death. Exposure of neuronal cultures to thrombin leads to induction of cell cycle proteins cyclin D1 and cyclin E, at both mRNA and protein levels. In addition, thrombin treatment causes the appearance of cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (cdk4) and expression of the pro-apoptotic protein Bim. Inhibition of cdk4 prevents both induction of Bim expression and thrombin-induced neuronal apoptosis. These data demonstrate that thrombin-induced apoptosis proceeds via cell cycle activation involving cdk4 resulting in induction of Bim. Thus, cell cycle proteins could be therapeutic targets in diseases such as AD where thrombin has been implicated.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:chemical |
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl-2-like protein 11,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin D1,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger,
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thrombin
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MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Apr
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| pubmed:issn |
0022-3042
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
101
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
498-505
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-19
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Alzheimer Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Apoptosis,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Cell Cycle Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Cells, Cultured,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Cerebral Cortex,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Cyclin D1,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Membrane Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Nerve Degeneration,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Neurodegenerative Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Neurons,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Proto-Oncogene Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-RNA, Messenger,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Rats,
pubmed-meshheading:17254021-Thrombin
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| pubmed:year |
2007
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Cyclin D1, cdk4, and Bim are involved in thrombin-induced apoptosis in cultured cortical neurons.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Garrison Institute on Aging and Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.
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Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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