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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
Progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with chronic inflammation and microvascular alterations, which can induce impairment of brain perfusion because of vascular pathology and local acidosis. Acidosis can promote amyloidogenesis, which could further contribute to neurodegenerative changes. Nevertheless, there is also evidence that acidosis has neuroprotective effects in hypoxia models. Here we studied the effect of moderate acidosis on beta-amyloid (Abeta)-mediated neurotoxicity. We evaluated morphological changes, cell death, nitrite production and reductive metabolism of hippocampal cultures from Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to Abeta under physiological (pH 7.4) or moderate acidosis (pH 7.15-7.05). In addition, because transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) 1 is neuroprotective and is induced by several pathophysiological conditions, we assessed its presence at the different pHs. The exposure of hippocampal cells to Abeta induced a conspicuous reduction of neurites' arborization, as well as increased neuronal death and nitric oxide production. However, Abeta neurotoxicity was significantly attenuated when hippocampal cultures were kept at pH 7.15-7.05, showing a 68% reduction on lactate dehydrogenase release compared with cultures exposed to Abeta at pH 7.4 (P<0.01). Similarly, 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide reduction increased 3.5-fold (P<0.05), and Abeta-induced nitrite production was reduced by 65% when exposed to moderate acidosis compared with basal pH media (P<0.05). At the same time, moderate acidosis decreased intracellular TGFbeta1 precursor (latency associated protein-TGFbeta1) and increased up to fourfold TGFbeta1 bioactivity, detecting a 43% increase in the active TGFbeta levels in cultures exposed to Abeta and moderate acidosis. Inhibition of TGFbeta signaling abolished the neuroprotective effect of moderate acidosis. Our results show that moderate acidosis protected hippocampal cells from Abeta-mediated neurotoxicity through the increased activation and signaling potentiation of TGFbeta.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/4-(5-benzo(1,3)dioxol-5-yl-4-pyridin..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/8-azidoethidium, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Peptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Azides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Benzamides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dioxoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nitric Oxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrazolium Salts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tubulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/amyloid beta-protein (1-42), http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/thiazolyl blue
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0306-4522
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
158
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1338-47
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Acidosis, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Azides, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Benzamides, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Dioxoles, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Tetrazolium Salts, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Thiazoles, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:19041694-Tubulin
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Reduction of beta-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity on hippocampal cell cultures by moderate acidosis is mediated by transforming growth factor beta.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Santiago, Chile.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't