Staurosporine-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12h cells.
Treatment of PC12h cells with staurosporine (100 nM), a potent inhibitor of protein kinases, promoted rapid outgrowth of neurites. The mechanism of neurite formation elicited by staurosporine is different from that elicited by nerve growth factor or by dibutyryl cyclic AMP, based on the independence from transcription or from activation of cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, respectively. Comparative experiments showed that of these three neurite-promoting agents, staurosporine was the most effective in eliciting neurite initiation.
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Department of Biochemistry, Ohu University School of Dentistry, Koriyama, Japan.
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D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000187:drug effects*; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000473:pathology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D051381:Rats; D019311:Staurosporine; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology
D000470:Alkaloids; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D003994:Bucladesine; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D019311:Staurosporine