Protein kinase C activation inhibits glutamate-induced cytotoxicity in a neuronal cell line.
A neuronal cell line, HT-22, is sensitive to glutamate cytotoxicity via a non-receptor mediated oxidative pathway. 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), an activator of protein kinase C, blocks this glutamate-induced cell death. Down-regulation of protein kinase C eliminates the protection against glutamate cytotoxicity afforded by TPA. The data suggest that protein kinase C activation blocks an early step in the cytotoxic pathway.
Salk Institute for Biological Research, La Jolla, CA 92037.
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D000818:Animals; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate