title: Cytosine arabinoside differentially alters survival and neurite outgrowth of neuronal PC12 cells.
abstract: Cytosine arabinoside, a potent antimitotic agent, is used clinically as an anticancer drug with the side effect of severe neurotoxicity. Earlier reports suggested that this agent blocks the signaling pathway of nerve growth factor in sympathetic neurons, which results in neuronal death. The present study demonstrated that neuronal PC12 cells deprived of nerve growth factor showed a decrease of neurite outgrowth, which was not seen in cytosine arabinoside-treated neuronal PC12 cells, suggesting that this agent may not interfere with the part of the NGF signaling pathway that leads to neurite outgrowth. On the other hand, treatment of neuronal PC12 cells with cytosine arabinoside led to a dose- and time-dependent decrease of viability. These results suggest that there is a distinction between the neurite outgrowth and the survival promoting activities of nerve growth factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001312:Aurintricarboxylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000633:toxicity*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D016501:Neurites / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D003561:Cytarabine; D001312:Aurintricarboxylic Acid; D011189:Potassium Chloride