title: Nerve growth factor and forskolin prevent H2O2-induced apoptosis in PC12 cells by glutathione independent mechanism.
abstract: PC12 cells died by apoptosis at relatively low concentrations of H2O2, of which cytotoxicity was effectively suppressed by nerve growth factor (NGF), forskolin, and dbt-cAMP. Treatment with NGF or forskolin for 24 h increased the level of cellular antioxidant glutathione (GSH) by 1.6-2.0-fold. However, both NGF and forskolin protected cells against H2O2-stress even when cellular GSH was depleted by treatment with L-buthionine-(S,R)-sulfoximine (BSO). The GSH-independent protection effects of NGF and forskolin did not require new protein or RNA synthesis. Exogenous expression of an oncogenic ras suppressed apoptosis caused by H2O2 indicating that Ras protein also plays a role in suppressing apoptosis caused by oxidative radical stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Hyogo, Japan. h_kamata@sci.himeji-tech.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yagisawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000494:pharmacology; D005978:Glutathione / Q000494:pharmacology; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D005576:Colforsin; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005978:Glutathione