title: A role of peroxides in Ca2+ ionophore-induced apoptosis in cultured rat cortical neurons.
abstract: The implication of reactive oxygen species for the Ca2+ ionophore ionomycin-induced apoptosis was investigated in cultured cortical neurons from embryonic rats. Ionomycin increased the production of intracellular peroxides as measured by flow cytometric analysis with 6-carboxy-2'7'-dichorodihydrofluorescein diacetate, di(acetoxymethyl ester). Low doses of ionomycin increased the level of manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD). In addition, N-acetyl-L-cysteine prevented apoptotic neuronal death induced by ionomycin in a dose-dependent manner. Buthionine sulfoximine suppressed the effect of N-acetyl-L-cysteine. These results suggest that peroxides and redox-regulation play an important role in the apoptosis of neurons induced by elevation of intracellular Ca2+ concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takei
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; D007476:Ionophores; D010545:Peroxides; C029569:diacetyldichlorofluorescein; C007293:DAPI; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D015759:Ionomycin; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D002118:Calcium; D000111:Acetylcysteine