title: Alteration of intracellular free calcium and acylphosphatase levels in differentiating SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: Levels of acylphosphatase isoenzymes and free intracellular calcium have been investigated in cultured SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells under stimulation with all-trans retinoic acid and phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate. Under these conditions morphological and functional characteristics demonstrated the differentiation of SH-SY5Y cells towards neuronal phenotype. Retinoic acid treatment caused a progressive and synchronous increase of the organ common-type acylphosphatase and of free intracellular calcium but not of the muscle-type acylphosphatase. Phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate treatment gave rise to a peak of the muscle-type acylphosphatase levels during the early differentiation stage whereas organ common-type isoenzyme and free calcium levels show a pattern similar to that observed in retinoic acid-treated cells. These evidences indicate that the two acylphosphatase isoenzymes play different roles in SH-SY5Y differentiation and that during this process the expression of organ common-type acylphosphatase increases in a synchronous way with intracellular free calcium concentration.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università di Firenze, Italia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pieri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liguri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cecchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Degl'Innocenti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nassi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramponi
mesh_terms: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects; D000097024:Acylphosphatase
chemical_list: D017766:Acid Anhydride Hydrolases; D002118:Calcium; D002273:Carcinogens; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D014212:Tretinoin; D000097024:Acylphosphatase