title: Immunophilin ligands prevent H2O2-induced apoptotic cell death by increasing glutathione levels in neuro 2A neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: We examined the effects of FK506 and its non-immunosuppressive derivative, GPI1046, on H2O2-induced reduction of cell viability and apoptotic cell death in Neuro 2A cells. Our results suggest that the protective properties of GPI1046 against H2O2-induced reduction of cell viability are equipotent with those of FK506 and may be mediated by increased intracellular concentrations of glutathione (GSH). In addition, both FK506 and GPI1046 prevented apoptotic cell death in Neuro 2A cells, although the antiapoptotic effect of FK506 was somewhat stronger than that of GPI1046. These findings suggest that non-immunosuppressive immunophilin ligands such as GPI1046 might be potentially useful in treatment of neurodegenerative diseases without serious side effects such as immune deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asanuma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020104:Immunophilins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008024:Ligands; D051379:Mice; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C104949:GPI 1046; D008024:Ligands; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D020104:Immunophilins; D005978:Glutathione; D016559:Tacrolimus