title: Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor promotes survival and induces differentiation through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway respectively in PC12 cells.
abstract: PC12-GFRalpha1 cells, a clonal cell line engineered to express glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor alpha1 were constructed. Given glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor could induce the differentiation and promote the survival of PC12-GFRalpha1 cells at low concentrations, the cells provide an unlimited source of monoclonal cells for studies on the signal transduction pathway of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor. To characterize the involvement of the mitogen-activated protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathways in the biological effect of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor, we used the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059 and the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor LY294002. PD98059 blocked glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-induced PC12-GFRalpha1 cells neurite formation in a dose-dependent manner, without significantly altering cell viability. LY294002 reversed the survival-promoting effect of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor on the PC12-GFRalpha1 cells in serum-deprived medium. The present study demonstrates that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway seems to mediate the survival-promoting effect of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor on PC12-GFRalpha1 cells, while the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway could be an important step in mediating PC12-GFRalpha1 cells differentiation induced by glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor. Therefore, it is inferred that similar intracellular signaling components are used by distinct growth factors toward a common biological effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, The Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiangyin Road, 200433, Shanghai, China. chengzyk@online.sh.cn
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D051097:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016716:PC12 Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D051381:Rats; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002867:Chromones; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; C495041:Gdnf protein, rat; C494989:Gfra1 protein, rat; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D051097:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors; D009025:Morpholines; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one