title: [Effects of rhIL-6 on Bcl-2 and Bax expression and apoptosis after anoxia-reoxygenation in cultured rat hippocampal neurons].
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of recombinant human interleukin-6 (rhIL-6) on the Bcl-2 and Bax expression and apoptosis after anoxia-reoxygenation in cultured rat hippocampal neurons. The control and rhIL-6 treated hippocampal neurons cultured for 12 d were exposed to anoxia environment (90% N2+10% CO2) for 2 and 4 h and then were reoxygenated for 24 and 72 h. The expression of Bcl-2 and Bax was revealed immunocytochemically using the antiserum against Bcl-2 and Bax. The apoptosis was examined by the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated biotinylated deoxyuridine triphosphate nickel end labeling (TUNEL) method and flow cytometric analysis. The results showed that in cultured hippocampal neurons the Bcl-2 expression decreased while Bax expression and the percentage of apoptotic neurons increased after anoxia-reoxygenation compared with those before anoxia. In comparison with the control, after anoxia-reoxygenation the Bcl-2 expression in hippocampal neurons was higher than that in rhIL-6 group; however the Bax expression and the percentage of the apoptosis were decreased in rhIL-6 group. It is suggested that rhIL-6 may play a role in protecting neurons from the damage induced by anoxia-reoxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850.
authors.forename: Ai-Shi
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Fu-Zhuang
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-Ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015687:Cell Hypoxia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C494828:Bax protein, rat; D015850:Interleukin-6; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein