title: Protection of cultured oligodendrocytes against tumor necrosis factor-alpha by the antioxidants coenzyme Q(10) and N-acetyl cysteine.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) retards the rate of terminal maturation of oligodendrocytes in vitro. The following respective compounds were used along with TNF-alpha in order to try and restore the normal rate of maturation: (1). the antioxidant, coenzyme Q(10) (CoQ(10)); (2). the antioxidant, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC); (3). creatine, which helps to preserve cellular energy; and (4) S-adenosyl methionine (SAM), which contributes to the biosynthesis of lipids and proteins. Of these compounds, only CoQ(10) or NAC was able to restore the numbers of mature myelin basic protein-positive cells and the ability of the oligodendrocytes to form membrane sheets. If TNF-alpha treatment causes oxidative damage by compromising oxidative metabolism in oligodendrocytes, increasing products of lipid peroxidation and/or generating radical oxygen species that can interfere with maturation signals, CoQ(10) and NAC may protect oligodendrocytes by reversing one or more of those destructive processes during terminal maturation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA. wcammer@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cammer
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003067:Coenzymes; D009836:Oligodendroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013687:Telencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D003067:Coenzymes; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014451:Ubiquinone; C024989:coenzyme Q10; D000111:Acetylcysteine