title: Protective effect of radicicol against LPS/IFN-gamma-induced neuronal cell death in rat cortical neuron-glia cultures.
abstract: We investigated the protective activity of radicicol, an antifungal antibiotic, against inflammation-induced neurotoxicity in neuron-glia cultures. Radicicol potently prevented the loss of neuronal cell bodies and neurites from LPS/IFN-gamma-induced neurotoxicity in rat cortical neuron-glia cultures with an EC(50) value of 0.09 microM. Radicicol inhibited the LPS/IFN-gamma-induced expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and production of nitric oxide (NO) in microglia. Additionally, radicicol decreased the LPS/IFN-gamma-induced release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the cultures. The inhibitory potency of radicicol against the production of NO and TNF-alpha was well correlated with the protection of neurons. These results suggest that the protective effect of radicicol against LPS/IFN-gamma-induced neuronal cell death in neuron-glia cultures is mediated via the inhibition of TNF-alpha release, as well as the suppression of iNOS expression in microglia.
authors.affiliation: Functional Metabolomics Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Jin
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Hyun-Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Ick-Dong
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Won-Gon
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002525:Cerebellar Cortex / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018942:Macrolides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D018942:Macrolides; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496318:Nos2 protein, rat; C035359:monorden