title: Resveratrol protects SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells from apoptosis induced by dopamine.
abstract: Dopamine (DA) is an oxidant that may contribute to the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. The present study demonstrates that DA-induced cytotoxicity in human-derived neurotypic cells, SH-SY5Y, is prevented by resveratrol, one of the major antioxidative constituents found in the skin of grapes. SH-SY5Y cells, a neuroblastoma cell line, treated with DA at 300 and 500 microM for 24 h underwent apoptotic death as determined by characteristic morphological features, including nuclear condensation, and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP). Flow cytometric analysis using Annexin V showed that DA can induce significant and severe apoptosis. Exposure to resveratrol (5 microM) for 1 h prior to the DA treatment attenuated DA-induced cytotoxicity, and rescued the loss of MMP. To investigate the apoptotic signaling pathways relevant to the restoration of DA-induced apoptosis by resveratrol, we carried out quantitative analysis of Bcl-2, caspase-3, and cleaved poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) by immunoblot analysis. Resveratrol pretreatment led to a decrease in cleavage of PARP, an increase in the Bcl-2 protein, and activation of caspase-3. These results suggest that DA may be a potential oxidant of neuronal cells at biologically relevant concentrations. Resveratrol may protect SH-SY5Y cells against this cytotoxicity, reducing intracellular oxidative stress through canonical signal pathways of apoptosis and may be of biological importance in the prevention of a dopaminergic neurodegenerative disorder such as Parkinson disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Korea.
authors.forename: Mi Kyung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soon Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Mortimer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poncz
authors.forename: Ki-Joon
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Kwang Sook
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D019610:Cytoprotection; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D053078:Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D000077185:Resveratrol; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D013267:Stilbenes; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D053148:Caspase 3; D000077185:Resveratrol; D004298:Dopamine