title: Transcritpional effects of S100B on neuroblastoma cells: perturbation of cholesterol homeostasis and interference on the cell cycle.
abstract: S100B is a Ca2+ binding protein mainly secreted by astrocytes in the vertebrate brain that is considered a multifunctional cytokine and/or a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) protein and a marker of brain injury and neurodegeneration when measured in different body fluids. It has been widely shown that this protein can exert diverse effects in neural cultures depending on its concentration, having detrimental effects at micromolar concentrations. The molecular mechanisms underlying this effect are still largely unknown. This study attempts to delineate the genome-wide gene expression analysis of the events associated with exposure to micromolar concentration of S100B in a human neuroblastoma cell line. In this experimental condition cells undergo a severe perturbation of lipid homeostasis along with cell cycle arrest. These mechanisms might reasonably mediate some aspects of the S100B-related detrimental effects of S100B, although obvious differences between mature neurons and neuroblastoma cells have to be considered.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Catholic University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernardini
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lattanzi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Businaro
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Corvino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sorci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lauro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fumagalli
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Donato
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Michetti
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D009414:Nerve Growth Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009414:Nerve Growth Factors; D064568:S100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunit; D009418:S100 Proteins; C579160:S100B protein, human; D002784:Cholesterol