甘薯提取物对Aβ25-35所致SK-N-SH细胞损伤的保护作用初探

观察甘薯提取物对Aβ25-35所致SK-N-SH细胞损伤的保护作用。将人神经母细胞瘤细胞(SK-N-SH)分为空白对照组、模型组、甘薯提取物(即受试物)0.1、1.0、10.0μg/mL低、中、高剂量组和12.5μmol/L多奈哌齐阳性对照组,用20.0 mmol/L Aβ25-35造成SK-N-SH细胞损伤,MTT法测定细胞存活率,考察甘薯提取物对SK-N-SH细胞的保护作用。实验表明甘薯提取物可明显提高Aβ25-35诱导的SK-N-SH细胞存活率,并呈剂量相关性,同时能够明显改善Aβ25-35诱导的SK-N-SH损伤细胞的细胞形态变化。具有一定的神经营养及保护作用。     

甘薯提取物对谷氨酸所致PC12细胞损伤的保护作用初探

观察甘薯提取物对谷氨酸诱导的PC12细胞损伤的保护作用.将大鼠嗜铬细胞瘤细胞(PC12)分为空白对照组、模型组、甘薯提取物0.1、1.0、10.0 μg/mL低、中、高剂量组和1.0 μmol/L尼莫地平阳性药物对照组,用2.0 mmol/L谷氨酸造成PC12细胞损伤,MTT法测定损伤细胞的存活率,观察其细胞损伤的形态学变化,考察甘薯提取物对谷氨酸所致PC12细胞损伤的保护作用.结果表明甘薯提取物可明显提高谷氨酸诱导的PC12损伤细胞存活率,同时能够明显改善谷氨酸诱导的PC12损伤细胞的细胞形态变化,并呈现剂量相关性,具有一定的神经营养及保护作用.     

低频脉冲电场对PC12细胞突起生长和NGF受体分布的影响

以PC12细胞为实验材料,研究低频脉冲电场(f=50Hz,τ=20ms,Epp=1V／m)对神经细胞突起生长及膜受体聚簇的影响。结果显示,该电场能促进NGF受体的聚簇。电场处理15min使PC12细胞表面的NGF受体发生明显的聚簇,30min组次之,5min组聚簇效果较弱。这表明细胞膜受体可能是电磁场与细胞相互作用的位点之一。运用细胞突起图形处理软件,追踪测定经电场处理后PC12细胞的突起数量和长度,发现该电场能显著促进细胞突起的生长,但对突起数量没有明显的影响。     

菟丝子提取物在PC12细胞株中的神经营养因子样活性

以常用的PC12细胞株为实验模型,考察了菟丝子提取物诱导PC12细胞分化及对相关激酶活性的影响.发现该提取物在诱导PC12细胞分化的同时,可明显提高有丝分裂原激活的蛋白激酶(MAPK)磷酸化.MAPK激酶的特异抑制剂PD98059,能够有效地抑制菟丝子提取物诱导PC12细胞中MAPK的磷酸化和突起的延伸,表明该提取物诱导PC12细胞分化可能与MAPK途径有关.同时还发现,该提取物能一定程度地抑制去血清引起的细胞凋亡,表明它具有一定的神经营养因子样作用.     

鲍姆木层孔菌（桑黄）脂溶性提取物对PC12神经元细胞衰老的保护作用

鲍姆木层孔菌（桑黄）Phellinus baumii脂溶性提取物对叠氮钠诱导PC12神经元细胞衰老的保护作用。用叠氮钠作用于体外培养的PC12细胞,并用该菌脂溶性提取物对其进行保护,分别用MTT法、流式细胞仪法、细胞核染色法和β-半乳糖苷酶检测试剂盒检测细胞活力、早期凋亡率、晚期凋亡率和β-半乳糖苷酶阳性细胞率变化,筛选出具有延缓细胞衰老的有效部位和有效作用浓度。通过细胞活力检测发现正丁醇萃取的活性部位可以有效保护叠氮钠诱导的细胞活力下降,其有效工作浓度为200mg/L。流式细胞仪和细胞核染色测定结果均表     

重组人胶质细胞源性神经营养因子的生物学活性研究

从人星形胶质细胞瘤BT-325细胞中克隆胶质细胞源性神经营养因子(GDNF) cDNA序列.以大肠杆菌作为表达系统,GDNF蛋白在大肠杆菌JM103中获得了高效表达;表达产物经纯化、复性后,以8日龄鸡胚背根节（DRG）、14日龄胎鼠脊髓前角运动神经元以及新生大鼠大脑皮层胶质细胞作为实验材料,研究了GDNF的生物学活性,结果表明： rhGDNF可有效地促进DRG突起的生长,rhGDNF对体外培养的运动神经元表现出明显的促突起生长作用,并可显著提高体外培养运动神经元的存活率,rhGDNF 对体外培养的胶质细胞具有促增殖作用.     

CRMP-1真核表达载体的构建及其突起生长抑制作用

为研究坍塌反应调节蛋白-1(collapsin response mediator protein-1,CRMP-1对神经元突起生长的作用,构建了CRMP-1真核表达载体,以神经生长因子(NGF)诱导的PC12细胞为模型,采用基因转染、突起生长时差成像、突起提取和免疫印迹技术进行观察.结果显示,NGF诱导的PC12细胞具有典型的神经元形态特征,脂质体转染技术可成功地把CRMP-1基因导入细胞.过表达CRMP-1可明显抑制突起生长,促进突起坍塌,首先是细小突起缩短,然后是长突起,细胞突起的长度随CRMP-1蛋白表达时间延长呈逐渐缩短的趋势.突起提取液的测定显示,CRMP-1过表达的细胞较NGF诱导的和转染空载体的细胞突起明显减少(P<0.01.说明CRMP-1具有明显的突起生长抑制作用.     

PACAP促PC12细胞突起生长的分子机制

垂体腺苷酸环化酶激活肽（PACAP）具有广泛的生理功能。近年来的研究发现,PACAP具有重要的神经营养作用。PACAP可通过激活多条细胞内信号转导通路,促使PC12细胞突起生长,使其向神经元样细胞分化。本文综述了PACAP引起PC12细胞突起生长的信号转导通路,有助于深入了解PACAP神经营养作用的分子机制。     

维甲酸对人神经母细胞瘤SK-N-SH细胞形态结构和分化标志物表达的影响

目的:观察维甲酸对人神经母细胞瘤SK-N-SH细胞形态与超微结构及其相关标志物表达的影响,以鉴定其对神经母细胞瘤细胞终末分化的诱导作用.方法:1μmol/L维甲酸处理SK-N-SH细胞,光镜、电镜和免疫细胞化学检测研究SK-N-SH细胞处理前后细胞形态、超微结构变化和神经元相关标志物的表达变化.结果:光镜与电镜观察结果显示,SK-N-SH细胞经1μmol/LRA处理后,细胞形态和超微结构产生了细胞呈极性状、伸出多个轴突树突状突起、细胞逐渐变小变圆并融合在一起形成类似神经节样结构、细胞表面微绒毛减少、核仁变少变小、常染色质增多、细胞器丰富发达等显著变化;免疫细胞化学检测显示经RA处理后SK-N-SH细胞NSE,MAP2,Synaptophysin的表达较对照组细胞明显加强.结论:维甲酸能改变SK-N-SH细胞形态和超微结构恶性表型特征,并促进与神经细胞相关的终末分化指标的表达,从而对人神经母细胞瘤细胞的终末分化具有显著的诱导作用.     

脊髓提取液对培养脊髓神经细胞中GABA能及DYN能神经元突起生长的影响

本文以体外培养的小鼠脊髓神经元为模型研究了人胚脊髓提取液对E 12—15小鼠脊髓中GABA能神经元和DNY能神经元的突起生长的营养作用,结果发现人胚脊髓提取液在蛋白浓度为250μg/ml时对GABA能神经元的突起生长无营养作用,但对DNY能神经元的突起生长有显著的促进作用。提示了人胚脊髓提取液中有促进神经元突起生长的营养物质,且对特定胎龄的不同的神经元有不同的作用。     

Nitric oxide mediates laminin-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells

Laminin is a potent stimulator of neurite outgrowth in a variety of primary neurons and neuronal cell lines. Here, we investigate the role of nitric oxide in the signaling mechanism of laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth in the PC12 cell line. Within 8 s of exposure to laminin, PC12 cells produce nitric oxide. Peak laminin-induced nitric oxide levels reach 8 nM within 12 s of exposure to laminin and constitutive nitric oxide production is sustained for 1 min. A neurite outgrowth promoting synthetic peptide (AG73), derived from the laminin-1-alpha globular domain, also stimulated nitric oxide release. The nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, 1-NAME, prevents the formation of nitric oxide and here, 1-NAME inhibited both laminin-mediated and AG73-mediated neurite outgrowth by 88 and 95%, respectively. In contrast, C16, a synthetic peptide derived from the laminin-1-gamma chain, is shown here to promote PC12 cell attachment, but not neurite outgrowth. Interestingly, the C16 peptide did not activate nitric oxide release, suggesting that laminin-induced nitric oxide release in PC12 cells is associated only with neurite outgrowth promoting laminin domains and signals. In addition, the data here show that the nitric oxide released by PC12 cells in response to laminin is required as a part of the mechanism of laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth.     

Mimicry and Inhibition of Nerve Growth Factor Effects: Interactions of Staurosporine, Forskolin, and K252a in PC12 Cells and Normal Rat Chromaffin Cells In Vitro

The structurally similar compounds staurosporine and K252a are potent inhibitors of protein kinases. K252a has previously been reported to inhibit most or all of the effects of nerve growth factor (NGF) on PC12 pheochromocytoma cells, and staurosporine has been reported both to inhibit and to mimic NGF-induced neurite outgrowth from a PC12 cell subclone in a dose-dependent manner. We have studied the interactions of these agents with each other, with NGF, and with forskolin, an activator of adenylate cyclase, on the parent PC12 cell line and on normal neonatal and adult rat chromaffin cells. Staurosporine alone or in conjunction with forskolin induces outgrowth of short neurites from PC12 cells but does not substitute for NGF in promoting cell survival. It does not abolish NGF-induced neurite outgrowth but does reverse the effects of NGF on catecholamine synthesis. K252a abolishes NGF-induced neurite outgrowth but only partially decreases outgrowth induced by NGF plus forskolin. It does not inhibit neurite outgrowth produced by staurosporine or staurosporine plus forskolin. These findings with PC12 cells suggest that staurosporine might act downstream from K252a and NGF on components of one or more signal transduction pathways by which NGF selectively affects the expression of certain traits. Both neonatal and adult rat chromaffin cells show dramatic flattening and extension of filopodia in response to staurosporine, an observation suggesting that some of the same pathways might remain active in cells that do not exhibit a typical NGF response. Only a small amount of neurite outgrowth is observed, however, and only in neonatal cultures.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Neurotrophic actions of novel compounds designed from cyclopentenone prostaglandins

Previously we found that some cyclopentenone prostaglandin derivatives promoted neurite outgrowth from PC12 cells and dorsal root ganglia explants in the presence of nerve growth factor; and so we referred to them as neurite outgrowth-promoting prostaglandins (NEPPs). In this study, NEPPs protected HT22 cells against oxidative glutamate toxicity. NEPP6, one of the most effective promoters of neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells, protected the cells most potently among NEPPs 1--10. Several derivatives, NEPPs 11--19, were newly synthesized based on the chemical structure of NEPP6. NEPP11 had a more potent neuroprotective effect than NEPP6. NEPP11 also prevented the death of cortical neurons induced by various stimuli and reduced ischemic brain damage in mice. Biotinylated compounds of NEPPs were synthesized to investigate their cellular accumulation. NEPP6-biotin protected the cells and emitted potent signals from the cells. In contrast, biotinylated non-neuroprotective derivatives emitted much weaker signals. These results suggest that NEPPs are novel types of neurotrophic compounds characterized by their dual biological activities of promoting neurite outgrowth and preventing neuronal death and that their accumulation in the cells is closely associated with their neuroprotective actions.     

A Study of the Effects of Flux Density and Frequency of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field on Neurite Outgrowth in PC12 Cells

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of pulsed electromagnetic fields with various flux densities and frequencies on neurite outgrowth in PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. We have studied the percentage of neurite-bearing cells, average length of neurites and directivity of neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells cultured for 96 hours in the presence of nerve growth factor (NGF). PC12 cells were exposed to 50 Hz pulsed electromagnetic fields with a flux density of 1.37 mT, 0.19 mT and 0.016 mT respectively. The field was generated through a Helmholtz coil pair housed in one incubator and the control samples were placed in another identical incubator. It was found that exposure to both a relatively high flux density (1.37 mT) and a medium flux density (0.19 mT) inhibited the percentage of neurite-bearing cells and promoted neurite length significantly. Exposure to high flux density (1.37 mT) also resulted in nearly 20% enhancement of neurite directivity along the field direction. However, exposure to low flux density field (0.016 mT) had no detectable effect on neurite outgrowth. We also studied the effect of frequency at the constant flux density of 1.37 mT. In the range from 1 ∼ 100 Hz, only 50 and 70 Hz pulse frequencies had significant effects on neurite outgrowth. Our study has shown that neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells is sensitive to flux density and frequency of pulsed electromagnetic field.     

Mechanisms controlling neurite outgrowth in a pheochromocytoma cell line: the role of TRPC channels

Transient Receptor Potential Canonical (TRPC) channels are implicated in modulating neurite outgrowth. The expression pattern of TRPCs changes significantly during brain development, suggesting that fine-tuning TRPC expression may be important for orchestrating neuritogenesis. To study how alterations in the TRPC expression pattern affect neurite outgrowth, we used nerve growth factor (NGF)-differentiated rat pheochromocytoma 12 (PC12) cells, a model system for neuritogenesis. In PC12 cells, NGF markedly up-regulated TRPC1 and TRPC6 expression, but down-regulated TRPC5 expression while promoting neurite outgrowth. Overexpression of TRPC1 augmented, whereas TRPC5 overexpression decelerated NGF-induced neurite outgrowth. Conversely, shRNA-mediated knockdown of TRPC1 decreased, whereas shRNA-mediated knockdown of TRPC5 increased NGF-induced neurite extension. Endogenous TRPC1 attenuated the anti-neuritogenic effect of overexpressed TRPC5 in part by forming the heteromeric TRPC1-TRPC5 channels. Previous reports suggested that TRPC6 may facilitate neurite outgrowth. However, we found that TRPC6 overexpression slowed down neuritogenesis, whereas dominant negative TRPC6 (DN-TRPC6) facilitated neurite outgrowth in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells. Consistent with these findings, hyperforin, a neurite outgrowth promoting factor, decreased TRPC6 expression in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells. Using pharmacological and molecular biological approaches, we determined that NGF up-regulated TRPC1 and TRPC6 expression via a p75(NTR)-IKK(2)-dependent pathway that did not involve TrkA receptor signaling in PC12 cells. Similarly, NGF up-regulated TRPC1 and TRPC6 via an IKK(2) dependent pathway in primary cultured hippocampal neurons. Thus, our data suggest that a balance of TRPC1, TRPC5, and TRPC6 expression determines neurite extension rate in neural cells, with TRPC6 emerging as an NGF-dependent "molecular damper" maintaining a submaximal velocity of neurite extension.     

Influence of pulsed electromagnetic field with different pulse duty cycles on neurite outgrowth in PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells

The influence of low frequency (50 Hz repetition rate) pulsed electromagnetic field (EMF) on PC12 cell neurite outgrowth in vitro was investigated in this study. We studied the percentage of neurite bearing cells, average length of neurites, and directivity of neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells cultured for 96 h in the presence of nerve growth factor (NGF). PC12 cells were exposed in one incubator to pulsed EMF at 1.36 mT (peak value) generated by a pair of Helmholtz coils, and the control samples were placed in another identical incubator. We found that the pulse duty cycle had significant effect on neurite outgrowth. Low (10%) pulse on-time significantly inhibited the percentage of neurite bearing cells, but at the same time increased the average length of neurites, while 100% on-time (DC) had exactly the opposite effects. Furthermore, we found that neurites were prone to extend along the direction of pulsed EMF with 10% pulse on-time. Our studies show that neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells is sensitive to the pulse duty and this sensitivity was associated with NGF concentration.     

Secretory factors of human neuroblastoma (IMR-32) and human glioblastoma (U87MG) cell lines induce neurite outgrowths in PC12 cells

Neurite outgrowth is essential for the communication of the nervous system. The rat Pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells are commonly used in the neuronal cell study. It is well known that exogenous stimuli such as Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) induce neurite outgrowth. In the present study it has been investigated whether or not the conditioned medium from human neuroblastoma cell line (IMR-32) and human glioblastoma cell line (U87MG) may augment neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. PC12 were cultured with and without conditioned media of IMR-32 and U87MG. The result showed that both the conditioned media induce neurite outgrowth within 48 hr and stops further proliferation of PC12 cells. However no outgrowth was noted in PC12 cells incubated without conditioned medium. In conclusion, it is shown that both the conditioned media (IMR-32 and U87MG) have the potential to induce the neurite outgrowth in the PC12 cells.     

The role of protein kinase C in laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth

Laminin is a potent stimulator of neurite outgrowth in rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. Here, we investigated the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in the mechanism of laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells. Phorbol ester activators of PKC have been shown to have divergent effects on laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth. Therefore, we tested the effect of the non-phorbol PKC activator, indolactam V. At 1.0 microM indolactam V inhibited laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth by 85%. Further, the PKC inhibitor H7 blocked the inhibitory effect of indolactam V on laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth. Direct measurement of protein kinase C activity in the soluble (cytosolic) and particulate (membrane) fractions of PC12 cells showed that laminin failed to alter protein kinase C activity. These data demonstrate that PKC activation inhibits laminin-mediated neurite outgrowth and that laminin does not activate PKC in PC12 cells.     

Artepillin C Derived from Propolis Induces Neurite Outgrowth in PC12m3 Cells via ERK and p38 MAPK Pathways

We investigated whether artepillin C, a major component of Brazilian propolis, acts as a neurotrophic-like factor in rat PC12m3 cells, in which nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced neurite outgrowth is impaired. When cultures of PC12m3 cells were treated with artepillin C at a concentration of 20 μM, the frequency of neurite outgrowth induced by artepillin C was approximately 7-fold greater than that induced by NGF alone. Artepillin C induced-neurite outgrowth of PC12m3 cells was inhibited by the ERK inhibitor U0126 and by the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. Although artepillin C-induced p38 MAPK activity was detected in PC12m3 cells, phosphorylation of ERK induced by artepillin C was not observed. On the other hand, artepillin C caused rapid activation of ERK and the time course of the activation was similar to that induced by NGF treatment in PC12 parental cells. However, NGF-induced neurite outgrowth was inhibited by artepillin C treatment. Interestingly, inhibition of ERK by U0126 completely prevented artepillin C-induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation of PC12m3 cells. These findings suggest that artepillin C-induced activation of p38 MAPK through the ERK signaling pathway is responsible for the neurite outgrowth of PC12m3 cells.     

Protein kinase C-epsilon plays a role in neurite outgrowth in response to epidermal growth factor and nerve growth factor in PC12 cells.

In this study, we examined the role of specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in the differentiation of PC12 cells in response to nerve growth factor (NGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF). PC12 cells express PKC-alpha, -beta, -gamma, -delta, -epsilon, -mu, and -zeta. For PKC-delta, -epsilon, and -zeta, NGF and EGF exerted differential effects on translocation. Unlike overexpression of PKC-alpha and -delta, overexpression of PKC-epsilon caused enhanced neurite outgrowth in response to NGF. In the PKC-epsilon-overexpressing cells, EGF also dramatically induced neurite outgrowth, arrested cell proliferation, and induced a sustained phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), in contrast to its mitogenic effects on control cells or cells overexpressing PKC-alpha and -delta. The induction of neurite outgrowth by EGF was inhibited by the MAPK kinase inhibitor PD95098. In cells overexpressing a PKC-epsilon dominant negative mutant, NGF induced reduced neurite outgrowth and a more transient phosphorylation of MAPK than in controls. Our results suggest an important role for PKC-epsilon in neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells, probably via activation of the MAPK pathway.