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Citicoline increases glutathione redox ratio and reduces caspase-3 activation and cell death in staurosporine-treated SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12443983     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Citicoline, or CDP-choline, is an essential endogenous intermediate in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine that may act as a neuroprotector in several models of neurodegeneration. The present study analyses the effects of citicoline in the paradigm of staurosporine-induced cell death in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Citicoline reduces apoptosis induced by 100 nM staurosporine for 12 h in SH-SY5Y cells. This effect is higher with pre-treatment of 60 mM citicoline for 24 h after staurosporine challenge. Moreover, citicoline treatment restores glutathione redox ratio diminished after staurosporine challenge. Finally, citicoline also reduces the expression levels of active caspase-3 and specific PARP-cleaved products of 89 kDa resulting from staurosporine exposure when citicoline is added to the culture medium 24 h before staurosporine. These findings demonstrate that citicoline affects the staurosporine-induced apoptosis cell-signalling pathway by interacting with the glutathione system and by inhibiting caspase-3 in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells.
Authors:
Marta Barrachina; Julio Secades; Rafael Lozano; Cristina Gómez-Santos; Santiago Ambrosio; Isidro Ferrer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain research     Volume:  957     ISSN:  0006-8993     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Res.     Publication Date:  2002 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-11-21     Completed Date:  2003-03-06     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045503     Medline TA:  Brain Res     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  84-90     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Departament de Biologia Cellular i Anatomia Patològica, Universitat de Barcelona, Campus de Bellvitge, carrer Feixa Llarga sn, 08907, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Apoptosis / drug effects
Blotting, Western
Caspase 3
Caspases / antagonists & inhibitors*,  metabolism*
Cell Death / drug effects
Cell Line
Cytidine Diphosphate Choline / metabolism,  pharmacology*
Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology*
Glutathione / drug effects*,  metabolism*
Humans
Neuroblastoma
Nootropic Agents / metabolism,  pharmacology*
Oxidation-Reduction / drug effects
Staurosporine / pharmacology*
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Enzyme Inhibitors; 0/Nootropic Agents; 62996-74-1/Staurosporine; 70-18-8/Glutathione; 987-78-0/Cytidine Diphosphate Choline; EC 3.4.22.-/CASP3 protein, human; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspase 3; EC 3.4.22.-/Caspases

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