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NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 55, Issue 7, Pages 581-592Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.05.015
Keywords
Apoptosis; ROS; Antioxidants; SP600125; MAPK; Caspase
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- DGAPA-UNAM [IN223107]
- CONACYT [47158Q]
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- CONACYT
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Several signaling pathways are differentially activated during apoptotic cell death. We have previously found that during apoptotic death of cerebellar granule neurons (CGN) induced by potassium deprivation (K5) and staurosporine there is an increase in the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The inhibition of ROS generation reduces the extent of cell death. However, remain to be elucidated the mechanisms by which ROS participate in this apoptotic process. On the other hand, it is well known that c-Jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway plays a pivotal role in cell death of several cell types. In the present study we found that K5 activated the JNK pathway and that its inhibition with SP600125 markedly prevented caspase 3 activation, nuclear condensation and cell death induced by K5. In contrast, JNK pathway was not activated by staurosporine and the JNK inhibitor did not affect cell death induced by this stimulus. We also found that JNK inhibition did not affect ROS levels induced by K5 or staurosporine, suggesting that ROS are upstream of JNK pathway activation. Antioxidants increased ASK1 phosphorylation and decreased JNK1/2 and c-Jun phosphorylation induced by K5. According to these results, we suggest that apoptosis induced by K5 is JNK-dependent and mediated by ROS, but apoptosis induced by staurosporine is not dependent on JNK and that the observed ROS generation by staurosporine seems not to be involved in the activation of this signaling pathway. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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