期刊
CURRENT EYE RESEARCH
卷 35, 期 1, 页码 80-90出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/02713680903421194
关键词
Apoptosis; Excitotoxicity; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Mouse retinal cell line; Neuronal differentiation; Retinal ganglion cells
资金
- NIH [R01 EY014560, EY012830]
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY012830, R01EY014560] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Purpose: Homocysteine is implicated in ganglion cell death associated with glaucoma. To understand mechanisms of homocysteine-induced cell death, we analyzed the sensitivity of the RGC-5 cell line, differentiated using staurosporine, to physiologically-relevant levels of the excitotoxic amino acid homocysteine. Methods: RGC-5 cells were differentiated 24hr using 316nM staurosporine and tested for expression of Thy 1.2 via immunodetection, RT-PCR, and immunoblotting. The sensitivity of staurosporine-differentiated RGC-5 cells to physiological levels of homocysteine (50, 100, 250 mu M) and to high levels of homocysteine (1 mM), glutamate (1 mM), and oxidative stress (25 mu M:10 mU/ml xanthine:xanthine oxidase) was assessed by TUNEL assay and by immunodetection of cleaved caspase-3. The sensitivity of undifferentiated RGC-5 cells to high (1, 5, and 10mM) homocysteine was also examined. Results: Undifferentiated RGC-5 cells express Thy 1.2 mRNA and protein. Staurosporine-differentiated RGC-5 cells extend neurite processes and express Thy 1.2 after 24hr differentiation; they express NF-L after 1 and 3 days differentiation. Treatment of staurosporine-differentiated RGC-5 cells with 50, 100, or 250 mu M homocysteine did not alter neurite processes nor induce cell death (detected by TUNEL and active caspase-3) to a level greater than that observed in the control (non-homocysteine-treated, staurosporine-differentiated) cells. The 1 mM dosage of homocysteine in staurosporine-differentiated RGC-5 cells also did not induce cell death above control levels, although 18 hr treatment of non-differentiated RGC-5 cells with 5 mM homocysteine decreased survival by 50%. Conclusions: RGC-5 cells differentiated for 24 hr with 316nM staurosporine project robust neurite processes and are positive for ganglion cell markers consistent with a more neuronal phenotype than non-staurosporine-differentiated RGC-5 cells. However, concentrations of homocysteine known to induce ganglion cell death in vivo and in primary ganglion cells are not sufficient to induce death of RGC-5 cells, even when they are differentiated with staurosporine.
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