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ArticleJournal of neuroscience methods2008

Closing the phenotypic gap between transformed neuronal cell lines in culture and untransformed neurons.

Tereance A Myers, Cheryl A Nickerson, Deepak Kaushal, C Mark Ott, Kerstin Höner zu Bentrup, Rajee Ramamurthy, Mayra Nelman-Gonzalez, Duane L Pierson, Mario T Philipp

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Article in Journal of neuroscience methods, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Tereance A MyersDivision of Bacteriology & Parasitology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, 18703 Three Rivers Road, Covington, LA 70433, USA.
Cheryl A Nickerson
Deepak Kaushal
C Mark Ott
Kerstin Höner zu Bentrup
Rajee Ramamurthy
Mayra Nelman-Gonzalez
Duane L Pierson
Mario T Philipp

Funding

ZCM:A NOVEL BROAD-SPECTRUM MICROBICIDE FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONSP51RR000164 · NCRR · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI VEAZEY, RONALD S. · 1985 to 2011
$100.1M
Lyme neuroborreliosis pathogenesis in the rhesus monkeyR01NS048952 · NINDS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI PHILIPP, MARIO TOMAS · 2004 to 2014
$4.8M
NCRR NIH HHS P51 RR000164NCRR NIH HHS RR 00164NINDS NIH HHS NS 048952NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS048952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Studies of neuronal dysfunction in the central nervous system (CNS) are frequently limited by the failure of primary neurons to propagate in vitro. Neuronal cell lines can be substituted for primary cells but they often misrepresent normal conditions. We hypothesized that a three-dimensional (3D) cell culture system would drive the phenotype of transformed neurons closer to that of untransformed cells, as has been demonstrated in non-neuronal cell lines. In our studies comparing 3D versus two-dimensional (2D) culture, neuronal SH-SY5Y (SY) cells underwent distinct morphological changes combined with a significant drop in their rate of cell division. Expression of the proto-oncogene N-myc and the RNA-binding protein HuD was decreased in 3D culture as compared to standard 2D conditions. We observed a decline in the anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 in 3D culture, coupled with increased expression of the pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bak. Moreover, thapsigargin (TG)-induced apoptosis was enhanced in the 3D cells. Microarray analysis demonstrated significantly differing mRNA levels for over 700 genes in the cells of the two culture types, and indicated that alterations in the G1/S cell-cycle progression contributed to the diminished doubling rate in the 3D-cultured SY cells. These results demonstrate that a 3D culture approach narrows the phenotypic gap between neuronal cell lines and primary neurons. The resulting cells may readily be used for in vitro research of neuronal pathogenesis.

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AnimalsApoptosisApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell Culture TechniquesCell Cycle ProteinsCell DifferentiationCell DivisionCell Line, TransformedCell ProliferationCell ShapeELAV-Like Protein 4ELAV ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingGenes, cdcHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsELAVL4 protein, humanELAV-Like Protein 4ELAV ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMAS1 protein, humanNMI protein, humanProto-Oncogene MasProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRNA, Messenger

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PMID18672002
PMCPMC2586177

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