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ArticleJournal of physiology and biochemistry2014

Downregulation of microsomal glutathione-S-transferase 1 modulates protective mechanisms in differentiated PC12 cells.

Monika Sobczak, Tomasz Boczek, Antoni Kowalski, Magdalena Wiktorska, Jolanta Niewiarowska, Ludmila Zylinska

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Article in Journal of physiology and biochemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monika SobczakDepartment of Molecular Neurochemistry, Medical University, 6/8 Mazowiecka Str., 92-215, Lodz, Poland.
Tomasz Boczek
Antoni Kowalski
Magdalena Wiktorska
Jolanta Niewiarowska
Ludmila Zylinska
Medical University of Lodz · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microsomal glutathione-S-transferase 1 (Mgst1) plays a specific role in protection of cells against oxidative stress. In this study, we assayed the effect of Mgst1 downregulation on cells behavior using differentiated PC12 line, a widely accepted neuronal model system. We have developed stable transfected cells with downregulated Mgst1 (PC12_M), which were differentiated with 1 mM dibutyryl-cAMP (db-cAMP). Mgst1 reduction induced necrosis, decreased ATP amount, and increased thiobarbituric acid reacting substances (TBARS) content. However, in PC12_M cell population, we detected more intensive neuritogenesis than that in mock-transfected cells. Interestingly, total glutathione as well as GSH level were significantly higher than those in control PC12 line. Real-time PCR and Western blot analyses showed elevated expression of enzymes involved in glutathione metabolism-a rate-limiting γ-glutamylcysteine ligase and glutathione reductase. The present study shows for the first time that under stress conditions induced by Mgst1 downregulation, a rescue pathway can be activated and thereby enables differentiated PC12 cells to survive. Since Mgst1expression was reported to decline with age, our results could represent a putative adaptive process during aging. It could also be an early mechanism protecting neuronal cells against some neurodegenerative insults.

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Cell DifferentiationDown-RegulationAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsBase SequenceCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDNA PrimersFlow CytometryGlutathione TransferaseMicrosomesPC12 CellsRatsReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionThiobarbituric Acid Reactive SubstancesAdenosine TriphosphateCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinDNA PrimersGlutathione Transferasemicrosomal glutathione S-transferase-IThiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances

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