scholarly journals Up-regulation of the integrin alpha 1/beta 1 in human neuroblastoma cells differentiated by retinoic acid: correlation with increased neurite outgrowth response to laminin.

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 1021-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Rossino ◽  
P Defilippi ◽  
L Silengo ◽  
G Tarone

Retinoic acid (RA) is known to induce differentiation of neuroblastoma cells in vitro. Here we show that treatment of two human neuroblastoma cell lines, SY5Y and IMR32, with RA resulted in a fivefold increase of the integrin alpha 1/beta 1 expression. The effect was selective because expression of the alpha 3/beta 1 integrin, also present in these cells, was not increased. The up-regulation of the alpha 1/beta 1 differentiated SY5Y cells correlated with increased neurite response to laminin. In fact, RA-treated SY5Y cells elongated neurites on laminin-coated substratum more efficiently compared with untreated cells or cells treated with nerve growth factor, insulin, or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. These three agents induced partial morphological differentiation but did not increase alpha 1 integrin expression. Neurite extension in RA-treated cells was more efficient on laminin than on fibronectin or collagen type I and was inhibited with beta 1 integrin antibodies on all three substrates. Affinity chromatography experiments showed that alpha 1/beta 1 is the major laminin receptor in both untreated and RA-treated SY5Y cells. These data show that RA, a naturally occurring morphogen implicated in embryonic development, can selectively regulate the expression of integrin complexes in neuronal cells and suggest an important role of the alpha 1/beta 1 laminin receptor in the morphological differentiation of nerve cells.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
İrem Bozbey ◽  
Suat Sari ◽  
Emine Şalva ◽  
Didem Kart ◽  
Arzu Karakurt

Background: Azole antifungals are among the first-line drugs clinically used for the treatment of systemic candidiasis, a deadly type of fungal infection that threatens mostly immunecompromised and hospitalized patients. Some azole derivatives were also reported to have antiproliferative effects on cancer cells. Objective: In this study, 1-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)ethanone (3), its oxime (4), and a series of its novel oxime ester derivatives (5a-v) were synthesized and tested for their in vitro antimicrobial activities against certain ATCC standard strains of Candida sp. fungi and bacteria. The compounds were also tested for their cytotoxic effects against mouse fibroblast and human neuroblastoma cell lines. Molecular modeling studies were performed to provide insights into their possible mechanisms for antifungal and antibacterial actions. Methods: The compounds were synthesized by the reaction of various oximes with acyl chlorides. Antimicrobial activity of the compounds was determined according to the broth microdilution method. For the determination of cytotoxic effect, we used MTS assay. Molecular docking and QM/MM studies were performed to predict the binding mechanisms of the active compounds in the catalytic site of C. albicans CYP51 (CACYP51) and S. aureus flavohemoglobin (SAFH), the latter of which was created via homology modeling. Results: 5d, 5l, and 5t showed moderate antifungal activity against C. albicans, while 3, 5c, and 5r showed significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Most of the compounds showed approximately 40-50% inhibition against the human neuroblastoma cells at 100 µM. In this line, 3 was the most potent with an IC50 value of 82.18 μM followed by 5a, 5o, and 5t. 3 and 5a were highly selective to the neuroblastoma cells. Molecular modelling results supported the hypothesis that our compounds were inhibitors of CAYP51 and SAFH. Conclusion: This study supports that oxime ester derivatives may be used for the development of new antimicrobial and cytotoxic agents.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1677-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Thiele ◽  
P S Cohen ◽  
M A Israel

We detected expression of the c-myb proto-oncogene, which was initially thought to be expressed in a tissue-specific manner in cells of hematopoietic lineage, in human tissues of neuronal origin. Since the level of c-myb expression declined during fetal development, we studied the regulation of its expression in human neuroblastoma cell lines induced to differentiate by retinoic acid. The expression of c-myb declined during the maturation of neuroblastoma cells, and this change was mediated by a decrease in c-myb transcription.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Sieber ◽  
S Rao ◽  
SD Rowley ◽  
M Sieber-Blum

Cells from three different human neuroblastoma cell lines and normal human bone marrow cells were exposed to the lipophilic fluorescent dye, merocyanine 540 (MC 540), and white light. In vitro clonogenic tumor cells were inactivated up to 25,000 times more rapidly than multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells (CFU-GEMM). It is conceivable that this pronounced difference in sensitivity to MC 540-mediated photolysis can be exploited for the selective killing of residual neuroblastoma cells in autologous remission marrow grafts.


Blood ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Sieber ◽  
S Rao ◽  
SD Rowley ◽  
M Sieber-Blum

Abstract Cells from three different human neuroblastoma cell lines and normal human bone marrow cells were exposed to the lipophilic fluorescent dye, merocyanine 540 (MC 540), and white light. In vitro clonogenic tumor cells were inactivated up to 25,000 times more rapidly than multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells (CFU-GEMM). It is conceivable that this pronounced difference in sensitivity to MC 540-mediated photolysis can be exploited for the selective killing of residual neuroblastoma cells in autologous remission marrow grafts.


1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-40
Author(s):  
Dario Cova ◽  
Pietro Fumagalli ◽  
Angela Santagostino

The aim of our research was the in vitro evaluation of the neurotoxic effects of three EBDCs (Nabam, Zineb and Maneb) and ETU on SK-N-BE human neuroblastoma cells as a model for neurotoxicity in humans. The EC50 value was used as an index of the toxicities of these compounds. Since Zineb and Maneb contain zinc and manganese as cations, respectively, in order to determine the contributions of these metals, the EC50s of zinc chloride and manganese chloride were also evaluated. Nabam, Zineb and Maneb had EC50 values ranging from 1μM to 30μM; the EC50s of manganese and zinc in this human cell line were found to be of the same order of magnitude as those of the EBDC fungicides. These in vitro effects are discussed in relation to the possible use of neuronal cell lines for detecting the neurotoxicities of these compounds.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Yoji Yoshimi ◽  
Osamu Funatsu ◽  
Ryuto Hayashi ◽  
Shinsuke Komagawa ◽  
...  

Retinoids are a family of vitamin A-derived moleucles and include the biologically active metabolite, retinoic acid (RA). RA acts as a specific modulator of neuronal differentiation and proliferation. However, in animal studies, a large excess of RA correlates with teratogenicity. Thus, development of effective and stable retinoids is desirable. In this study, we showed that treatment with novel synthetic retinobenzoic acids promotes neurite outgrowth in a selected subpopulation of the human neuroblastoma cell line, SK-N-SH. Furthermore, we found that, although acting via a different mechanism, retinobenzoic acids have the same neurite outgrowth-inducing effect as RA. Retinoids, including RA, bind to nuclear retinoic acid receptors (RARs). Therefore, we examined the expression of RARs in retinobenzoic acid-treated cells. Similar to already known retinoids, novel synthetic retinobenzoic acids promote the upregulation of RARβ and have no effect on RARα or γ. These results suggest that retinobenzoic acids act via RARβ during neurite outgrowth. Moreover, stimulation with RA or retinobenzoic acids significantly increased the phosphorylation levels of both ERK1/2 and mTOR. ERK1/2 and mTOR inhibition blocked the retinobenzoic acid-induced increase in neurite outgrowth, suggesting that retinobenzoic acids promoted neurite outgrowth by activating the ERK1/2 and mTOR signaling pathways. Notably, the RA-induced increase in neurite outgrowth was blocked by the ERK1/2 inhibitor U0126, but not by the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin. In addition, ERK1/2 inhibition blocked the upregulation of RARβ promoted by RA and retinobenzoic acids. In contrast, mTOR inhibition had no effect on upregulation of RARβ. Our results show that novel synthetic retinobenzoic acids induce neurite outgrowth by a different mechanism than RA. These findings suggest that activation of both ERK1/2, which results in downstream regulation of RARβ, and mTOR, are responsible for the novel synthetic retinobenzoic acid-induced neurite outgrowth in human neuroblastoma cells.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaoli Pu Yang ◽  
Simeng Wang ◽  
Xingguo Li ◽  
Nina F. Schor

Neuroblastoma is a childhood neural crest tumor. Fenretinide, a retinoic acid analogue, induces accumulation of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species and consequent apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells. The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) enhances the antineuroblastoma cell efficacy of fenretinidein vitro. We examined the role of the retinoid binding protein, CRABP1, in p75NTR-mediated potentiation of the efficacy of fenretinide. Knockdown and overexpression, respectively, of either p75NTR or CRABP1 were effected in neuroblastoma cell lines using standard techniques. Expression was determined by qRT-PCR and confirmed at the protein level by Western blot. Metabolic viability was determined by Alamar blue assay. While protein content of CRABP1 correlated roughly with that of p75NTR in the three neuroblastoid or epithelioid human neuroblastoma cell lines studied, manipulation of p75NTR expression resulted in cell line-dependent, variable change in CRABP1 expression. Furthermore, in some cell lines, induced expression of CRABP1 in the absence of p75NTR did not alter cell sensitivity to fenretinide treatment. The effects of manipulation of p75NTR expression on CRABP1 expression and the effects of CRABP1 expression on fenretinide efficacy are therefore neuroblastoma cell line-dependent. Potentiation of the antineuroblastoma cell effects of fenretinide by p75NTR is not mediated solely through CRABP1.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1677-1683 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J Thiele ◽  
P S Cohen ◽  
M A Israel

We detected expression of the c-myb proto-oncogene, which was initially thought to be expressed in a tissue-specific manner in cells of hematopoietic lineage, in human tissues of neuronal origin. Since the level of c-myb expression declined during fetal development, we studied the regulation of its expression in human neuroblastoma cell lines induced to differentiate by retinoic acid. The expression of c-myb declined during the maturation of neuroblastoma cells, and this change was mediated by a decrease in c-myb transcription.


2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (5) ◽  
pp. C1146-C1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Nagl ◽  
Katrin Schönhofer ◽  
Barbara Seidler ◽  
Jörg Mages ◽  
Hans-Dieter Allescher ◽  
...  

Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS)-derived nitric oxide (NO) acts as a neurotransmitter and intracellular signaling molecule in the central and peripheral nervous system. NO regulates multiple processes like neuronal development, plasticity, and differentiation and is a mediator of neurotoxicity. The nNOS gene is highly complex with 12 alternative first exons, exon 1a–1l, transcribed from distinct promoters, leading to nNOS variants with different 5′-untranslated regions. Transcriptional control of the nNOS gene is not understood in detail. To investigate regulation of nNOS gene expression by retinoic acid (RA), we used the human neuroblastoma cell line TGW-nu-I as a model system. We show that RA induces nNOS transcription in a protein synthesis-dependent fashion. We identify the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway and the atypical orphan nuclear receptor DAX1 (NR0B1) as critical mediators involved in RA-induced nNOS gene transcription. RA treatment increases DAX1 expression via PI3K/Akt signaling. Upregulation of DAX1 expression in turn induces nNOS transcription in response to RA. These results identify nNOS as a target gene of a novel RA/PI3K/Akt/DAX1-dependent pathway in human neuroblastoma cells and stress the functional importance of the transcriptional regulator DAX1 for nNOS gene expression in response to RA treatment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1908-1917
Author(s):  
Rongkang Mai ◽  
Yiyao Cao ◽  
Huitian Yu ◽  
Yong Zheng ◽  
Juke Huang

80 male Wistar rats were stochastically assigned to Sham + Vehicle group, Sham + BUT group, PD + Vehicle group and PD + BUT group. Rotenone PD model rats were prepared by subcutaneous injection of rotenone sunflower oil emulsion 2 mg/(kg · d) for 5 consecutive weeks. Butylphthalide 80 mg/(kg · d) were given to the rats in Sham + BUT group and PD + BUT group by gavage from the first day of rotenone injection for 5 weeks. Subsequently, the motor retardation ability and the morphological changes of the substantia nigra (SN) of each group were evaluated. Meanwhile, the levels of neuronal injury, apoptosis, inflammation and oxidative stress in each group of rats were assayed. The impact of BUT treatment on miR-146a-5p expression and PI3K/AKT signal pathway in rat brain tissue was assayed. Finally, by constructing a PD cell model of the neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-treated human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y, the in vitro anti-PD pharmacological effect of BUT was further verified.


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