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Mitochondrial involvement in nitric oxide-induced cellular death in cortical neurons in culture

✍ Scribed by S. Figueroa; M.J. Oset-Gasque; C. Arce; C.J. Martinez-Honduvilla; M.P. González

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
391 KB
Volume
83
Category
Article
ISSN
0360-4012

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Abstract

Nitric oxide (NO) is an unstable molecule with physiological and pathological properties. In brain, NO acts as a modulator of neurotransmission as well as a protector against neuronal death from several death stimuli. However, beside this protector effect, high NO concentrations produce neuronal death by a mechanism in which the caspase pathway is implicated. In this work, we demonstrate that in cortical neurons the NO toxicity is mediated by mitochondrial dysfunction. SNAP, an NO donor, induces apoptosis in these cells because it 1) increases the p53 and 2) induces cytochrome c release and activation of caspase‐9 and caspase‐3. SNAP also induces necrosis, through 1) breakdown of the mitochondrial membrane potential, 2) ATP decrease, 3) ROS formation, and 4) LDH and ATP release, indicative of oxidative stress and death by necrosis. To sum up, in cortical neurons, high NO concentrations produced cellular death by both an apoptotic and a necrotic mechanism in which the mitochondria are implicated. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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