Abstract
Several lines of evidence have extensively demonstrated that peroxynitrite plays a pivotal role in Central Nervous System (CNS) injuries. The present study was aimed at elucidating the molecular mechanism by which propofol attenuates peroxynitrite-mediated injury in the brain. Primary cultured astroglial cells were incubated for 18 h with a known peroxynitrite donor (SIN-1,3 μM) in the presence or absence of propofol (40 μM, 80 mM and 160 μM). The protective effects of propofol were evaluated by MTT cytotoxicity assay, LDH release, and caspase-3 activation by Western blot analysis. Appropriate propofol concentrations (ranging from 40 μM to 160 μM) significantly increased HO- 1 expression and attenuated SIN-1-mediated cytotoxicity and caspase-3 activation. The protective effects of propofol were mitigated by the addition of tin-mesoporphirin (SnMP), a potent inhibitor of HO activity. The addition of a specific synthetic inhibitor of NF-κB abolished propofol-mediated HO-1 induction, suggesting a possible role for this nuclear transcriptional factor in our experimental conditions. These findings indicate that propofol attenuates peroxynitritemediated apoptosis in astroglial cells, a property that may be relevant in both physiological and pathological processes in the CNS.
Keywords: heme oxygenase, peroxynitrite, astrocytes, apoptosis, propofol, caspase-3
Current Neurovascular Research
Title: Propofol Inhibits Caspase-3 in Astroglial Cells: Role of Heme Oxygenase-1
Volume: 2 Issue: 2
Author(s): Rosaria Acquaviva, Agata Campisi, Giuseppina Raciti, Roberto Avola, Maria Luisa Barcellona, Luca Vanella and Giovanni Li Volti
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Keywords: heme oxygenase, peroxynitrite, astrocytes, apoptosis, propofol, caspase-3
Abstract: Several lines of evidence have extensively demonstrated that peroxynitrite plays a pivotal role in Central Nervous System (CNS) injuries. The present study was aimed at elucidating the molecular mechanism by which propofol attenuates peroxynitrite-mediated injury in the brain. Primary cultured astroglial cells were incubated for 18 h with a known peroxynitrite donor (SIN-1,3 μM) in the presence or absence of propofol (40 μM, 80 mM and 160 μM). The protective effects of propofol were evaluated by MTT cytotoxicity assay, LDH release, and caspase-3 activation by Western blot analysis. Appropriate propofol concentrations (ranging from 40 μM to 160 μM) significantly increased HO- 1 expression and attenuated SIN-1-mediated cytotoxicity and caspase-3 activation. The protective effects of propofol were mitigated by the addition of tin-mesoporphirin (SnMP), a potent inhibitor of HO activity. The addition of a specific synthetic inhibitor of NF-κB abolished propofol-mediated HO-1 induction, suggesting a possible role for this nuclear transcriptional factor in our experimental conditions. These findings indicate that propofol attenuates peroxynitritemediated apoptosis in astroglial cells, a property that may be relevant in both physiological and pathological processes in the CNS.
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Acquaviva Rosaria, Campisi Agata, Raciti Giuseppina, Avola Roberto, Barcellona Luisa Maria, Vanella Luca and Volti Li Giovanni, Propofol Inhibits Caspase-3 in Astroglial Cells: Role of Heme Oxygenase-1, Current Neurovascular Research 2005; 2 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567202053586820
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567202053586820 |
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