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  1. Article: Function for NF-kB in neuronal survival: regulation by atypical protein kinase C.

    Wooten, M W

    Journal of neuroscience research

    1999  Volume 58, Issue 5, Page(s) 607–611

    Abstract: Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) has been intensely studied in the past several years due to its role as an inducible regulator of inflammation, apoptosis, transformation, and oncogenesis. Recently, increasing ... ...

    Abstract Activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) has been intensely studied in the past several years due to its role as an inducible regulator of inflammation, apoptosis, transformation, and oncogenesis. Recently, increasing evidence supports a role for NF-kB in regulation of anti-apoptotic gene expression and promotion of cell survival (May and Ghosh [1999] Science 284:272-273). Studies in the past 5 years have provided evidence that NF-kB regulates neuronal survival as well. Moreover, atypical protein kinase (aPKC) has been shown to play a novel role in modulating the NF-kB pathway. In this review, I focus on neurons and the factors that contribute to regulation of NF-kB via aPKC.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Survival/physiology ; Humans ; NF-kappa B/genetics ; NF-kappa B/metabolism ; Neurons/chemistry ; Neurons/physiology ; Protein Kinase C/genetics ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism
    Chemical Substances NF-kappa B ; PKC-3 protein (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1999-12-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 195324-2
    ISSN 1097-4547 ; 0360-4012
    ISSN (online) 1097-4547
    ISSN 0360-4012
    DOI 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19991201)58:5<607::aid-jnr1>3.0.co;2-m
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  2. Article: The role of ubiquitin in neurotrophin receptor signalling and sorting.

    Wooten, M W / Geetha, T

    Biochemical Society transactions

    2006  Volume 34, Issue Pt 5, Page(s) 757–760

    Abstract: NGF (nerve growth factor) binding to TrkA (tropomyosin receptor kinase A) induces dimerization, autophosphorylation and internalization of the receptor to signalling vesicles for delivery of differentiation signals. TrkA interacts with p75 receptor ... ...

    Abstract NGF (nerve growth factor) binding to TrkA (tropomyosin receptor kinase A) induces dimerization, autophosphorylation and internalization of the receptor to signalling vesicles for delivery of differentiation signals. TrkA interacts with p75 receptor through the p62-TRAF-6 (tumour-necrosis-factor-receptor-associated factor 6) complex bridging the two receptors. The atypical protein kinase C is activated and recruited to the receptor complex as well. TrkA is Lys63-polyubiquitinated on Lys485 by the E3 (ubiquitin ligase), TRAF-6, and E2 (ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme), UbcH7. Inhibition of polyubiquitination has been observed to interrupt signalling and internalization. Furthermore, an absence of p62 prevents endosomal localization and signalling. Altogether, these findings reveal Lys63-linked polyubiquitin chains and the shuttling protein p62 co-ordinately regulate TrkA internalization, trafficking and sorting.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/physiology ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Receptor, trkA/metabolism ; Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/physiology ; Signal Transduction ; Ubiquitin/physiology
    Chemical Substances Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor ; Ubiquitin ; Receptor, trkA (EC 2.7.10.1) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2006-11
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 184237-7
    ISSN 1470-8752 ; 0300-5127
    ISSN (online) 1470-8752
    ISSN 0300-5127
    DOI 10.1042/BST0340757
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  3. Article ; Online: Of the atypical PKCs, Par-4 and p62: recent understandings of the biology and pathology of a PB1-dominated complex.

    Moscat, J / Diaz-Meco, M T / Wooten, M W

    Cell death and differentiation

    2009  Volume 16, Issue 11, Page(s) 1426–1437

    Abstract: The recent identification of a novel protein-protein interaction module, termed PB1, in critical signaling molecules such as p62 (also known as sequestosome1), the atypical PKCs, and Par-6, has unveiled the existence of a new set of signaling complexes, ... ...

    Abstract The recent identification of a novel protein-protein interaction module, termed PB1, in critical signaling molecules such as p62 (also known as sequestosome1), the atypical PKCs, and Par-6, has unveiled the existence of a new set of signaling complexes, which can be central to several biological processes from development to cancer. In this review, we will discuss the most recent advances on the role that the different components of these complexes have in vivo and that are relevant to human disease. In particular, we will review what we are learning from new data from knockout mice, and the indications from human mutations on the real role of these proteins in the physiology and biology of human diseases. The role that PKCzeta, PKClambda/iota, and Par-4 have in lung and prostate cancer in vivo and in humans will be extensively covered in this article, as will the multifunctional role of p62 as a novel hub in cell signaling during cancer and inflammation, and the mechanistic details and controversial data published on its potential role in aggregate formation and signaling. All this published information is shedding new light on the proposed pathological implications of these PB1-regulators in disease and shows their important role in cell physiology.
    MeSH term(s) Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics ; Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/metabolism ; Animals ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/genetics ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins/metabolism ; Humans ; Mice ; Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs ; Protein Kinase C/genetics ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Sequestosome-1 Protein ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing ; Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins ; PARD6A protein, human ; SQSTM1 protein, human ; Sequestosome-1 Protein ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins ; prostate apoptosis response-4 protein ; PKC-3 protein (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2009-08-28
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 1225672-9
    ISSN 1476-5403 ; 1350-9047
    ISSN (online) 1476-5403
    ISSN 1350-9047
    DOI 10.1038/cdd.2009.119
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  4. Article: Differential expression of PKC isoforms and PC12 cell differentiation.

    Wooten, M W

    Experimental cell research

    1992  Volume 199, Issue 1, Page(s) 111–119

    Abstract: Recent reports indicate that the protein kinase inhibitor H7 is capable of inducing both morphological and functional differentiation of a number of neural cell types. This investigation demonstrates that H7 potentiates the neurogenic properties of nerve ...

    Abstract Recent reports indicate that the protein kinase inhibitor H7 is capable of inducing both morphological and functional differentiation of a number of neural cell types. This investigation demonstrates that H7 potentiates the neurogenic properties of nerve growth factor (NGF) in PC12 cells with a concomitant change in the accumulation of the beta II-protein kinase C (beta IIPKC) isoform protein without changes in either alpha or gamma. However, NGF alone stimulates a coordinate increase in all three isoforms. The assay of acetylcholine esterase as a functional marker of neuronal differentiation demonstrates that H7 alone is not capable of stimulating morphological or functional differentiation in PC12 cells. H7 synergizes with NGF through a PKC-dependent pathway and by differential expression of PKC subtypes. The expression of the PKC transcripts for alpha, beta II, and gamma all undergo simultaneous yet differential changes in their patterns of expression during treatment with H7 and/or NGF. These data suggest that isoform switching is regulated primarily at the protein level. Last, these findings suggest that expression of PKC isoforms is tightly coupled with neuronal differentiation and may play a role in the maintenance of the differentiated state.
    MeSH term(s) 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine ; Acetylcholinesterase/genetics ; Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism ; Animals ; Blotting, Northern ; Blotting, Western ; Cell Differentiation/drug effects ; Drug Synergism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects ; Isoenzymes/genetics ; Isoquinolines/pharmacology ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Neurites/ultrastructure ; Neurons/cytology ; Neurons/enzymology ; PC12 Cells ; Piperazines/pharmacology ; Protein Kinase C/genetics ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Isoenzymes ; Isoquinolines ; Nerve Growth Factors ; Piperazines ; 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine (84477-87-2) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1992-03
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1493-x
    ISSN 1090-2422 ; 0014-4827
    ISSN (online) 1090-2422
    ISSN 0014-4827
    DOI 10.1016/0014-4827(92)90468-n
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  5. Article: Alterations in protein kinase C type III-alpha during heat shock of rat embryo fibroblasts.

    Wooten, M W

    Experimental cell research

    1991  Volume 193, Issue 2, Page(s) 274–278

    Abstract: Heat shock treatment of rat embryo fibroblasts resulted in a 60% increase in cytosolic protein kinase C activity, in contrast to phorbol ester-induced translocation to the membrane. During reversal of the cells back to the normal temperature a decrease ... ...

    Abstract Heat shock treatment of rat embryo fibroblasts resulted in a 60% increase in cytosolic protein kinase C activity, in contrast to phorbol ester-induced translocation to the membrane. During reversal of the cells back to the normal temperature a decrease in cytosolic PKC activity was observed and paralleled by an increase in protamine kinase activity. Cell lysates prepared from heat shock-treated cells show a marked calcium/phospholipid-dependent phosphorylation of several endogenous PKC substrate proteins, while the 28-kDa stress protein was shown to be a PKC substrate. These cells express the TYPE III-alpha isoform of PKC and, thus, the alterations induced within cells exposed to hyperthermic treatment may reflect a functional significance with regard to the regulation of this specific isoform.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Line ; Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional ; Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism ; Hot Temperature ; In Vitro Techniques ; Isoenzymes/metabolism ; Molecular Weight ; Phosphoproteins/chemistry ; Phosphoproteins/metabolism ; Protamine Kinase ; Protein Kinase C/classification ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Protein Kinases/metabolism ; Rats
    Chemical Substances Heat-Shock Proteins ; Isoenzymes ; Phosphoproteins ; Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.-) ; Protamine Kinase (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1991-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1493-x
    ISSN 1090-2422 ; 0014-4827
    ISSN (online) 1090-2422
    ISSN 0014-4827
    DOI 10.1016/0014-4827(91)90096-d
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  6. Article: Purification and characterization of a novel protamine kinase in HL60 cells.

    Soh, Y / Wooten, M W

    Journal of biochemistry

    2000  Volume 127, Issue 1, Page(s) 95–103

    Abstract: A protamine kinase from HL60 cells was purified to near homogeneity by DEAE-Sephacel, protamine-agarose, Hydroxylapatite, and S-200 chromatography. It was purified by 75.8-fold through four chromatographic steps, and 0.67% of total activity was recovered. ...

    Abstract A protamine kinase from HL60 cells was purified to near homogeneity by DEAE-Sephacel, protamine-agarose, Hydroxylapatite, and S-200 chromatography. It was purified by 75.8-fold through four chromatographic steps, and 0.67% of total activity was recovered. The purified enzyme had an apparent molecular mass of 120 kDa and was activated by Mg(2+) or Mn(2+), but inhibited by Ca(2+). Neither phospholipid nor phorbol ester significantly affected the enzyme activity. Staurosporine was the most potent inhibitor of the enzyme among the protein kinase inhibitors tested, K(252a), H(7), heparin, and staurosporine. The purified protamine kinase exhibited a maximum velocity of 5,000 pmol/min/mg and K(m) of 1.3 mM for protamine sulfate as a substrate. Myelin basic protein and protamine sulfate served as the best substrates for the protamine kinase among those tested. The activity of the protamine kinase remained unchanged upon treatment with PMA, retinoic acid, dimethyl sulfoxide, or 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D(3) for 15 min, while treatment with a differentiating agent, 1,25 dihydroxy vitamin D(3), for one week increased its activity. These results suggest that protamine kinase in HL60 cells is involved in the late stage of the macrophage-monocytic differentiation pathway and may play a role in maintenance of the differentiation after HL60 cells are committed.
    MeSH term(s) Calcitriol/pharmacology ; Cations, Divalent/chemistry ; Chromatography, Affinity ; Chromatography, Gel ; Chromatography, Ion Exchange ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology ; Durapatite ; Enzyme Activation/drug effects ; HL-60 Cells/enzymology ; Humans ; Protamine Kinase/chemistry ; Protamine Kinase/isolation & purification ; Protamine Kinase/metabolism ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/metabolism ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology ; Tretinoin/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Cations, Divalent ; Tretinoin (5688UTC01R) ; Durapatite (91D9GV0Z28) ; Protamine Kinase (EC 2.7.11.1) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Calcitriol (FXC9231JVH) ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate (NI40JAQ945) ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide (YOW8V9698H)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2000-01
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 218073-x
    ISSN 1756-2651 ; 0021-924X
    ISSN (online) 1756-2651
    ISSN 0021-924X
    DOI 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022589
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  7. Article: Nerve growth factor-induced differentiation of PC12 cells employs the PMA-insensitive protein kinase C-zeta isoform.

    Coleman, E S / Wooten, M W

    Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN

    1994  Volume 5, Issue 1, Page(s) 39–57

    Abstract: To elucidate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced differentiation, PMA downregulation of pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells was undertaken. Prolonged treatment (2 d) of PC12 cells with PMA (1 microM) resulted in depleting ... ...

    Abstract To elucidate the role of protein kinase C (PKC) in nerve growth factor (NGF)-induced differentiation, PMA downregulation of pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells was undertaken. Prolonged treatment (2 d) of PC12 cells with PMA (1 microM) resulted in depleting the cells of alpha, beta, delta, and epsilon-PKC isoforms, but had no effect on the expression of the atypical PKC isoform zeta. PC12 cells, which expressed only PKC zeta, were evaluated for their responses to NGF. Removal of the PMA-sensitive PKC isoforms enhanced the ability of NGF to promote neurite extension. Both the percentage cells with neurites and length of neurites were increased in the PMA-treated cells, whereas no effect was observed on the number of neurites per cell or branching of individual neurites. In addition, PMA downregulation resulted in an increase in the incorporation of 3H-thymidine without any significant effect on the expression of c-fos. Addition of NGF to PC12 cells depleted of the PMA-sensitive PKC isoforms resulted in the activation of PKC zeta (Wooten et al., 1994). To test whether the transient activation of PKC zeta is a necessary component of the neuritogenetic pathway, antisense oligonucleotide strategy was utilized to remove this particular PKC isoform. The addition of a 20-bp antisense oligonucleotide directed against the 5' coding sequence of PKC zeta attenuated NGF-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells lacking PMA-sensitive PKC isoforms. Sense oligonucleotide directed at the same site was without effect on NGF responses. These data indicate that PKC zeta comprises a portion of the NGF pathway and underscores the importance of this isoform in neuronal differentiation. Moreover, these findings demonstrate that the PMA-insensitive pathway, which was previously characterized as PKC-independent, and the neurite induction pathway are synonymous and mediated by PKC zeta.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cell Differentiation/drug effects ; Down-Regulation ; Genes, fos ; Isoenzymes/analysis ; Isoenzymes/physiology ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Neurites/drug effects ; PC12 Cells ; Protein Kinase C/analysis ; Protein Kinase C/physiology ; Rats ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Isoenzymes ; Nerve Growth Factors ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate (NI40JAQ945)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1994
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1043392-2
    ISSN 0895-8696
    ISSN 0895-8696
    DOI 10.1007/BF02736693
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  8. Article: Heterogeneity of protein kinase C isoform expression in chemically induced HL60 cells.

    Seibenhener, M L / Wooten, M W

    Experimental cell research

    1993  Volume 207, Issue 1, Page(s) 183–188

    Abstract: Column chromatographic separation of HL60 cell lysates by hydroxylapatite and immunoblotting with protein kinase C (PKC) isoform-specific antisera revealed the presence of four peaks of activity consisting of PKC gamma, beta, epsilon, delta, alpha, and ... ...

    Abstract Column chromatographic separation of HL60 cell lysates by hydroxylapatite and immunoblotting with protein kinase C (PKC) isoform-specific antisera revealed the presence of four peaks of activity consisting of PKC gamma, beta, epsilon, delta, alpha, and zeta. In cells treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, retinoic acid, or dimethyl sulfoxide differential changes in the expression of the four peak activities occurred with treatment. During PMA-induced differentiation, PKC activity diminished for peaks 2, 3, and 4 while immunoreactivity increased for beta, delta, and zeta. In addition, all inducers were found to increase the levels of each of the PKC mRNAs. These results document for the first time differential changes in the expression of PKC isoforms in one cell line elicited by different agents and suggest that alterations in substrate preference may occur, which accounts for changes in the activity of PKC.
    MeSH term(s) Amino Acid Sequence ; Cell Line/drug effects ; Cell Line/metabolism ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic ; Humans ; Isoenzymes/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Phorbol Esters/pharmacology ; Protein Kinase C/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/analysis ; Substrate Specificity ; Vitamin D/pharmacology
    Chemical Substances Isoenzymes ; Phorbol Esters ; RNA, Messenger ; Vitamin D (1406-16-2) ; Protein Kinase C (EC 2.7.11.13) ; Dimethyl Sulfoxide (YOW8V9698H)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1993-07
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1493-x
    ISSN 1090-2422 ; 0014-4827
    ISSN (online) 1090-2422
    ISSN 0014-4827
    DOI 10.1006/excr.1993.1178
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  9. Article: pp42/44MAP kinase is a component of the neurogenic pathway utilized by nerve growth factor in PC12 cells.

    Lloyd, E D / Wooten, M W

    Journal of neurochemistry

    1992  Volume 59, Issue 3, Page(s) 1099–1109

    Abstract: Nerve growth factor-stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (pp42/44MAP) kinase was characterized by sequential column chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel, phenyl-Sepharose CL4B, and S-200. The kinase displayed an apparent molecular mass of 42 kDa and ... ...

    Abstract Nerve growth factor-stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase (pp42/44MAP) kinase was characterized by sequential column chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel, phenyl-Sepharose CL4B, and S-200. The kinase displayed an apparent molecular mass of 42 kDa and reacted with an antiphosphotyrosine antibody. Peptide mapping of myelin basic protein revealed the presence of one phosphopeptide that was phosphorylated on Thr-97. pp42/44MAP kinase activity was dependent on Mg2+ and inhibited by K252a both in vitro and in vivo. Nerve growth factor-stimulated kinase activation was diminished by down-regulation of protein kinase C with 200 nM 12-phorbol 13-myristate acetate or with staurosporine (1 nM), a protein kinase C inhibitor. Genistein, a protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor, blocked nerve growth factor-mediated neurite extension as well as diminished activation of pp42/44MAP kinase. Our data demonstrate that activation of this kinase system by nerve growth factor displays a requirement for both protein kinase C as well as protein tyrosine kinase. In addition, other agents that are capable of promoting neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells, such as fibroblast growth factor or dibutyryl cyclic AMP, do so independently of activating this kinase system.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Axons/physiology ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases ; Growth Substances/pharmacology ; Magnesium/pharmacology ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Nerve Growth Factors/physiology ; Nerve Tissue/growth & development ; PC12 Cells/metabolism ; PC12 Cells/physiology ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; Protein Kinases/chemistry ; Protein Kinases/isolation & purification ; Protein Kinases/physiology
    Chemical Substances Growth Substances ; Nerve Growth Factors ; Protein Kinase Inhibitors ; Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.-) ; Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases (EC 2.7.11.17) ; Magnesium (I38ZP9992A)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1992-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 80158-6
    ISSN 1471-4159 ; 0022-3042 ; 1474-1644
    ISSN (online) 1471-4159
    ISSN 0022-3042 ; 1474-1644
    DOI 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1992.tb08352.x
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  10. Article: Alcohols synergize with NGF to induce early differentiation of PC12 cells.

    Wooten, M W / Ewald, S J

    Brain research

    1991  Volume 550, Issue 2, Page(s) 333–339

    Abstract: The role of alcohols in affecting neuromorphogenesis was investigated in a single cell type, pheochromocytoma (PC12). The effect of ethanol at physiological concentrations in this system leads to enhanced morphological and functional differentiation in ... ...

    Abstract The role of alcohols in affecting neuromorphogenesis was investigated in a single cell type, pheochromocytoma (PC12). The effect of ethanol at physiological concentrations in this system leads to enhanced morphological and functional differentiation in combination with nerve growth factor (NGF). PC12 cells treated with a suboptimal concentration of NGF (30 ng/ml) and an alcohol (87 mM) underwent rapid morphological differentiation which was dependent upon the side chain length of the alcohol MeOH less than EtOH less than PrOH less than BuOH. Pyrazole at either 5 or 10 mM had no effect on alcohol induced neurite extension. Assessment of the degree of differentiation promoted by the various alcohols was quantified by an increase in neurite extension, a decrease in the incorporation of [3H]thymidine, an increase in acetylcholine esterase (AChE) activity and immunostaining with neuron specific enolase. Thus, alcohols may function in a specific manner by interacting with transmembrane signalling pathways which promote gene expression and neuronal differentiation.
    MeSH term(s) Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism ; Adrenal Gland Neoplasms ; Alcohols/pharmacology ; Animals ; Cell Differentiation/drug effects ; Cell Line ; Drug Synergism ; Kinetics ; Nerve Growth Factors/pharmacology ; Pheochromocytoma ; Rats ; Structure-Activity Relationship
    Chemical Substances Alcohols ; Nerve Growth Factors ; Acetylcholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 1991-06-07
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 1200-2
    ISSN 1872-6240 ; 0006-8993
    ISSN (online) 1872-6240
    ISSN 0006-8993
    DOI 10.1016/0006-8993(91)91337-z
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