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Neuroprotective effects of 5-S-GAD against oxidative stress-induced apoptosis in RGC-5 cells.

Abstract
N-beta-Alanyl-5-S-glutathionyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (5-S-GAD), an antibacterial substance isolated from the flesh fly, has been described as having multipotential biological activities toward various tissues. In a previous paper, we reported a novel neuroprotective action of 5-S-GAD on rat retinal ganglion cell apoptosis induced by optic nerve injury and intraocular N-methyl-D-aspartate treatment in vivo. In the present study, we further investigated the protective mechanism of this small peptide against other types of apoptosis in cultured cells of the established rat retinal ganglion cell line RGC-5. Hydrogen peroxide and serum deprivation treatments induced intracellular reactive oxygen species levels and lipid peroxidation, revealed by 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal production, in RGC-5 cells within 9-12h. The treatments also induced cell death accompanied by nuclear condensation, DNA laddering and increases in apoptotic Bax and caspase-3 proteins in RGC-5 cells within 12-24h. 5-S-GAD at 25-50 microM clearly suppressed the cell death and apoptotic features induced by these treatments. 5-S-GAD restored the nuclear condensation, DNA laddering and increases in apoptotic proteins. Furthermore, 5-S-GAD directly activated anti-apoptotic phospho-Akt and Bcl-2 proteins in RGC-5 cells. 5-S-GAD also quenched the reactive oxygen species production and inhibited the lipid peroxidation induced by oxidative stress. Therefore, 5-S-GAD may complementarily protect RGC-5 cells against apoptosis through dual actions as a radical scavenger and an inducer of anti-apoptotic phospho-Akt and Bcl-2. Taken together, 5-S-GAD is a high-potential tool for rescuing the retinal ganglion cell apoptosis induced by a variety of glaucomatous conditions.
AuthorsYoshiki Koriyama, Mamoru Ohno, Takahiro Kimura, Satoru Kato
JournalBrain research (Brain Res) Vol. 1296 Pg. 187-95 (Nov 03 2009) ISSN: 1872-6240 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID19686711 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Bax protein, rat
  • N-beta-alanyl-5-S-glutathionyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • Neuroprotective Agents
  • Oxidants
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2
  • bcl-2-Associated X Protein
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine
  • DNA
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • Casp3 protein, rat
  • Caspase 3
  • Glutathione
Topics
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis (drug effects)
  • Caspase 3 (metabolism)
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Nucleus (drug effects, physiology)
  • DNA (drug effects)
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
  • Glutathione (analogs & derivatives, pharmacology)
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (pharmacology)
  • Neuroprotective Agents (pharmacology)
  • Oxidants (pharmacology)
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt (metabolism)
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 (metabolism)
  • Rats
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells (drug effects, physiology)
  • Time Factors
  • bcl-2-Associated X Protein (metabolism)

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