scholarly journals Differential block of sodium and calcium channels by chlorpromazine in mouse neuroblastoma cells.

1990 ◽  
Vol 420 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Ogata ◽  
M Yoshii ◽  
T Narahashi
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Channels ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Mouse Neuroblastoma

scholarly journals Modulation of calcium signaling depends on the oligosaccharide of GM1 in Neuro2a mouse neuroblastoma cells

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-727
Author(s):  
Giulia Lunghi ◽  
Maria Fazzari ◽  
Erika Di Biase ◽  
Laura Mauri ◽  
Sandro Sonnino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Calcium Channels ◽  
Calcium Signaling ◽  
Intracellular Calcium ◽  
Calcium Imaging ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Ganglioside Gm1 ◽  
Mouse Neuroblastoma ◽  
Neuro2a Cells ◽  
Neuronal Functions

AbstractRecently, we demonstrated that the oligosaccharide portion of ganglioside GM1 is responsible, via direct interaction and activation of the TrkA pathway, for the ability of GM1 to promote neuritogenesis and to confer neuroprotection in Neuro2a mouse neuroblastoma cells. Recalling the knowledge that ganglioside GM1 modulates calcium channels activity, thus regulating the cytosolic calcium concentration necessary for neuronal functions, we investigated if the GM1-oligosaccharide would be able to overlap the GM1 properties in the regulation of calcium signaling, excluding a specific role played by the ceramide moiety inserted into the external layer of plasma membrane. We observed, by calcium imaging, that GM1-oligosaccharide administration to undifferentiated Neuro2a cells resulted in an increased calcium influx, which turned out to be mediated by the activation of TrkA receptor. The biochemical analysis demonstrated that PLCγ and PKC activation follows the TrkA stimulation by GM1-oligosaccharide, leading to the opening of calcium channels both on the plasma membrane and on intracellular storages, as confirmed by calcium imaging experiments performed with IP3 receptor inhibitor. Subsequently, we found that neurite elongation in Neuro2a cells was blocked by subtoxic administration of extracellular and intracellular calcium chelators, suggesting that the increase of intracellular calcium is responsible of GM1-oligosaccharide mediated differentiation. These results suggest that GM1-oligosaccharide is responsible for the regulation of calcium signaling and homeostasis at the base of the neuronal functions mediated by plasma membrane GM1.

On the Application of Cultured Neuronal Cell Lines in Neurotoxicological Studies: Cytotoxicity of Acrylamide

1983 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Erik Walum
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Neuroblastoma Cells ◽  
Neuronal Cell ◽  
Leucine Incorporation ◽  
Biochemical Process ◽  
Neurite Retraction ◽  
Mouse Neuroblastoma ◽  
Neuronal Cell Lines

Summary Acrylamide, a well known neurotoxic compound, was used in a first evaluation of cultured mouse neuroblastoma cells as an alternative to animal models for neurotoxicological studies. Hence, the effects of acrylamide on the growth, size, morphology and leucine incorporation of three neuroblastoma (41A3, N18 and N1E115), one neuroblastoma x glioma hybrid (NG108CC15), two glioma (138MG and C6) and two fibroblast (RLF and RMC) cell lines were studied. It was found that the concentration of acrylamide needed to inhibit the growth by 50% in 24 hr was similar in all cell lines, i.e. around 2 x 10-4g/ml culture medium. In the two cell lines, N1E115 and NG108CC15, acrylamide at this concentration caused neurite retraction and at higher concentrations (5 x 10-4g/ml) a decrease in cell viability. In a concentration range of 5 x 10-5 - 5 x 10-4g/ml acrylamide did not affect cell size, or at 2 x 10-4g/ml incorporation of leucine into trichloroacetic acid precipitable material. It is suggested that acrylamide interferes with a biochemical process common to all the tested cells, but of greater importance in differentiated nerve cells than in others. Whether this process is consistent with the in vivo target for the neurotoxic action of acrylamide remains to be unravelled.

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