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Published on: December 27, 2016
Bcl-2 prevents loss of cell viability and caspase activation induced by 3-nitropropionic acid in GT1-7 cells
Olga Brito1, Sandra Almeida, Catarina R Oliveira
1Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, and Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal.
Abstract:
In this study, we analyzed the effect of Bcl-2 overexpression, an important anti-apoptotic protein, by using two hypothalamic cell lines, GT1-7puro or GT1-7bcl-2. 3-Nitropropionic acid (3-NP) mediated a dose-dependent decrease in cell viability in GT1-7puro cells, as determined by following the MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) reduction, which was significantly prevented in GT1-7bcl-2 cells. In addition, activation of caspases-2, -3, and -6 induced by 3-NP was prevented by Bcl-2 overexpression. The data suggest that irreversible inhibition of mitochondrial complex II induces apoptotic features of cell death in a process prevented by Bcl-2.
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