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Published online 2 December 2002. doi:10.1083/jcb.200112131
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The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 159, Number 5, 821-831

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 Brain-derived neurotrophic factor can act as a pronecrotic factor through transcriptional and translational activation of NADPH oxidase

Sun H. Kim1,2,4, Seok J. Won1,2,4, Seonghyang Sohn3, Hyuk J. Kwon3, Jee Y. Lee4, Jong H. Park5 and Byoung J. Gwag1,2,4

1 Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
2 Center for the Interventional Therapy of Stroke and Alzheimer's Disease, School of Medicine
3 Laboratory of Cell Biology, Institute for Medical Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, Kyungkido 442-749, South Korea
4 Neurotech Inc., Suwon, Kyungkido 442-749, South Korea
5 Department of Biological Science, Sookmyung University, 442-749 Seoul, Korea

Address correspondence to Dept. of Pharmacology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Kyungkido 442-749, South Korea. Tel.: 82-31-219-4221. Fax: 82-31-219-5069. E-mail: bjgwag{at}madang.ajou.ac.kr

Several lines of evidence suggest that neurotrophins (NTs) potentiate or cause neuronal injury under various pathological conditions. Since NTs enhance survival and differentiation of cultured neurons in serum or defined media containing antioxidants, we set out experiments to delineate the patterns and underlying mechanisms of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)–induced neuronal injury in mixed cortical cell cultures containing glia and neurons in serum-free media without antioxidants, where the three major routes of neuronal cell death, oxidative stress, excitotoxicity, and apoptosis, have been extensively studied. Rat cortical cell cultures, after prolonged exposure to NTs, underwent widespread neuronal necrosis. BDNF-induced neuronal necrosis was accompanied by reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and was dependent on the macromolecular synthesis. cDNA microarray analysis revealed that BDNF increased the expression of cytochrome b558, the plasma membrane-spanning subunit of NADPH oxidase. The expression and activation of NADPH oxidase were increased after exposure to BDNF. The selective inhibitors of NADPH oxidase prevented BDNF-induced ROS production and neuronal death without blocking antiapoptosis action of BDNF. The present study suggests that BDNF-induced expression and activation of NADPH oxidase cause oxidative neuronal necrosis and that the neurotrophic effects of NTs can be maximized under blockade of the pronecrotic action.

Key Words: BDNF; reactive oxygen species; necrosis; cycloheximide; NADPH oxidase


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