Exp Neurobiol.  2015 Sep;24(3):197-205. 10.5607/en.2015.24.3.197.

Glucose Levels in Culture Medium Determine Cell Death Mode in MPP+-treated Dopaminergic Neuronal Cells

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  • 1Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Seoul 03722, Korea. yjoh@yonsei.ac.kr

Abstract

We previously demonstrated that 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) causes caspase-independent, non-apoptotic death of dopaminergic (DA) neuronal cells. Here, we specifically examined whether change of glucose concentration in culture medium may play a role for determining cell death modes of DA neurons following MPP+ treatment. By incubating MN9D cells in medium containing varying concentrations of glucose (5~35 mM), we found that cells underwent a distinct cell death as determined by morphological and biochemical criteria. At 5~10 mM glucose concentration (low glucose levels), MPP+ induced typical of the apoptotic dell death accompanied with caspase activation and DNA fragmentation as well as cell shrinkage. In contrast, MN9D cells cultivated in medium containing more than 17.5 mM (high glucose levels) did not demonstrate any of these changes. Subsequently, we observed that MPP+ at low glucose levels but not high glucose levels led to ROS generation and subsequent JNK activation. Therefore, MPP+-induced cell death only at low glucose levels was significantly ameliorated following co-treatment with ROS scavenger, caspase inhibitor or JNK inhibitor. We basically confirmed the quite similar pattern of cell death in primary cultures of DA neurons. Taken together, our results suggest that a biochemically distinct cell death mode is recruited by MPP+ depending on extracellular glucose levels.

Keyword

MPP+; Parkinson's disease; Glucose; caspase; reactive oxygen species; JNK

MeSH Terms

1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
Cell Death*
DNA Fragmentation
Dopaminergic Neurons*
Glucose*
Neurons
Parkinson Disease
Reactive Oxygen Species
1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
Glucose
Reactive Oxygen Species
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