Unconjugated bilirubin differentially affects the redox status of neuronal and astroglial cells
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- 作者：Maria A. Brito ; Alex ; ra I. Rosa ; Ana S. Falcã ; o ; Adelaide Fern ; es ; Rui F.M. Silva ; D. Allan Butterfield ; Dora Brites
- 关键词：Astrocytes ; Cell-type vulnerability ; Cell death ; Glutathione ; Lipid peroxidation ; Neurons ; Oxidative stress ; Protein oxidation ; Reactive oxygen species ; Unconjugated bilirubin
- 刊名：Neurobiology of Disease
- 出版年：2008
- 出版时间：January 2008
- 年：2008
- 卷：29
- 期：1
- 页码：30-40
- 全文大小：629 K
文摘
We investigated whether nerve cell damage by unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) is mediated by oxidative stress and ascertained the neuronal and astroglial susceptibility to injury. Several oxidative stress biomarkers and cell death were determined following incubation of neurons and astrocytes isolated from rat cortical cerebrum with UCB (0.01–1.0 μM). We show that UCB induces a dose-dependent increase in neuronal death in parallel with the oxidation of cell components and a decrease in the intracellular glutathione content. Comparison of the results obtained in both cell types demonstrates that neurons are more vulnerable than astrocytes to oxidative injury by UCB, for which accounts the lower glutathione stores in neuronal cells. Moreover, neuronal oxidative injury is prevented by supplementation with N-acetylcysteine, a glutathione precursor, whereas astroglial sensitivity to UCB is enhanced by inhibition of glutathione synthesis, using buthionine sulfoximine. Collectively, we demonstrate that oxidative stress is involved in UCB neurotoxicity and depict a new therapeutic approach for UCB-induced oxidative damage.