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We previously isolated an analog to chlorophyll-related compounds, pheophytin a, from the marine brown alga Sargassum fulvellum and demonstrated that it is a neurodifferentiation compound. In the current study, we investigated the effects of the pheophytin a analog vitamin B(12) on PC12 cell differentiation. In the presence of a low level of nerve growth factor (10 ng ml(-1)), vitamin B(12 )demonstrated neurite outgrowth-promoting activity in PC12 cells. The effect was dose-dependent in the range of 6-100 muM. In the absence of nerve growth factor, vitamin B(12) did not promote differentiation. To investigate the mechanism for this effect, we conducted differentiation assays and western blot analysis with signal transduction inhibitors and found that vitamin B(12) did not promote PC12 cell differentiation in the presence of K252a or U0126 inhibitors. These results suggest that vitamin B(12 )stimulates PC12 cell differentiation through enhancement of the mitogen-activated protein kinase signal transduction pathway, which is also induced by nerve growth factor. Thus, vitamin B(12) may be a good candidate for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.

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Vitamin B12, a chlorophyll-related analog to pheophytin a from marine brown algae, promotes neurite outgrowth and stimulates differentiation in PC12 cells