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Minocycline protects SH‐SY5Y cells from 6‐hydroxydopamine by inhibiting both caspase‐dependent and ‐independent programmed cell death
Author(s) -
Ossola Bernardino,
Lantto Tiina A.,
Puttonen Katja A.,
Tuominen Raimo K.,
Raasmaja Atso,
Männistö Pekka T.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/jnr.22791
Subject(s) - minocycline , neuroprotection , sh sy5y , apoptosis , caspase , programmed cell death , hydroxydopamine , microbiology and biotechnology , dna fragmentation , caspase 3 , chemistry , neurodegeneration , microglia , biology , pharmacology , cell culture , dopaminergic , immunology , biochemistry , neuroscience , medicine , inflammation , dopamine , antibiotics , neuroblastoma , genetics , disease
Abstract Minocycline, a tetracyclic antibiotic, exerts both antiinflammation by acting on microglia and a direct protection on neurons by inhibiting the apoptotic machinery at various levels. However, we are not aware of any study investigating the effects of minocycline on caspase‐independent programmed cell death (PCD) pathways. This study investigated these alternative pathways in SH‐SY5Y cells, a human dopaminergic cell line, challenged with 6‐hydroxydopamine (6‐OHDA). Minocycline exhibited neuroprotection and inhibition of the toxin‐induced caspase‐3‐like activity, DNA fragmentation, and chromatin condensation, hallmarks of apoptosis. Moreover, we revealed that 6‐OHDA also activated caspase‐independent PCDs (such as paraptosis), which required de novo protein synthesis. Additionally, by separately monitoring caspase‐dependent and caspase‐independent pathways, we showed that inhibition of apoptosis only partially explained the protective effect of minocycline. Moreover, we observed that minocycline reduced the protein content of cells but, unexpectedly, increased the protein synthesis. These findings suggest that minocycline may actually increase protein degradation, so it may also accelerate the clearance of aberrant proteins. In conclusion, we report for the first time evidence indicating that minocycline may inhibit PCD pathways that are additional to conventional apoptosis. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.