Beneficial effect of antioxidants in purified neurons derived from rat cortical culture
Beneficial effect of antioxidants in purified neurons derived from rat cortical culture
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DOI:
10.1016/j.brainres.2006.10.092
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发表时间:
2007-02
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
J. Sagara;K. Fujiwara;Y. Sakakura;Hideyo Sato;S. Bannai;N. Makino
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作者:
J. Sagara;K. Fujiwara;Y. Sakakura;Hideyo Sato;S. Bannai;N. Makino
Brain cell suspensions obtained from cerebrum of fetal rats were cultured and after 5 days neurons were separated from the residual cells. These purified neurons, which were replated on the dish, started to die within 24 h in culture. Glutathione content of these neurons decreased rapidly to less than one-tenth of the initial level after 24 h. In the presence of α-tocopherol, a well-known antioxidant, the neurons survived for at least 3 days, though glutathione content remained very low. Butylated hydroxyanisol had similar effect, but ascorbic acid and uric acid had no or very little effect. Serotonin, which is assumed to have an antioxidant activity, kept the neurons alive for 3 days. These results suggest that neurons separated from the other types of cells cannot survive due to the oxidative stress, which may otherwise be neutralized by a mechanism involving glutathione, and that antioxidants including serotonin has a beneficial effect on these purified neurons.