meso-Dihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates the neurotoxic effect of staurosporine in primary rat cortical cultures

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The effect of meso-dihydroguaiaretic acid (MDGA) on the staurosporine-induced neuronal apoptosis and its potential mechanism were investigated using primary cultures of rat cortical cells as an assay system. Treatment of MDGA at the concentrations of 0.1, 1.0 and 10 μM significantly protected neuronal cells against Staurosporine-induced apoptosis. The neuroprotective activity of MDGA was the most potent at the concentration of 1.0 μM and was not increased at higher concentration. MDGA reduced apoptotic characteristics induced by STS; MDGA reduced the condensed nuclei in staurosporine-injured rat cortical cells. MDGA diminished the calcium influx that accompanies the staurosporine-induced apoptosis, and inhibited the subsequent overproduction of reactive oxygen species and peroxide to the level of control cells. It also preserved cellular activity of superoxide dismutase, an antioxidative enzyme reduced by staurosporine insult. In addition, MDGA significantly inhibited caspase-3/7 activation and cytochrome c release. Taken together, these results suggested that MDGA protected neuronal cells against staurosporine-induced apoptosis through the inhibition of Ca2+ influx, cellular oxidation, cytochrome c release and caspase-3/7 activation. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Ma, C. J., Lee, M. K., & Kim, Y. C. (2006). meso-Dihydroguaiaretic acid attenuates the neurotoxic effect of staurosporine in primary rat cortical cultures. Neuropharmacology, 50(6), 733–740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2005.11.025

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