Effect of nitric oxide on mitogenesis and proliferation of cerebellar glial cells |
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Authors: | Uttam C. Garg Lakshmi Devi Herman Turndorf Lewis R. Goldfrank Mylarrao Bansinath |
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Affiliation: | Department of Anesthesiology, New York University Medical Center, NY 10016. |
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Abstract: | In the brain, nitric oxide (NO) has been identified as a messenger molecule and a mediator of excitatory amino acid-induced neurotoxicity. In this study, the effects of NO on serum-induced mitogenesis and cell proliferation of the cerebellar glial cells were assessed. NO-generating agent, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) increased intracellular cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels. Furthermore, 2 chemically dissimilar NO-generating agents, SNAP and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) inhibited serum-induced thymidine incorporation and cell proliferation. The antimitogenic effect of NO was mimicked by 8-bromo-cGMP and blocked by hemoglobin, a known inhibitor of NO. The effect of NO was not cytotoxic, since the cells were not stained with Trypan blue and did not show increased release of lactate dehydrogenase in the culture supernatants. However, NO-treated cells showed decreased conversion of tetrazolium to blue formazan suggesting that NO inhibited mitochondrial activity in the glial cells. These results demonstrate that NO inhibits serum-induced mitogenesis and cell proliferation of cultured rat cerebellar glial cells. |
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Keywords: | Nitric oxide Cerebellar glia Mitogenesis Cyclic guanosine monophosphate Cytostasis Thymidine incorporation |
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