PMID- 15659217 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050624 LR - 20131121 IS - 0022-3042 (Print) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 3 DP - 2005 Feb TI - Rotenone-induced caspase 9/3-independent and -dependent cell death in undifferentiated and differentiated human neural stem cells. PG - 462-76 AB - We used human neural stem cells (hNSCs) and their differentiated cultures as a model system to evaluate the mechanism(s) involved in rotenone (RO)- and camptothecin (CA)-induced cytotoxicity. Results from ultrastructural damage and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) staining indicated that RO-induced cytotoxicity resembled CA-induced apoptosis more than H(2)O(2)-induced necrosis. However, unlike CA-induced, caspase 9/3-dependent apoptosis, there was no increased activity in caspase 9, caspase 3 or poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) cleavage in RO-induced cytotoxicity, in spite of time-dependent release of cytochrome c and apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) following mitochondrial membrane depolarization and a significant increase in reactive oxygen species generation. Equal doses of RO and CA used in hNSCs induced caspase 9/3-dependent apoptosis in differentiated cultures. Time-dependent ATP depletion occurred earlier and to a greater extent in RO-treated hNSCs than in CA-treated hNSCs, or differentiated cultures treated with RO or CA. In conclusion, these results represent a unique ultrastructural and molecular characterization of RO- and CA-induced cytotoxicity in hNSCs and their differentiated cultures. Intracellular ATP levels may play an important role in determining whether neural progenitors or their differentiated cells follow a caspase 9/3-dependent or -independent pathway in response to acute insults from neuronal toxicants. FAU - Li, Jiang AU - Li J AD - School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705-2222, USA. FAU - Spletter, Maria L AU - Spletter ML FAU - Johnson, Delinda A AU - Johnson DA FAU - Wright, Lynda S AU - Wright LS FAU - Svendsen, Clive N AU - Svendsen CN FAU - Johnson, Jeffrey A AU - Johnson JA LA - eng GR - ES 08089/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - ES 10042/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Topoisomerase I Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Uncoupling Agents) RN - 03L9OT429T (Rotenone) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (CASP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (CASP9 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 9) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) RN - XT3Z54Z28A (Camptothecin) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism MH - Camptothecin/toxicity MH - Caspase 3 MH - Caspase 9 MH - Caspases/*metabolism MH - Cell Death/drug effects MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - DNA Fragmentation/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/toxicity MH - Humans MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Models, Biological MH - Neurons/cytology/*drug effects/*enzymology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Rotenone/*toxicity MH - Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects/*enzymology MH - Topoisomerase I Inhibitors MH - Uncoupling Agents/toxicity EDAT- 2005/01/22 09:00 MHDA- 2005/06/25 09:00 CRDT- 2005/01/22 09:00 PHST- 2005/01/22 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/06/25 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/01/22 09:00 [entrez] AID - JNC2872 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02872.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2005 Feb;92(3):462-76. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2004.02872.x.