PMID- 17268847 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070801 LR - 20181113 IS - 0364-3190 (Print) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 3 DP - 2007 Mar TI - Nicotine inhibits bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth through suppression of NO synthesis in H19-7 cells. PG - 481-8 AB - NO (Nitric oxide) has been known as a biological signaling molecule that can function as a beneficial agent in physiologically essential functions such as differentiation or neurotransmission. In this study, we elucidated how nicotine inhibits neuronal differentiation induced by the basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in hippocampal cell line, H19-7 cells, because nicotine is one of the key neuroregulatory components. Treatment of H19-7 cells with bFGF increased NO production through upregulated iNOS/ nNOS expression, and also increased expressions of neuronal markers such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), neurotrophin-3 (NT3) and Neuro-D. Pretreatment of the cells with nicotine decreased iNOS promoter activity as well as iNOS/nNOS expression induced by bFGF, resulting in decreased NO production. Nicotine also suppressed expressions of BDNF, NT3 and Neuro-D, resulting in decreased bFGF-induced neurite outgrowth. These results indicate that nicotine inhibits bFGF-induced neuronal differentiation in H19-7 cells through inhibition of NO formation by suppressing iNOS/nNOS expressions. FAU - Shin-young, Park AU - Shin-young P AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hanyang University, 17 Haengdang-dong, Sungdong-gu, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea. FAU - Koh, Young Jae AU - Koh YJ FAU - Cho, Ju Hwan AU - Cho JH FAU - Oh, Doo-Yi AU - Oh DY FAU - Shin, Su-A AU - Shin SA FAU - Lee, Ki-Sung AU - Lee KS FAU - Lee, Ha-Baik AU - Lee HB FAU - Han, Joong-Soo AU - Han JS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 103107-01-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2) RN - 31C4KY9ESH (Nitric Oxide) RN - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II) RN - EC 1.14.13.39 (Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Primers MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/*antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Hippocampus/drug effects/physiology MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics MH - Neurites/drug effects/*physiology MH - Nicotine/*pharmacology MH - Nitric Oxide/*biosynthesis MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II/genetics MH - Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III/genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Rats EDAT- 2007/02/03 09:00 MHDA- 2007/08/02 09:00 CRDT- 2007/02/03 09:00 PHST- 2006/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/12/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/08/02 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11064-006-9256-y [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2007 Mar;32(3):481-8. doi: 10.1007/s11064-006-9256-y.