PMID- 19466606 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20091229 LR - 20240204 IS - 0219-1032 (Electronic) IS - 1016-8478 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 5 DP - 2009 May 31 TI - ATG5 expression induced by MDMA (ecstasy), interferes with neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cells. PG - 571-5 LID - 10.1007/s10059-009-0075-2 [doi] AB - The amphetamine derivative 3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has become a popular recreational drug, and has also been shown to cause serotonergic neurotoxicity. This report shows that MDMA impairs brain development in a whole mouse embryo culture. The results of quantitative real-time PCR analysis showed that autophagy-related protein 5 (Atg5) expression is elevated in mouse embryo and neuroblastoma cells after MDMA treatment. This elevated Atg5 expression interferes with the neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cells such as SH-SY5Y and PC12 cells. Thus, our results suggest that the use of MDMA during pregnancy may impair neuronal development via an induction of Atg5 expression. FAU - Chae, Myounghee AU - Chae M AD - Korea Basic Science Institute, Gwangju Center, Gwangju 500-757, Korea. FAU - Rhee, Gyu-Seek AU - Rhee GS FAU - Jang, Ik-Soon AU - Jang IS FAU - Kim, Kwangsoo AU - Kim K FAU - Lee, Ji-Hae AU - Lee JH FAU - Lee, Seung-Yeul AU - Lee SY FAU - Kim, Minjung AU - Kim M FAU - Yang, Junyoung AU - Yang J FAU - Park, Junsoo AU - Park J FAU - Lee, Seung-Hoon AU - Lee SH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090515 PL - United States TA - Mol Cells JT - Molecules and cells JID - 9610936 RN - 0 (ATG5 protein, human) RN - 0 (Atg5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Atg5 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Autophagy-Related Protein 5) RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Autophagy/drug effects MH - Autophagy-Related Protein 5 MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Embryo Culture Techniques MH - Female MH - Fetal Development/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*pharmacology MH - Neuroblastoma/metabolism/pathology MH - Neurons/*drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - PC12 Cells MH - Pregnancy MH - Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Tretinoin/metabolism EDAT- 2009/05/26 09:00 MHDA- 2009/12/30 06:00 CRDT- 2009/05/26 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/03/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/03/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2009/05/26 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/26 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/12/30 06:00 [medline] AID - S1016-8478(23)13681-8 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10059-009-0075-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cells. 2009 May 31;27(5):571-5. doi: 10.1007/s10059-009-0075-2. Epub 2009 May 15.