PMID- 23550806 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140121 LR - 20220321 IS - 1530-0277 (Electronic) IS - 0145-6008 (Print) IS - 0145-6008 (Linking) VI - 37 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Cyclic adenosine monophosphate and brain-derived neurotrophic factor decreased oxidative stress and apoptosis in developing hypothalamic neuronal cells: role of microglia. PG - 1370-9 LID - 10.1111/acer.12104 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that ethanol (EtOH) increases cellular apoptosis to developing neurons via the effects on oxidative stress of neurons directly and via increasing production of microglia-derived factors. To study further the mechanism of EtOH action on neuronal apoptosis, we determined the effects of 2 well-known PKA activators, dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), on EtOH-activated oxidative stress and apoptotic processes in the hypothalamic neurons in the presence and absence of microglial cells' influence. METHODS: In enriched neuronal cells from fetal rat hypothalami treated with EtOH or with conditioned medium from EtOH-treated microglia, we measured cellular apoptosis by the free nucleosome assay and the levels of cAMP, BDNF, O(2)(-), reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitrite, glutathione (GSH), and catalase following treatment with EtOH or EtOH-treated microglial culture conditioned medium. Additionally, we tested the effectiveness of dbcAMP and BDNF in preventing EtOH or EtOH-treated microglial conditioned medium on cellular apoptosis and oxidative stress in enriched hypothalamic neuronal cell in primary cultures. RESULTS: Neuronal cell cultures following treatment with EtOH or EtOH-activated microglial conditioned medium showed decreased production levels of cAMP and BDNF. EtOH also increased apoptotic death as well as oxidative status, as demonstrated by higher cellular levels of oxidants but lower levels of antioxidants, in neuronal cells. These effects of EtOH on oxidative stress and cell death were enhanced by the presence of microglia. Treatment with BDNF or dbcAMP decreased EtOH or EtOH-activated microglial conditioned medium-induced changes in the levels of intracellular free radicals, ROS and O(2)(-), nitrite, GSH, and catalase. CONCLUSIONS: These data support the possibility that EtOH by acting directly and via increasing the production of microglial-derived factors reduces cellular levels of cAMP and BDNF to increase cellular oxidative status and apoptosis in hypothalamic neuronal cells in primary cultures. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 by the Research Society on Alcoholism. FAU - Boyadjieva, Nadka I AU - Boyadjieva NI AD - Endocrine Program, Department of Animal Sciences, Graduate Program of Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. FAU - Sarkar, Dipak K AU - Sarkar DK LA - eng GR - R37 AA008757/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AA08757/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20130329 PL - England TA - Alcohol Clin Exp Res JT - Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research JID - 7707242 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Central Nervous System Depressants) RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - E0399OZS9N (Cyclic AMP) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/metabolism MH - Apoptosis/immunology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Central Nervous System Depressants/adverse effects MH - Cyclic AMP/*physiology MH - Ethanol/adverse effects/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders/etiology MH - Hypothalamus/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Microglia/drug effects/*physiology MH - Oxidative Stress/immunology MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Up-Regulation/physiology PMC - PMC3706564 MID - NIHMS439136 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Apoptosis OT - BDNF OT - Microglia OT - Neurons OT - Oxidative Stress OT - cAMP EDAT- 2013/04/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/22 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/01 CRDT- 2013/04/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/acer.12104 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2013 Aug;37(8):1370-9. doi: 10.1111/acer.12104. Epub 2013 Mar 29.