Article
Nitric oxide triggers a switch to growth arrest during differentiation of neuronal cells.
Nature - 4 May 1995
Peunova N, Enikolopov G
Abstract excerpt
Arrest of cell division is a prerequisite for cells to enter a program of terminal differentiation. Mitogenesis and cytostasis of neuronal cell precursors can be induced by the same or by different growth or trophic factors. Response of PC12 cells to nerve growth factor (NGF) involves a proliferative phase that is followed by growth arrest and differentiation. Here we present evidence that the cytostatic effect...
Topics
- Amino Acid Oxidoreductases
- Animals
- Arginine
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- DNA
- Enzyme Induction
- Mutation
- NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester
- Nerve Growth Factors
- Neurites
- Neurons
