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Nerve growth factor protects PC12 cells against peroxynitrite-induced apoptosis via a mechanism dependent on phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Jul 1997
Spear N, Estévez A G, Barbeito L, Beckman J S, Johnson G V
Abstract excerpt
Nerve growth factor (NGF) prevents apoptosis induced by the oxidant peroxynitrite in undifferentiated PC12 rat pheochromocytoma cells. Previous studies have shown that activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) by NGF via the TrkA receptor tyrosine kinase protects PC12 cells from serum deprivation-induced apoptosis. We found that two PI 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002, eliminated the...
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