Neural Regeneration Research ›› 2013, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (1): 56-63.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.01.007

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Regulation of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels suppresses the toxic effects of amyloid-beta peptide (25–35)

Min Kong1, Maowen Ba2, Hui Liang1, Peng Shao1, Tianxia Yu1, Ying Wang1   

  1. 1 Department of Neurology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China 
    2 Department of Neurology, Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2012-09-25 Revised:2012-11-30 Online:2013-01-05 Published:2013-01-05
  • Contact: Min Kong, Department of Neurology, Yantaishan Hospital, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China, kk_kmm@sina.com. Maowen Ba, Ph.D., Attending physician, Department of Neurology, Yuhuangding Hospital Affiliated to Qingdao Medical University, Yantai 264000, Shandong Province, China, bamaowen@ yahoo.com.cn.
  • About author:Min Kong☆, Ph.D., Attending physician. Min Kong and Maowen Ba contributed equally to this article.
  • Supported by:

    This study was financially supported by the Project Sponsored by Yantai Science and Technology Bureau, China, No. 2010232.

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Abstract:

In this study, we treated PC12 cells with 0–20 µM amyloid-β peptide (25–35) for 24 hours to induce cytotoxicity, and found that 5–20 µM amyloid-β peptide (25–35) decreased PC12 cell viability, but adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel activator diazoxide suppressed the decrease in PC12 cell viability induced by amyloid-β peptide (25–35). Diazoxide protected PC12 cells against amyloid-β peptide (25–35)-induced increases in mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular reactive oxygen species levels. These protective effects were reversed by the selective mitochondrial adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate. An inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, Nω-nitro-L-arginine, also protected PC12 cells from amyloid-β peptide (25–35)-induced increases in both mitochondrial membrane potential and intracellular reactive oxygen species levels. However, the H2O2-degrading enzyme catalase could not reverse the amyloid-β peptide (25–35)-induced increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species. A 24-hour exposure to amyloid-β peptide (25–35) did not result in apoptosis or necrosis, suggesting that the increases in both mitochondrial membrane potential and reactive oxygen species levels preceded cell death. The data suggest that amyloid-β peptide (25–35) cytotoxicity is associated with adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels and nitric oxide. Regulation of adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channels suppresses PC12 cell cytotoxicity induced by amyloid-β peptide (25–35).

Key words: neural regeneration, neurodegenerative diseases, amyloid-&beta, peptide (25–35), PC12 cell, adenosine triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel, inducible nitric oxide synthase, mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen species, grant-supported paper, photographs-containing paper, neuroregeneration