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Insulin-like growth factor-I is a potential trophic factor for amacrine cells
Fecha
2001-02Registro en:
Politi, Luis Enrique; Rotstein, Nora Patricia; Salvador, Gabriela Alejandra; Giusto, Norma Maria; Montefinal Insua, María Florencia; Insulin-like growth factor-I is a potential trophic factor for amacrine cells; Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc; Journal of Neurochemistry; 76; 4; 2-2001; 1199-1211
0022-3042
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Politi, Luis Enrique
Rotstein, Nora Patricia
Salvador, Gabriela Alejandra
Giusto, Norma Maria
Montefinal Insua, María Florencia
Resumen
In this study we show that insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I selectively promotes survival and differentiation of amacrine neurons. In cultures lacking this factor, an initial degeneration pathway, selectively affecting amacrine neurons, led to no lamellipodia development and little axon outgrowth. Cell lysis initially affected 50% of amacrine neurons; those remaining underwent apoptosis leading to the death of approximately 95% of them by day 10. Apoptosis was preceded by a marked increase in c-Jun expression. Addition of IGF-I or high concentrations (over 1 μM) of either insulin or IGF-II to the cultures prevented the degeneration of amacrine neurons, stimulated their neurite outgrowth, increased phospho-Akt expression and decreased c-Jun expression. The high insulin and IGF-II concentrations required to protect amacrine cells suggest that these neurons depend on IGF-I for their survival, IGF-II and insulin probably acting through IGF-I receptors to mimic IGF-I effects. Inhibition of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI 3-kinase) with wortmannin blocked insulin-mediated survival. Wortmannin addition had similar effects to IGF-I deprivation: it prevented neurite outgrowth, increased c-Jun expression and induced apoptosis. These results suggest that IGF-I is essential for the survival and differentiation of amacrine neurons, and activation of PI 3-kinase is involved in the intracellular signaling pathways mediating these effects.