PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - W. G. Tatton
AU  - R. M. E. Chalmers-Redman
AU  - W. J. H. Ju
AU  - M. Mammen
AU  - G. W. Carlile
AU  - A. W. Pong
AU  - N. A. Tatton
TI  - Propargylamines Induce Antiapoptotic New Protein Synthesis in Serum- and Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)-Withdrawn, NGF-Differentiated PC-12 Cells
AID  - 10.1124/jpet.301.2.753
DP  - 2002 May 01
TA  - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
PG  - 753--764
VI  - 301
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/301/2/753.short
4100  - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/301/2/753.full
SO  - J Pharmacol Exp Ther2002 May 01; 301
AB  - (−)-Deprenyl and structurally related propargylamines increase neuronal survival independently of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) inhibition, in part by decreasing apoptosis. We found that deprenyl and two other propargylamines, one of which does not inhibit monoamine oxidase B, increased survival in trophically withdrawn 6-day nerve growth factor (NGF)- and 9-day NGF-differentiated PC-12 cells but not in NGF naive or 3-day NGF-differentiated PC-12 cells. Four days of prior NGF exposure were required for the propargylamine-mediated antiapoptosis. Studies using actinomycin D, cycloheximide, and camptothecin revealed that the maintenance of both transcription and translation, particularly between 2 and 6 h after trophic withdrawal, was required for propargylamine-mediated antiapoptosis. Metabolic labeling of newly synthesized proteins for two-dimensional protein gel autoradiography and scintillation counting showed that the propargylamines either increased or reduced the levels of new synthesis or induced de novo synthesis of a number of different proteins, most notably proteins in the mitochondrial and nuclear subfractions. Western blotting for whole cell or subcellular fraction lysates showed that the timing of new protein synthesis changes or subcellular redistribution of apoptosis-related proteins induced by the propargylamines were appropriate to antiapoptosis. The apoptosis-related proteins included superoxide dismutases (SOD1 and SOD2), glutathione peroxidase, c-JUN, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. Most notable were the prevention of apoptotic decreases in BCL-2 levels and increases in mitochondrial BAX levels. In general, (−)-deprenyl-related propargylamines appear to reduce apoptosis by altering the levels or subcellular localization of proteins that affect mitochondrial membrane permeability, scavenge oxidative radicals, or participate in specific apoptosis signaling pathways. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics