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Neuronal cell death induced by cystatin C in vivo and in cultured human CNS neurons is inhibited with cathepsin B.

Authors
Nagai, A | Ryu, JK | Terashima, M | Tanigawa, Y | Wakabayashi, K | McLarnon, JG | Kobayashi, S | Masuda, J | Kim, SU
Citation
Brain research, 1066(1-2). : 120-128, 2005
Journal Title
Brain research
ISSN
0006-89931872-6240
Abstract
Cystatin C, a cysteine protease inhibitor, is implicated in pathogenesis of late-onset Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders. Our recent study showed that cystatin C injection into rat hippocampus induced neuronal cell death in granule cell layer of dentate gyrus in vivo. We further confirmed that cystatin C neurotoxicity was inhibited by simultaneous coapplication of cathepsin B, a cysteine protease. In vitro cytotoxicity was also studied in cultures of human CNS neurons, mixed cultures with astrocytes and A1 human hybrid neurons. Cystatin C induced neuronal cell death in a dose-dependent manner, which accompanied increased number of TUNEL (+) cells, up-regulation of active caspase-3 and DNA ladder. The results of the present study indicate that cystatin C participates in the process of apoptotic neuronal cell death in experimental conditions by means of inhibitory activity of cysteine proteases, and that cystatin C might be involved in the pathogenesis in human neurological disorders including Alzheimer's disease.
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DOI
10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.063
PMID
16325785
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김, 승업
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