Abstract

Objective To explore the protective effect of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) on apoptosis of dopaminergic neurons induced by L-dopa via JAK/STAT signaling pathway. Methods PC12 cells were induced to differentiate into dopaminergic neurons with 100 μg/L β-NGF; MTT assay was employed to identify the changes in the viability of PC12 cells following L-dopa treatment at 0, 10,20, 50, 100, 150 and 200 μmol/L, and the different concentrations of IGF-1 at 0, 10, 25, 50 and 100 nmol/L with the same concentration of L-dopa (150 μmol/L); Western blotting was used to detect the levels of P-JAK2/P-STAT3 in PC12 cells treated with PBS (controls), L-dopa, L-dopa+IGF-1 and L-dopa+IGF-1+AG490 for 24 h, and then the apoptosis rate was assessed by flow cytometry and Hchest33258 staining. Results Western blotting showed that the expressions of P-JAK2 and P-STAT3 were detected in the L-dopa+IGF-1 and L-dopa+IGF-1+AG490 treatment groups but not in the control group or L-dopa treatment group; the expression of P-STAT3 in the L-dopa+IGF-1+AG490 treatment group was obviously lower than that in the L-dopa+IGF-1 treatment group (P<0.05). Hchest33258 staining indicated that L-dopa treatment group had the most obvious karyopyknosis and karyorrhexis,much more apoptotic bodies than the L-dopa+IGF-1 and L-dopa+IGF-1+AG490 treatment groups. Flow cytometry showed that the apoptosis rate was significantly different among the 4 groups (F=180.991,P=0.000): as compared with the control group, the other 3 groups had a higher apoptosis rate (P<0.05);L-dopa treatment group (38.13 ±2.54 %) enjoyed the highest level, followed by L-dopa+IGF-1 +AG490treatment group (25.60±1.30 %) and L-dopa+IGF-1 treatment group (20.17±1.54 %). Conclusion L-dopa has toxic effect on PC12 cells; IGF-1 could protect the PC12 cells from the neurotoxic effect of L-dopa and JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway is activated in this procedure. Key words: Parkinson's disease; JAK/STAT pathway; Insulin-like growth factor-1

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