PACAP ameliorates oxidative stress in the chicken inner ear: An in vitro study
Andrea
Tamás1*,
Gabriella
Horváth1,
Dóra
Reglodi1,
Balázs
Gasz2,
Péter
Kiss1,
Ferenc
Gallyas Jr3,
Balázs
Sümegi3,
Gábor
Tóth4,
Adrienne
Németh5,
Kata
Habon5,
Réka
Brubel1,
Andrea
Lubics1 and
Boglárka
Rácz3
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1
University of Pecs, Department of Anatomy, Hungary
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2
County Hospital Zalaegerszeg, Cardiac Surgery, Hungary
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3
University of Pecs, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Hungary
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4
University of Szeged, Department of Medical Chemistry, Hungary
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5
University of Pecs, Department of Oto-rhino-laryngology, Hungary
Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a pleiotropic and multifunctional neuropeptide. Numerous studies prove that PACAP has neuroprotective effects in diverse neuronal systems in vitro and in vivo. The involvement of PACAP in visual and olfactory sensory processing has also been documented, but little is known about its effects in the auditory system. The presence of PACAP and its receptor, the specific PAC1 receptor, has been shown in the cochlea and in brain structures involved in auditory pathways. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether PACAP is protective in cochlear oxidative stress-induced cell death, which is known to play a role in several ototoxic insults. Chicken cochlear cells were exposed to 1 mM H2O2, which resulted in a marked reduction of cell viability and a parallel increase of apoptotic and necrotic cells assessed by MTT test, annexin V/propidium iodide flow cytometry and JC-1 apoptosis assay. Co-incubation with 100 nM PACAP increased cell viability and reduced the percentage of apoptotic cells. Furthermore, oxidative stress increased the activation of caspase-3, while simultaneous PACAP treatment reduced it. In summary, our present results demonstrate that PACAP effectively protects cochlear cells against oxidative stress-induced apoptotic cell death.
This work was supported by the Hungarian Science Research Fund (OTKA F67830, K72592, CNK78480), ETT, Pécs University Medical School 2009 Grant, Bolyai Scholarship and Gedeon Richter Foundation.
Conference:
IBRO International Workshop 2010, Pécs, Hungary, 21 Jan - 23 Jan, 2010.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Sensory and motor systems
Citation:
Tamás
A,
Horváth
G,
Reglodi
D,
Gasz
B,
Kiss
P,
Gallyas Jr
F,
Sümegi
B,
Tóth
G,
Németh
A,
Habon
K,
Brubel
R,
Lubics
A and
Rácz
B
(2010). PACAP ameliorates oxidative stress in the chicken inner ear: An in vitro study.
Front. Neurosci.
Conference Abstract:
IBRO International Workshop 2010.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fnins.2010.10.00269
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Received:
06 May 2010;
Published Online:
06 May 2010.
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Correspondence:
Andrea Tamás, University of Pecs, Department of Anatomy, Pecs, Hungary, andreatamassz@gmail.com