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Stimulation by Gangliosides of Viability of Rat Brain Neurons and of Neuronal PC12 Cell Line under Conditions of Oxidative Stress

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We studied effect of gangliosides on viability of brain neurons and neuronal PC12 cell line exposed to toxic concentrations of compounds activating free radical reactions. It is found that preincubation of cerebellar granule cells and PC12 cells with micromolar concentrations of ganglioside GM1 increases statistically significantly viability of these cells submitted to inductors of oxidative stress, such as hydrogen peroxide and the Fe2+-ascorbate system However, the effect of ganglioside GM1 in the PC12 cells failed to be revealed 1–2 days after treatment of the cells with trypsin, which indicates an importance of interaction of gangliosides with surface proteins for realization of their protective action. GM1, GD1a, and other gangliosides were shown to produce the neuroprotective effect on cerebellar granule cells in the presence of toxic glutamate concentrations. Not only micro-, but also nanomolar concentrations of these gangliosides increased statistically significantly the neuronal viability, although at micromolar concentrations this effect as a rule was more pronounced. The obtained data allow suggesting that the neuroprotective action of gangliosides is determined to a considerable degree by their ability to inhibit free-radical reactions in nerve cells.

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  1. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

    T. V. Sokolova, V. V. Furaev & N. F. Avrova

  2. Brain Institute, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. V. Victorov & N. A. Andreeva

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Translated from Zhurnal Evolyutsionnoi Biokhimii i Fiziologii, Vol. 41, No. 4, 2005, pp. 332–338.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Sokolova, Furaev, Victorov, Andreeva, Avrova.

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Sokolova, T.V., Furaev, V.V., Victorov, I.V. et al. Stimulation by Gangliosides of Viability of Rat Brain Neurons and of Neuronal PC12 Cell Line under Conditions of Oxidative Stress. J Evol Biochem Phys 41, 415–423 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10893-005-0077-4

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