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The present study investigated the effect of 1-methylated β-carbolines (harmaline, harmalol and harmine) on change in the mitochondrial membrane permeability and cell death due to reactive nitrogen species in differentiated PC12 cells. β-Carbolines, caspase inhibitors (z-LEHD.fmk and z-DQMD.fmk) and antioxidants (N-acetylcysteine, dithiothreitol, melatonin, carboxy-PTIO and uric acid) depressed cell viability loss due to 3-morpholinosydnonimine (SIN-1) in PC12 cells. β-Carbolines inhibited the nuclear damage, the decrease in mitochondrial transmembrane potential, the cytochrome c release, the formation of reactive oxygen species and the depletion of GSH caused by SIN-1 in PC12 cells. β-Carbolines decreased the SIN-1-induced formations of 3-nitrotyrosine, malondialdehyde and carbonyls in PC12 cells. The results show that 1-methylated β-carbolines attenuate SIN-1-induced mitochondrial damage. This results in the activation of caspase-9 and -3 and apoptotic cell death in PC12 cells by suppressing the toxic actions of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, including the GSH depletion.
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Tae Choi, W., Chul Youn, Y., Sook Han, E. et al. Protective Effect of 1-Methylated β-Carbolines Against 3-Morpholinosydnonimine-Induced Mitochondrial Damage and Cell Viability Loss in PC12 Cells. Neurochem Res 29, 1807–1816 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NERE.0000042206.46554.e4
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