Abstract
Aim:
To study the effects of the caspase-1 inhibitor Ac-YVAD-CHO on quinolinic acid (QA)-induced apoptosis.
Methods:
Rats were pre-treated with intrastriatal infusion of Ac-YVAD-CHO (2-8 μg) before intrastriatal injection of QA (60 nmol). Striatal total proteins, genomic DNA, and nuclear proteins were isolated. The effects of Ac-YVAD-CHO on QA-induced caspase-1 activity, Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation, IκB-α degradation, NF-κB, and AP-1 activation, and increases in p53 protein levels were measured with enzyme assays, agarose gel electrophoresis, electrophoresis mobility shift assays, and Western blot analysis.
Results:
Pre-treatment with Ac-YVAD-CHO inhibited QA-induced Internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Ac-YVAD-CHO inhibited QA-induced increases in caspase-1 activity and p53 protein levels, but had no effect on QA-induced IκB-α degradation, NF-κB or AP-1 activation.
Conclusion:
Caspase-1 is involved in QA-induced p53 upregulation but not IκB-α degradation. Inhibition of caspase-1 attenuates QA-induced apoptosis in rat striatum.
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Cao, Y., Gu, Zl., Lin, F. et al. Caspase-1 inhibitor Ac-YVAD-CHO attenuates quinolinic acid-induced increases in p53 and apoptosis in rat striatum. Acta Pharmacol Sin 26, 150–154 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00525.x
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