Adenosine As an Active Component of Antrodia Cinnamomea That Prevents Rat Pc12 Cells from Serum Deprivation-induced Apoptosis Through the Activation of Adenosine A(2a) Receptors.
From: National Research Institute of Chinese Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, No 155-1, Section 2, Li-Nung Street., Shipai, Pei-tou District (112), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Life sciences
- Publish Date: Jun 2006
- ISSN: 0024-3205
- Volume: 79
- Issue: 3
- Pages: 252-8
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Lu Mei-Kuang, Cheng Jing-Jy, Lai Wen-Lin, et al. Adenosine As an Active Component of Antrodia Cinnamomea That Prevents Rat Pc12 Cells from Serum Deprivation-induced Apoptosis Through the Activation of Adenosine A(2a) Receptors.. Life Sci. Jun 2006;79:252-8
Abstract
Antrodia cinnamomea (formerly named Antrodia camphorata) is a rare medicinal fungus. We previously reported that it exhibits antioxidative, vasorelaxative, anti-inflammatory, and anti-angiogenic effects. When serum deprivation-induced apoptosis in neuronal-like PC12 cells was used as a stress model, the extract of A. cinnamomea displayed effectiveness in preventing serum-deprived apoptosis. Since our previous data show that the extract of A. cinnamomea contains adenosine (ADO), we attempt to investigate if the active component is ADO and to identify its targeting site in this study. After pre-incubation with ADO deaminase, neither ADO nor the extract of A. cinnamomea exerted any protection, demonstrating that the active component of A. cinnamomea is ADO. Furthermore, an ADO A(2A) receptor (A(2A)-R) antagonist was used and was able to block the protective effects of ADO and the extract of A. cinnamomea, demonstrating that the ADO targeting site in this model is A(2A)-R. Taken together, the protective effect of A. cinnamomea is owed to its active component, ADO, which acts through activation of A(2A)-R to prevent serum deprivation-induced PC12 cell apoptosis.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Adenosine, Aminohydrolases, Animals, Apoptosis, Culture Media, Serum-Free, Inosine, PC12 Cells, Polyporales, Rats, Receptor, Adenosine A2A, Triazines, Triazoles
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