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Neuroprotective effect of insulin-like growth factor I in immortalized hypothalamic cells.

The neuroprotective action of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) was tested in immortalized hypothalamic GT1-7 cells exposed to reduced glutathione depleting agents, which cause oxidative stress and cell death. The extent of cell survival was assessed by either using the 3-[4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide cytotoxicity assay or counting at the fluorescence microscope GT1-7 cells prelabeled with fluorescent dyes selective for viable and dead cells. Treatments with buthionine sulfoximine (500 microns), diethylmaleate (1 mM), and ethacrynic acid (200 microns) caused diffuse GT1-7 cell death (40-60%). Exposure of the same cells to IGF-I (either before or concomitant to the toxic agent, depending on the drug used) significantly prevented neuronal death. This effect was rapid, concentration-dependent, maximal at concentrations of 25-50 ng/ml, and mimicked by IGF-II, fibroblast growth factor, and the potent antioxidant idebenone. In contrast, IGF-I, as well as idebenone, were completely ineffective in antagonizing the toxic effect produced by different concentrations of menadione. In conclusion, the present data demonstrate a protective role for IGF-I against glutathione depleting agents- induced damage in GT1-7 cells suggesting an antioxidant action of this growth factor in hypothalamic neurons.[1]

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