Heterogeneous effects of distinct tocopherol analogues on NO release, cell volume, and cell death in microglial cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research
Beata SachaHubert H Kerschbaum

Abstract

Tocopherols (vitamin E) are potent antioxidants as well as modulators of enzymes involved in signal transduction, like nitric oxide synthase (NOS). In primary murine microglial cells and in the microglial cell line BV-2, alpha-, gamma-, and delta-tocopherol and alpha-tocopherol acid succinate, respectively, promote nitric oxide (NO) release. The NOS inhibitors aminoguanidine and N(G)-methyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) suppressed alpha- and gamma-tocopherol-induced NO release, but had no significant effect on delta-tocopherol- and alpha-tocopherol acid succinate-induced NO release. In BV-2 cells, but not in primary microglial cells, gamma- and delta-tocopherol and alpha-tocopherol acid succinate, respectively, led to cell death, characterized by exposition of phosphatidylserine on the cell surface, chromatin condensation, changes in cell volume, and formation of blebs on the cell surface. Aminoguanidine, L-NMMA, and the NO scavenger 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl 3-oxide (PTIO) enhanced apoptosis in gamma-tocopherol-exposed cells and suppressed apoptosis in delta-tocopherol-treated cells, but had no effect on cells supplemented with alpha-tocopherol acid succinate. The NO donors sodium nitroprusside and 2-(N,N-diethylami...Continue Reading

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