Phenotypic morphology and the expression of cytoskeletal markers during long-term differentiation of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells

Toxicology in Vitro : an International Journal Published in Association with BIBRA
C L HartleyS M Thomas

Abstract

A simple method for differentiating human-derived SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells to provide a stable, mature, neuronal morphology is described. SH-SY5Y cells can be induced to differentiate terminally with retinoic acid in medium with low levels of serum. The morphological differentiation of the parental cell line SK-N-SH was compared with that seen in the SH-SY5Y cells. Changes in the cytoskeleton of SH-SY5Y cells indicated that differentiation proceeds continuously over the 1-month period studied after initiating differentiation. Immunoblot analysis demonstrated increased expression of the high molecular weight neurofilament polypeptide NF-H, the microtubule-associated protein tau, and the synaptic vesicle-associated protein synapsin I, indicating that an increasingly mature, neuronal phenotype was being expressed. The cultures were not dependent on retinoic acid for continued survival. SH-SY5Y cultures differentiated over extended periods should provide a good in vitro model for studying the neurotoxic potential of compounds and mechanisms of toxicity, particularly in longer-term or multiple exposure studies, for example on cytoskeletal function, where acute toxicity is not the aspect of interest.

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