Role of Caspase-12 in Amyloid β-Peptide-Induced Toxicity in Organotypic Hippocampal Slices Cultured for Long Periods
- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Pharmacological Society in Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
- Vol. 104 (1), 46-55
- https://doi.org/10.1254/jphs.fp0061533
Abstract
Amyloid beta (Abeta) toxicity has been implicated in cell death in the hippocampus, but its specific mechanisms are poorly understood. In this study, Abeta-induced cell death was investigated in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures (OHCs) that were cultured for various periods in vitro. There were no obvious histological differences among slices cultured for 3 to 7 weeks in vitro. Although there was little neurotoxicity after treatment with Abeta25-35 in OHCs cultured for relatively shorter periods (3-5 weeks), age-dependent cell death was evident in OHCs cultured for relatively longer periods (6-7 weeks) after exposure to Abeta25-35. In OHCs cultured for 7 weeks, S-allyl-L-cysteine (SAC), a component of aged garlic extract, protected the cells in areas CA1 and CA3 and the dentate gyrus from Abeta25-35-induced toxicity. The immunoreactivity of cleaved caspase-12 was increased whereas that of glucose-regulated protein 78 was not altered after exposure to Abeta25-35. The increases in the cleaved caspase-12 were also reversed by simultaneously applied SAC. These results suggest that OHCs cultured for relatively longer periods are more susceptible to Abeta-induced toxicity and that the Abeta-induced cell death involves caspase-12-dependent pathways. It is also suggested that SAC is able to protect against the Abeta-induced neuronal cell death through the inhibition of the caspase-12-dependent pathway.Keywords
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