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Original Articles

Insulin exerts neuroprotective effects via Akt/Bcl-2 signaling pathways in differentiated SH-SY5Y cells

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Pages 1-7 | Received 02 Apr 2014, Accepted 06 May 2014, Published online: 22 May 2014
 

Abstract

In the present study, the changes in the cell viability at different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) for 3 h used to establish a model of oxidative stress. Further assays with 200 μM H2O2 induces significant changes in the levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), nitric oxide (NO), reactive oxygen species (ROS) and calcium ion (Ca2+) in neuronal cells, but insulin can effectively diminish the oxidative damages. Moreover, cells treated with insulin increased the H2O2-induced suppression of glutathione levels and exerted an apparent suppressive effect on oxidative products. The results of Akt, Bcl-2, Bax, IRβ, IGF-1Rβ, IRS-1 and IRS-2 showed that insulin treatment had a protective effect on H2O2-induced oxidative stress in RA-differentiated SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.

Declaration of interest

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This work was supported by a post-doctoral fellowship grant from Kyung Hee University in 2011–2013 (KHU-20110696).

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