• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.259-265
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• 2014

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-depleted (${\rho}^0$) cells are often used as mtDNA recipients to study the interaction between the nucleus and mitochondria in mammalian cells. Therefore, it is crucial to obtain mtDNA-depleted cells with many different nuclear backgrounds for the study. Here, we demonstrate a rapid and reliable method to isolate mammalian mtDNA-depleted cells involving treatment with the antimitochondrial agents ethidium bromide (EtBr) and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC). After a short exposure to EtBr or ddC, followed by rapid clonal isolation, we were able to generate viable mtDNA-depleted cells from mouse and human cells and were able to successfully repopulate them with exogenous mitochondria from platelets isolated from mouse and human blood samples. These mtDNA-depleted cells can be used to characterize the nuclear mitochondrial interactions and to study mtDNA-associated defects in mammalian cells. Our method of isolating mtDNA-depleted cells is practical and applicable to a variety of cell types.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.365-375
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• 1995

Anemia-inducing strain of Friend virus (FVA)는 적혈구 progenitor cell의 증식을 촉진하는 생쥐 retrovirus의 일종이다. FVA에 감염된 생쥐는 생성이 촉진된 progenitor cell이 분화되지 못하고 비장내에 축적되므로서 비장비대를 초래한다. 이에 본 실험에서는 FVA에 감염된 생쥐의 비장비대를 지표로 사용하여 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC) 및 $interferon-{\alpha}-A\;(rIFN-{\alpha}-A)$의 항retrovirus효과를 측정하였다. 매일 ddC (100 mg/kg) 및 $rIFN-{\alpha}-A$ (10 KU/mouse)를 각각 단독 또는 병용하여 18일간 복강내 투여시 비장의 비대가 각각 15.1%, 52.7%, 61.6% 억제되었다. 또 다른 실험군으로 ddC를 식수중에 용해하여 (0.1 mg/ml) 경구로 18일간 투여시, 그리고 ddC의 경구투여와 병용하여 $rIFN-{\alpha}-A$을 위와 마찬가지 용량으로 복강내 투여시, 비장비대를 각각 38.4% 및 83.2% 억제하였다. 이 결과는 ddC의 투여시 복강내 주사보다는 경구투여가 더 유효하며, ddC와 $rIFN-{\alpha}-A$는 병용투여시 상가적인 효과가 있음을 제시한다. ddC 투여시 progenitor cell의 특성상 변화를 검토하기 위해, $Ca^{++}$ uptake $[^3H]cyclohexyladenosine$ (CHA) binding 실험을 실시하였다. CHA bindng 실험결과 성숙된 적혈구에서는 저친화성의 결합부위 하나뿐인데 반해, progenitor cell에서는 고친화성과 저친화성의 두가지 결합부위를 나타내었다. $Ca^{++}$ uptake 측정결과 성숙된 적혈구에 비해 대조군의 정상적인progenitor cell은 약 20배 증가를 나타내었으며, ddC를 연속투여한 군에서도 유사한 결과를나타내었다. 이때 CHA에 의한 $Ca^{++}$ uptake의 억제효과를 측정한 바, ddC 100 mg/kg 투여군의 경우 76%로 대조군의 86% 보다 억제효과가 크게 나타났으며, 이들 모두는 adenosine 길항약인 theophylline의 전처치시 대조군과 유사하게 회복되었다.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.532-539
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• 2014

Peripheral neuropathy induced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antiretroviral therapy is not only difficult to distinguish in clinical practice, but also difficult to relieve the pain symptoms by analgesics because of the severity of the disease at the later stage. Hence, to explore the mechanisms of HIV-related neuropathy and find new therapeutic options are particularly important for relieving neuropathic pain symptoms of the patients. In the present study, primary cultured embryonic rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons were used to determine the neurotoxic effects of HIV-gp120 protein and/or antiretroviral drug dideoxycytidine (ddC) and the therapeutic actions of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) on gp120- or ddC-induced neurotoxicity. DRG neurons were exposed to gp120 (500 pmol/L), ddC ($50{\mu}mol/L$), gp120 (500 pmol/L) plus ddC ($50{\mu}mol/L$), gp120 (500 pmol/L) plus IGF-1 (20 nmol/L), ddC ($50{\mu}mol/L$) plus IGF-1 (20 nmol/L), gp120 (500 pmol/L) plus ddC ($50{\mu}mol/L$) plus IGF-1 (20 nmol/L), respectively, for 72 hours. The results showed that gp120 and/or ddC caused neurotoxicity of primary cultured DRG neurons. Interestingly, the severity of neurotoxicity induced by gp120 and ddC was different in different subpopulation of DRG neurons. gp120 mainly affected large diameter DRG neurons (> $25{\mu}m$), whereas ddC mainly affected small diameter DRG neurons (${\leq}25{\mu}m$). IGF-1 could reverse the neurotoxicity induced by gp120 and/or ddC on small, but not large, DRG neurons. These data provide new insights in elucidating the pathogenesis of HIV infection- or antiretroviral therapy-related peripheral neuropathy and facilitating the development of novel treatment strategies.