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J Neurobiol ; 40(2): 214-25, 1999 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10413451

ABSTRACT

The modulation of herg gene and HERG currents (I(HERG)) was studied in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma (NB) cells treated with all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) in the absence or presence of the neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Both treatments produced a strong increase in the percentage of cells differentiated along the neuronal pathway, with an orientation to a cholinergic phenotype, while a minority of cells displayed a glial phenotype particularly evident after long-term exposure to the inducers. Differentiation of NB cells was accompanied by an increase in herg gene transcription, which attained its maximum after 6 days of treatment with RA and was not further increased by BDNF. This effect evidently reflected on HERG currents: In fact, RA produced an increase in HERG current density which was strongly potentiated by BDNF. Moreover, RA treatment affected the biophysical properties of I(HERG), inducing an increase in the deactivation time constant and a left shift of the activation curve. These effects were not substantially affected by BDNF. This modulation of I(HERG) influenced the value of the resting potential (V(REST)), which resulted significantly hyperpolarized in (RA with or without BDNF)-treated cells. Interestingly, these effects were absent in the glial population, which prevailed in cultures after long-term exposure to the inducers. On the whole, we demonstrate that besides expressing IRK currents, NB cells display another strategy to hyperpolarize their V(REST), based on the appropriate modulation of HERG currents. Different from what happens in normal neuroblast development, the latter are never lost by cancer cells despite the progression of these cells along the neuronal differentiative pathway, raising intriguing questions about the role of HERG currents in tumour behavior.


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Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology , Cation Transport Proteins , DNA-Binding Proteins , Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects , Neoplasm Proteins/physiology , Neuroblastoma/pathology , Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated , Potassium Channels/physiology , Potassium/metabolism , Trans-Activators , Tretinoin/pharmacology , Acetylcholine/metabolism , Cell Differentiation/drug effects , Drug Synergism , ERG1 Potassium Channel , Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels , Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect , Humans , Ion Transport/drug effects , Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis , Neoplasm Proteins/genetics , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Potassium Channels/biosynthesis , Potassium Channels/genetics , Transcriptional Regulator ERG , Tumor Cells, Cultured/drug effects
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 244(3): 706-11, 1998 Mar 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9535729

ABSTRACT

The modulation of inward K+ conductances was studied during neuronal differentiation of human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. Under standard culture conditions, these cells express the herg gene, and the HERG current is the main inward K+ current regulating their Vrest. After 10-20 days exposure to Retinoic Acid (RA), SH-SY5Y cells showed, in addition to HERG currents, a novel current characterized by inward rectification, dependence on the extracellular K+ concentration, and blockade by Cs+ and Ba2+, the main features of the IRK1 current. The appearance of this current is accompanied by a strong hyperpolarisation of Vrest. RT-PCR experiments confirmed that a transcript of the IRK1 (Kir 2.1) gene actually appears in SH-SY5Y cells treated for 10-20 days with RA. On the whole, data here presented demonstrate that RA-induced neuronal differentiation of neuroblastoma cells is accompanied by the switch from a HERG-driven to a IRK1-driven control of Vrest, similarly to what happens in normal differentiating neurons; however, in tumor cells, this switch does not imply the abolition of HERG channel expression.


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Cation Transport Proteins , DNA-Binding Proteins , Neurons/drug effects , Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying , Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated , Potassium Channels/biosynthesis , Trans-Activators , Tretinoin/pharmacology , Cell Differentiation , ERG1 Potassium Channel , Electric Conductivity , Ether-A-Go-Go Potassium Channels , Gene Expression , Humans , Neuroblastoma , Patch-Clamp Techniques , Potassium Channels/genetics , RNA, Messenger/analysis , Time Factors , Transcriptional Regulator ERG , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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