The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the effects of Sohaphyang-won(SH) on the alteration in gene expression in a hypoxia model using cultured rat cortical cells. E18 rat cortical cells were grown in Neurobasal medium containing B27 supplem...
The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the effects of Sohaphyang-won(SH) on the alteration in gene expression in a hypoxia model using cultured rat cortical cells. E18 rat cortical cells were grown in Neurobasal medium containing B27 supplement. On 12 DIV, SH was added (20㎍/㎖) to the culture media for 24 hrs. On 14 DIV, cells were given a hypoxic insult (2% O_(2)/5% CO_(2), 37°C, 3 hrs), returned to normoxia and culture for another 24 hrs. Total RNA was prepared from SH-untreated (control) and -treated cultures and alteration in gene expression was analyses by microarray using rat 5K-TwinChips.
Effects on some of the genes whose functions are implicated in neural viability are as follows:
1) For most of the genes altered in expression, the Global M values were between -0.5 to +0.5. Among these, 1517 genes were increased in their expression by more than Global M +0.1, while 1480 genes were decreased by more than Global M -0.1.
2) The expression of apoptosis-related genes such as Bad (Global M = 0.35), tumor protein p53 (T53) (Global M = 0.28) were increased, while v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1(Akt1) was decreased.
3) The expression of hemoglobin alpha 1 (probably neuroglobin) was increased by about 3.2-fold (Global M = 1.7).
4) The expression of antioxidation-related catalase gene was increased (Global M = 0.26).
5) The expression of PKCzeta(prkcz), an upstream kinase of MAPK, was increased (Global M = 0.29).
6) The expression of retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα), which may regulated transcription in hypoxic stress, was increased (Global M = 10.27).
In summary, the microarray data suggest that SH doesn't increase the expression of oxygen capture-, anti-oxidation- and 'Response to stress'-related genes but also decreases some anti-apoptosis genes which would help protect the hypoxiv cells from apoptosis.