Avaliação do perfil de expressão de ADAM23 durante o processo de diferenciação neuronal

Abstract

A Disintegrin and Metalloprotease (ADAM) is a family of transmembrane proteins able to mediate cell adhesion, as well as cleavage of cell surface molecules. ADAM23 is a member of this family predominantly expressed in nervous system during development until adulthood. Mice knockouts for adam23 gene develop neurological problems, such as tremor and ataxia and die soon after birth, suggesting that protein plays a key role in development and maintenance of nervous system. Therefore, evaluation of expression profile of ADAM23 protein in the differentiation process may contribute to understanding of its biological role in context of the development of nervous system. First, it was evaluated whether cell lines of neuroblastoma (SHSY-5Y and Neuro2a), pheochromocytoma (PC-12) and glioblastoma (T98G) expressed ADAM23. In all lineages it was possible to observe the ADAM23 protein. To assess whether ADAM23 expression was altered in differentiation events, neuroblastoma and pheochromocytoma cell lines were used as models of neuronal differentiation. PC-12 cells showed no change in ADAM23 expression when they were treated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor. The human neuroblastoma cell line, SHSY-5Y, also showed no change in the expression of the protein of interest when they were treated with all-trans retinoic acid. Assays using murine neuroblastoma, Neuro2a, showed no change in ADAM23 expression on groups treated with all-trans retinoic acid or all-trans retinal. However, in this lineage presented an increase of the unprocessed form of ADAM23 (100 kDa) on group, which the fetal bovine serum was reduced to 1%, independent of retinoic acid or retinal treatment. A possible protective role of ADAM23 against oxidative stress caused by hydrogen peroxide at different concentrations and times in Neuro2a was still investigated, but no change in expression was observed. These data suggest that ADAM23 may be involved in the neuronal differentiation process in Neuro2a triggered by the reduction of fetal bovine serum, however more studies are needed to elucidate this mechanism.