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SUBMITTER: Kanekar S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2962708 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kanekar Shami S Gandham Mahendra M Lucero Mary T MT
Molecular and cellular neurosciences 20100721 4
In mouse olfactory epithelium (OE), pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP) protects against axotomy-induced apoptosis. We used mouse OE to determine whether PACAP protects neurons during exposure to the inflammatory cytokine TNFα. Live slices of neonatal mouse OE were treated with 40 ng/ml TNFα ± 40nM PACAP for 6h and dying cells were live-labeled with 0.5% propidium iodide. TNFα significantly increased the percentage of dying cells while co-incubation with PACAP prevented cell d ...[more]