In cultured cortical neurons, pretreatment with 10 µmol/L humanin for 10 min significantly decreased the rise in intracellular calcium that Abeta(31-35) caused.
In plain wordsIn cells, humanin given before the amyloid fragment lowered the calcium rise in brain cells.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- DecreaseAbeta(31-35)-induced rise in intracellular calcium, 10 µmol/L HN pretreatment
- Study
n = 10
Cultured cortical neurons with Abeta(31-35) 25 µmol/L- Comparator
- Abeta(31-35) alone
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 µmol/L · 10 min pretreatmentAs given in this study.
Source sentences
Pretreatment of HN (10 mumol/L) for 10 min significantly decreased the elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by Abeta(31-35) (25 mumol/L) (F340/F380: 918.788+/- 50.73, compared with Abeta(31-35) group, P<0.05, n=10).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The present study was to investigate the effects of HN on Abeta(31-35)-induced elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) in cultured cortical neurons by real-time fluorescence imaging technique using the Ca(2+)-sensitive dye, Fura-2/AM.