In SH-SY5Y cells, AICAR significantly protected against tunicamycin-induced cytotoxicity.
In plain wordsIn cells, AICAR reduced tunicamycin-induced toxicity.
- Peptide
- AICAR (acadesine)
- Outcome
- DecreaseTunicamycin-induced cytotoxicity
- Study
humann: not reported in source
SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Treatment of SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells with N (1)-(β-D-ribofuranosyl)-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide (AICAR), a pharmacological activator of AMPK, significantly protected cells against cytotoxicity imposed by tunicamycin and homocysteine.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Therefore, we investigated whether AMPK activation alleviates ER stress-mediated neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells incubated with homocysteine.