Nitric oxide negatively regulates proliferation and promotes neuronal differentiation through N-Myc downregulation

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作者
Ciani, E
Severi, S
Contestabile, A
Bartesaghi, R
Contestabile, A
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, Dept Human & Gen Physiol, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Bologna, Dept Biol, I-40126 Bologna, Italy
关键词
nNOS; neuroblastoma cells; cerebellar granule cells; development; N-Myc; neurogenesis;
D O I
10.1242/jcs.01348
中图分类号
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Nitric oxide (NO) has been found to act as an important negative regulator of cell proliferation in several systems. We report here that NO negatively regulates proliferation of neuronal cell precursors and promotes their differentiation by downregulating the oncogene N-Myc. We have studied this regulatory function of NO in neuroblastoma cell lines (SK-N-BE) and in primary cerebellar granule cell cultures. In a neuronal NO synthase (nNOS) overexpressing neuroblastoma cell line exposed to the differentiative action of retinoic acid, NO slowed down proliferation and accelerated differentiation towards a neuronal phenotype. This effect was accompanied by a parallel decrease of N-Myc expression. Similar results could be obtained in parental SK-N-BE cells by providing an exogenous source of NO. Pharmacological controls demonstrated that NO's regulatory actions on cell proliferation and N-Myc expression were mediated by cGMP as an intermediate messenger. Furthermore, NO was found to modulate the transcriptional activity of NMyc gene promoter by acting on the E2F regulatory region, possibly through the control of Rb phosphorylation state, that we found to be negatively regulated by NO. In cerebellar granule cell cultures, NOS inhibition increased the division rate of neuronal precursors, in parallel with augmented N-Myc expression. Because a high N-Myc expression level is essential for neuroblastoma progression as well as for proliferation of neuronal precursors, its negative regulation by NO highlights a novel physiopathological function of this important messenger molecule.
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