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    Neurosci Lett. 2001 Apr 13;302(1):41-4.

    Anti-apoptotic effect of trans-resveratrol on paclitaxel-induced apoptosis in the human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell line.

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    Dipartimento di Neuroscienze e Tecnologie Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Via Cadore, 48, 20052, Monza, Italy.

    Abstract

    Paclitaxel, an anticancer drug, induces apoptosis in human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y. The addition of trans-resveratrol, a natural antioxidant present in grapes and red wine, to SH-SY5Y cultures exposed to paclitaxel significantly reduces cellular death. The neuroprotective action of trans-resveratrol is due neither to its antioxidant capacity nor to interference with the polymerization of tubulin induced by paclitaxel. However, trans-resveratrol is able to inhibit the activation of caspase 7 and degradation of poly-(ADP-ribose)-polymerase which occur in SH-SY5Y exposed to paclitaxel. Resveratrol, therefore, exerts its anti-apoptotic effect by modulating the signal pathways that commit these neuronal-like cells to apoptosis.

    PMID:
    11278107
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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