tretinoin and ferrous-chloride

Mitochondrial ferritin (FtMt) is a type of ferritin that sequesters iron. Previous studies have shown that FtMt is expressed by dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and that it may be involved in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. However, the functional roles of FtMt in dopaminergic neurons remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the function of FtMt in α-synuclein regulation and its antioxidant roles in dopaminergic cells using human dopaminergic neuroblastoma cells, SH-SY5Y. In physiological conditions, FtMt knockdown increased α-synuclein expression at the protein level but not at the mRNA level. By contrast, FtMt overexpression reduced α-synuclein expression at the protein level but not at the mRNA level. FtMt enhanced the iron levels in mitochondria but decreased the iron levels in the intracellular labile iron pool. We found that FeCl

Topics: alpha-Synuclein; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Cell Differentiation; Cell Line, Tumor; Deferoxamine; Down-Regulation; Ferritins; Ferrous Compounds; Green Fluorescent Proteins; Humans; Hydrogen Peroxide; Iron; L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial Proteins; Neuroblastoma; Oxidative Stress; Siderophores; Tretinoin; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase