Autophagy Alleviates Melamine-Induced Cell Death in PC12 Cells Via Decreasing ROS Level
Wang H, Gao N, Li Z, Yang Z, Zhang T. Autophagy Alleviates Melamine-Induced Cell Death in PC12 Cells Via Decreasing ROS Level. Molecular Neurobiology 2015, 53: 1718-1729. PMID: 25724280, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-9073-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPC12 cellsLC3-II/LC3Western blot assaysCell deathReactive oxygen species levelsSuperoxide dismutase activityMDA levelsOxygen species levelsGeneration of ROSATG-7Autophagy markersBlot assaysIncrease of autophagosomesBeclin-1Oxidative stressDismutase activityROS levelsRapamycinExcessive generationExpression levelsCell viabilityOxidative damageAutophagyMalondialdehydeDeath