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Increased monoamine oxidase (MAO) activity was recently shown to accompany apoptotic cell death of various neuronal cells following growth factor deprivation. Here we show that in serum deprived SH-SY5Y cells, MAO-A mRNA levels and catalytic activities are increased, linked with activation of the apoptotic executioner caspase-3. Importantly, specific inhibition of MAO-A activity resulted in loss of apoptotic cell morphology. Our study indicates that MAO catalytic activity is involved in apoptotic signalling in response to serum withdrawal in neuronal cells.
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Fitzgerald, J., Ufer, C. & Billett, E. A link between monoamine oxidase-A and apoptosis in serum deprived human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. J Neural Transm 114, 807–810 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-007-0692-x
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