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subunits. Each cell type was treated with 0.5, 1, 2, or 5 μM MeHg for 2 h and cell<br />

viability was measured 24 h later using trypan blue. Concentration- dependence <strong>of</strong><br />

cytotoxicity was seen in each cell type. PC12 cells had a greater reduction in cell viability<br />

than both HEK and HEK-α1C after treatment with MeHg. At 0.5 and 1<br />

μM MeHg there was little change in viability in either cell type. At 2 μM MeHg<br />

cell viability in both HEK and HEK-α1C cells was ~97% while it was 88% in<br />

PC12 cells. Cell viability was 85%, 90% and 80% in HEK, HEK-α1C, and PC12<br />

cells, respectively, after treatment with 5 μM MeHg. Using this model system neuronal<br />

cells are more susceptible to MeHg-induced cell death than non-neuronal<br />

cells. Supported by 5R01-ES03299 and 5R25NS065777.<br />

1385 EFFECTS OF ACUTE EXPOSURE TO<br />

METHYLMERCURY ON INTRACELLULAR CA 2+ IN<br />

PRIMARY CEREBELLAR GRANULE CELLS OF<br />

TOTTERING AND LETHARGIC MICE.<br />

B. Marrero-Rosado1 and W. D. Atchison2 . 1Genetics Program, Michigan State<br />

University, East Lansing, MI and 2Pharmacology and <strong>Toxicology</strong>, Michigan State<br />

University, East Lansing, MI.<br />

Methylmercury (MeHg), preferentially affects cerebellar granule cell (CGC) function<br />

both in vivo and in vitro. In CGCs MeHg disrupts intracellular Ca2+ (Ca2+ i ) in<br />

a biphasic manner involving distinct effects on Ca2+ i stores, and extracellular entry.<br />

CGCs contain several types <strong>of</strong> voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs), all <strong>of</strong> which<br />

are susceptible to block by MeHg, but also contribute to the increased [Ca2+ ] i in<br />

CGCs. <strong>The</strong> possibility that certain VGCC subtypes may facilitate effects <strong>of</strong> MeHg<br />

in native cells has not been examined. In vitro acute exposure to MeHg and single<br />

cell imaging was used to examine [Ca2+ ] i homeostasis in CGCs <strong>of</strong> two naturally-occurring<br />

mutants <strong>of</strong> the P/Q-type VGCC (tottering-tg and lethargic-lh) mice. Tg results<br />

from a spontaneous missense mutation in the gene Cacna1a that codes the<br />

pore-forming α1A subunit <strong>of</strong> P/Q-type VGCCs. To compensate, tg CGCs upregulate<br />

N-type VGCCs. Lh mice have a 4-base pair insertion in the β4 subunit gene,<br />

Cacnb4, truncating the subunit, preventing binding to α1A . Lh mice compensate by<br />

upregulating β1B and β3 . CGCs were isolated at PND 7, loaded with Fura-2 and<br />

acutely exposed to 0.3, 1, or 3 μM MeHg. Onset times <strong>of</strong> the 2 phases <strong>of</strong> increased<br />

[Ca2+ ] i were compared among genotypes. Tg CGCs do not differ significantly from<br />

WT for onset <strong>of</strong> either phase <strong>of</strong> MeHg-induced increased [Ca2+ ] i , but lh CGCs<br />

reach both phases more rapidly than their WT littermates. To investigate whether<br />

adult tg CGCs would respond differently to MeHg, cells were artificially matured<br />

by lowering medium [K + ]. Both phases <strong>of</strong> [Ca2+ ] i increase were now significantly<br />

delayed in onset. This raises the possibility <strong>of</strong> a gene/environment contribution to<br />

the effects <strong>of</strong> MeHg in cerebellum. Supported by R01ES03299, and<br />

R25NS065777.<br />

1386 METHYLMERCURY DECREASES NEURONAL<br />

MIGRATION, VINCULIN LEVELS, AND LOCATION IN<br />

FOCAL ADHESION OF A NEUROBLASTOMA CELL LINE.<br />

D. Albores-Garcia1 , L. C. Acosta-Saavedra1 , E. K. Silbergeld2 and E. S.<br />

Calderon-Aranda1 . 1Department Toxicologia, Cinvestav, Mexico, Mexico and 2BSPH, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.<br />

Methylmercury (MeHg) is an organometal that inhibits neuronal migration during<br />

the central nervous system development, and for which the molecular mechanisms<br />

are not completely defined. <strong>The</strong> neuronal migration involved the assembly and disassembly<br />

<strong>of</strong> focal adhesions (FA), conformed by a complex <strong>of</strong> proteins that include<br />

vinculin, paxillin and FAK (focal adhesion kinase), as well as kinases like MAPKs<br />

(mitogen associated protein kinases). Our group has shown in primary cultures <strong>of</strong><br />

mouse cerebellum, that MeHg decreases the phosphorylation <strong>of</strong> ERK, p38 and<br />

JNK, as well as paxillin levels, effects that were related with inhibition <strong>of</strong> neurons<br />

migration. <strong>The</strong> objective <strong>of</strong> this work was to study the effect <strong>of</strong> MeHg on neuronal<br />

migration, vinculin levels, and vinculin location in focal adhesion in a human neuroblastoma<br />

cell line. Methods. Human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y activated<br />

or non activated to migration with 50ng/mL PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor),<br />

were treated with 100nM <strong>of</strong> MeHg, and cell migration was evaluated by<br />

Scratch method, vinculin levels by Western Blot and vinculin location in FA (determined<br />

as vinculin-FAK co-location) was by confocal microscopy. Results showed<br />

that MeHg decreases migration induced by PDGF at 6 h <strong>of</strong> treatment, as well basal<br />

migration in non activated cells. MeHg, both in absence and presence <strong>of</strong> PDGF,<br />

decreased the vinculin levels compared with their respective controls. MeHg decrease<br />

size <strong>of</strong> adhesion points corresponding to vinculin and FAK, and its co-location,<br />

compared with non activated control; in activated cells MeHg decreased the<br />

number and size <strong>of</strong> FA with vinculin, compared with levels <strong>of</strong> vinculin in FA adhesion<br />

induced by PDGF. <strong>The</strong>se results suggest that inhibition <strong>of</strong> neuronal migration<br />

by MeHg involves the alteration <strong>of</strong> focal adhesions, and that further study is required<br />

to establish the effect <strong>of</strong> MeHg on molecules that are involved and/or regulated<br />

the assembly and disassembly <strong>of</strong> FA adhesions. This work was supported by<br />

Conacyt-46297.<br />

1387 EFFECT OF METHYLMERCURY ON THE NEURONAL<br />

MIGRATION AND ON ACTIVITY OF FAK IN HUMAN<br />

NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS.<br />

G. T. Rodriguez-Kessler 1 , D. Albores-Garcia 1 , L. C. Acosta-Saavedra 1 , B.<br />

Luque 1 , D. Arias-Salvatierra 1 , E. K. Silbergeld 2 and E. S. Calderon-Aranda 1 .<br />

1 Toxicologia, Cinvestav, Mexico, Mexico and 2 BSPH, Johns Hopkins University,<br />

Baltimore, MD.<br />

Methylmercury (MeHg)inhibits neuronal migration but molecular mechanisms are<br />

poorly understood. Neuronal migration is a multistep process with rapid changes<br />

that involved assembly and disassembly <strong>of</strong> focal adhesions (FA). Focal adhesion kinase<br />

(FAK) is an essential component <strong>of</strong> the FA that regulates the recruitment and<br />

activation <strong>of</strong> other proteins. ERK and JNK (MAPKs)regulate interactions <strong>of</strong> FAK<br />

with other proteins like paxillin (Pax), and the assembly and disassembly <strong>of</strong> FA. We<br />

have shown that exposure to MeHg decreases the phosphorylation <strong>of</strong> MAPKs, the<br />

levels <strong>of</strong> Pax and the neuronal migration in cerebellar primary cultures; we established<br />

that MeHg reduces the levels <strong>of</strong> vinculin, another key element <strong>of</strong> FA, and inhibits<br />

neuronal migration <strong>of</strong> the human neuroblastoma cells. Although these data<br />

partly explain the mechanism by which MeHg inhibits neuronal migration, it is<br />

necessary to evaluate the effect <strong>of</strong> MeHg on critical proteins involved in regulation<br />

<strong>of</strong> AF. <strong>The</strong> objective in this work is to study the effect <strong>of</strong> MeHg on neuronal migration,<br />

the phosphorylation <strong>of</strong> critical residues for the activation <strong>of</strong> FAK and for its<br />

interaction with Pax, the role <strong>of</strong> ERK and JNK in these effects, as well as the relationship<br />

<strong>of</strong> all these. Methods. In SH-SY5Y cells activated or not to migration with<br />

PDGF (50ng/mL) the effect <strong>of</strong> 100ng/mL <strong>of</strong> MeHg is assess on cell migration by<br />

scratch assay, phosphorylation <strong>of</strong> FAK is by Western-blot, and role <strong>of</strong> ERK and<br />

JNK in these effects is evaluated using specific inhibitors.Results shown that MeHg<br />

decreases migration induced by PDGF,as well as the basal migration in non activated<br />

cells.With inhibitors <strong>of</strong> ERK and JNK was determined that both kinases are<br />

involved in cell migration induced by PDGF.Experiments to evaluate the MeHg effect<br />

on FAK and Pax phosphorylation are in progress. This work was supported by<br />

Conacyt-46297.<br />

1388 DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF NEUROTOXIC<br />

MERCURIALS ON ANGIOGENESIS (AG).<br />

M. Nash 1 , E. Robinson 1 , B. J. Zaffo 1 , S. Obhan 2 , N. F. Alrowaily 1 , L. A.<br />

Shaiba 1 , S. A. Mousa 2 and H. A. El-Fawal 1 . 1 Health Sciences, Albany College <strong>of</strong><br />

Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY and 2 Pharmaceutical Research Institute,<br />

Albany College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, NY.<br />

<strong>The</strong> elaboration <strong>of</strong> vascular beds, AG, is essential during neurogenesis.<br />

Compromised neural AG in adult models has been shown to result in neuropathy<br />

and neurodegeneration. Mercurial compounds (Hg), organic [methy (MeHg) and<br />

ethyl (EHg)] and inorganic [mercuric chloride (HgCl)] are known developmental<br />

neurotxicants. However, their effects on AG as a contributing factor in inducing<br />

neurotoxicity have not been investigated. <strong>The</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> equimolar concentrations<br />

(40 nM) <strong>of</strong> these compounds on AG, in the presence or absence <strong>of</strong> 40 μg vascularendothelium<br />

growth factor (VEGF) were investigated in the 10 day chick chorioallontoic<br />

membrane (CAM) model. Test compounds placed on coverslips were added<br />

onto the membrane <strong>of</strong> CAM and harvested after 3 days <strong>of</strong> incubation under optimal<br />

condition <strong>of</strong> O 2 /CO 2 and humidity to visualize and quantify developing vessel<br />

length (L), number <strong>of</strong> branch points (B) and perfusion area (A). All Hg compounds<br />

reduced B by 40-60% with the greatest reduction seen with HgCl. Significant<br />

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