Takei N, Ogaki H, Endo Y
Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.
Neurosci Lett. 1995 Jun 9;192(2):124-6. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11615-4.
The effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on apoptotic cell death of cultured cortical neurons from embryonic rats induced by ionomycin, a potent Ca2+ ionophore, was investigated. bFGF inhibited Ca2+ ionophore-induced neurotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner. bFGF also reduced the degree of fragmentation of DNA of Ca2+ ionophore-treated neurons. These findings strongly suggest that bFGF inhibited ionomycin-induced neurotoxicity by preventing apoptosis.