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To explore the function of Clu and the impact of Se in the process of apoptosis, several short-hairpin RNAs (shRNA) were designed for the construction of two sets of recombinant plasmids: one set for plasmid-transfection of mouse neuroblastoma N2a cells (N2a cells); and the other set for lentiviral infection of human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells (SH-SY5Y cells). These shRNAs specifically and efficiently interfered with the intracellular expression of Clu at both the mRNA and protein levels. The  Clu-knockdown cells showed apoptosis-related features, including down-regulation of antioxidative capacity and the Bcl-2\/Bax ratio and up-regulation of caspase-8 activity.  Se-methylselenocysteine (MSC) at an optimum concentration of 1 \u03bcM could reverse the alteration in antioxidative capacity, Bcl2\/Bax ratio and caspase-8 activity caused by  Clu-knockdown, thus inhibiting apoptosis and maintaining cell viability. The results hereby imply the potentiality of Clu and Se in neuroprotection.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms151121331","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,18]],"date-time":"2014-11-18T11:39:36Z","timestamp":1416310776000},"page":"21331-21347","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Se-Methylselenocysteine Inhibits Apoptosis Induced by Clusterin Knockdown in Neuroblastoma N2a and  SH-SY5Y Cell Lines"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Chao","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China"},{"name":"Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"},{"name":"University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,  Beijing 100049, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Zhenyu","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Renli","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microorganism Examination Division, Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shenzhen 518055, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiazuan","family":"Ni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China"},{"name":"Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology and Ecology, College of Life Sciences, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Srivastava, R. 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