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L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (PDC) induces Excitotoxic and Oxidative Neuronal Death in Cultured Cortical Neurons KCI 등재후보

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대한구강생물학회 (The Korean Academy of Oral Biology)
초록

L-trans-pyrrolidine-2,4-dicarboxylate (PDC) is a potent inhibitor of glutamate transporters. In our current study, we investigated whether the neuronal death induced by PDC involves mechanisms other than excitotoxicity in mixed mouse cortical cultures. Cortical cultures at 13-14 days in vitro were used and cell death was assessed by measuring the lactate dehydrogenase efflux into bathing media. Glutamate and PDC both induced neuronal death in a concentration-dependent manner but the neurotoxic effects of glutamate were found to be more potent than those of PDC. Treatment with 10, 100 and 200 M PDC equally potentiated 50 M glutamate-induced neuronal death. The neuronal death induced by 75 M glutamate was almost abolished by treatment with the NMDA antagonists, MK-801 and AP-5, but was unaffected by NBQX (an AMPA antagonist), trolox (antioxidant), BDNF or ZVAD-FMK (a pan-caspase inhibitor). However, the neuronal death induced by 200 M PDC was partially but significantly attenuated by single treatments with MK-801, AP-5, trolox, BDNF or ZVAD-FMK but not NBQX. Combined treatments with MK-801 plus trolox, MK-801 plus ZVAD-FMK or MK-801 plus BDNF almost abolished neuronal death, whereas combined treatments with trolox plus ZVADFMK, trolox plus BDNF or ZVAD-FMK plus BDNF did not enhance the inhibitory action of any single treatment with these drugs. These results demonstrate that the neuronal death induced by PDC involves not only in the excitotoxicity induced by the accumulation of glutamate but also the oxidative stress induced by free radical generation. This suggests that apoptotic neuronal death plays a role in PDCinduced oxidative neuronal injury.

저자
  • Seung Joon Choi(Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Human Resources (BK 21 Project) Chonnam National University Medical School)
  • Shinae Hwang(Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Human Resources (BK 21 Project) Chonnam National University Medical School)
  • Do Kyung Kim(Department of Oral Physiology, Chosun University School of Dentistry)
  • Jong-Keun Kim(Department of Pharmacology and Center for Biomedical Human Resources (BK 21 Project) Chonnam National University Medical School) Corresponding author