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JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 85, Issue 5, Pages 1109-1116Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.01785.x
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Alzheimer's; amyloid; astrocytes; calcium; capacitative calcium entry; hypoxia
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Prolonged hypoxia exerts profound effects on cell function, and has been associated with increased production of amyloid beta peptides (AbetaPs) of Alzheimer's disease. Here, we have investigated the effects of chronic hypoxia (2.5% O-2 , 24 h) on capacitative Ca2+ entry (CCE) in primary cultures of rat type-I cortical astrocytes, and compared results with those obtained in astrocytes exposed to AbetaPs. Chronic hypoxia caused a marked enhancement of CCE that was observed after intracellular Ca2+ stores were depleted by bradykinin application or by exposure to thapsigargin (1 mum). Exposure of cells for 24 h to 1 mum AbetaP((1-40)) did not alter CCE. Enhancement of CCE was not attributable to cell hyperpolarization, as chronically hypoxic cells were significantly depolarized as compared with controls. Mitochondrial inhibition [by FCCP (10 mum) and oligomycin (2.5 mug/mL)] suppressed CCE in all three cell groups, but more importantly there were no significant differences in the magnitude of CCE in the three astrocyte groups under these conditions. Similarly, the antioxidants melatonin and Trolox abolished the enhancement of CCE in hypoxic cells. Our results indicate that chronic hypoxia augments CCE in cortical type-I astrocytes, a finding which is not mimicked by AbetaP((1-40)) and appears to be dependent on altered mitochondrial function.
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