Journal
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 1379-1385Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.07.241
Keywords
EPSC; EAE; Excitotoxicity; Multiple sclerosis; Neurodegeneraration; Sodium channel; Striatum
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Funding
- Italian National Minister dell'Universita e della Ricerca
- Italian National Ministero della Salute
- Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (FISM)
- BMW
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It is increasingly accepted that excessive glutamate release plays a key role in the pathophysiology of grey matter damage in multiple sclerosis (MS) The mechanisms causing abnormal glutamate transmission in this disorder are however largely unexplored. By means of electrophysiological recordings from single striatal neurons in slices, we found that the presymptomatic and acute phases of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). a preclinical model of MS, are associated with enhanced synaptic release of glutamate The reverse mode of action of axonal Na+/Ca++ exchanger, secondary to abnormal functioning of voltage-dependent Na+ channels, was identified as a major cause of this alteration In fact, inhibition of the Na+/Ca++ exchanger with bepridil or with KB-R7943, which selectively blocks the reverse mode of the exchanger. reduced the frequency of spontaneous excitatory postsynaptic currents (sEPSCs) recorded from striatal neurons in EAE mice but not in control animals In the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX), a blocker of voltage-dependent Na+ channels, the effect of bepridil was normalized in acute (25 days post-immunization) EAE mice, indicating that axonal accumulation of Na+ ions flowing through voltage-dependent Na+ channels plays a role in the abnormal activity of the Na+/Ca++ exchanger in EAE Our data reveal an important role of Na+/Ca++ exchanger and of voltage-dependent Na+ channels in the pathological process of EAE, and provide a rationale for the use of neuroprotective strategies since the very early stages of MS (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc All rights reserved
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