期刊
JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 290, 期 1-2, 页码 41-47出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2009.11.013
关键词
Neurochemicals; Glutamine; Glutamate; Glutamine synthetase; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
资金
- Muscular Dystrophy Association to WSAB [MDA 4049]
- Joe Young Fund for Research in Psychiatry (MPG)
- Anesthesiology Research Fund (MPG)
In an effort to alter the levels of neurochemicals involved in excitotoxicity, we treated mice with methionine sulfoximine (MSO), an inhibitor of glutamine synthetase. Since glutamate toxicity has been proposed as a mechanism for the degeneration of motor neurons in a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, we tested the effects of MSO on the transgenic mouse that overexpresses the mutant human SOD1(G93A) gene, an animal model for the primary inherited form of the human neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This treatment in vivo reduced glutamine synthetase activity measured in vitro by 85%. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, with magic angle spinning of intact samples of brain tissue, showed that MSO treatment reduced brain levels of glutamine by 60% and of glutamate by 30% in both the motor cortex and the anterior striatum, while also affecting levels of GABA and glutathione. Kaplan-Meyer survival analysis revealed that MSO treatment significantly extended the lifespan of these mice by 8% (p<0.01). These results show that in the SOD1(G93A) model of neurodegenerative diseases, the concentration of brain glutamate (determined with H-1-MRS) can be lowered by inhibiting in vivo the synthesis of glutamine with non-toxic doses of MSO. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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