期刊
NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH
卷 17, 期 4, 页码 392-398出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9115-0
关键词
Branched-chain amino acids; Valine; Excitotoxicity; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Primary neuronal cultures; Astrocytes
资金
- Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali [2008-10]
The higher risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) among professional soccer players, recently reported in Italy, has stimulated investigations in the search for environmental factors that may be at the origin of the increased susceptibility to the disease. Here we studied if high concentrations of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), widely used among athletes as dietary integrators to improve physical performance, may be related to an excitotoxic neuronal cell damage. Our results show that (i) high concentrations of BCAAs are neurotoxic and increase excitotoxicity in cortical neurons; (ii) neurotoxicity is brain area specific, being detected in cortical, but not in hippocampal neurons; (iii) it is related to NMDA receptor overstimulation, since it is abolished in the presence of MK-801, a specific NMDA channel blocker; (iv) it depends on the presence of astrocytes. We describe here a possible biological link between an environmental factor (high dietary intake of BCAAs) and the increased risk of ALS among soccer players.
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