期刊
BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 924, 期 1, 页码 20-29出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03221-8
关键词
domoic acid; excitotoxicity; calcium; NMDA receptor; voltage-sensitive calcium channel; Na+/Ca2+ exchanger
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS053398] Funding Source: Medline
We have monitored real-time alterations in [Ca2+](i) in fluo-3-loaded cerebellar granule neurons exposed to domoate, and ascertained the influence of pharmacological blockers of various Ca2+ entry pathways on intracellular Ca2+ accumulation, excitatory amino acid (EAA) release and neuronal death. Domoate produced a rapid and concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+](i). the magnitude of which correlated closely with the severity of neuron loss. The increase in [Ca2+](i) was derived from activation of NMDA receptors, L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels (VSCC) and the reversed mode of operation of the Na' /Ca2+ exchanger. When the level of neuroprotection conferred by pharmacological manipulation of these calcium entry pathways was regressed with the corresponding reductions in [Ca2+](i) load, it was observed that neuronal vulnerability is controlled preferentially by NMDA receptors. This observation is consistent with our previous study of brevetoxin-induced autocrine excitotoxicity and with the source specificity hypothesis of others [J. Neurochem. 71 (1998) 2349], which suggests that elevation of [Ca2+](i) in the vicinity of the NMDA receptor ion channel activates processes leading to neuronal death. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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