Glutamate-induced increases in transglutaminase activity in primary cultures of astroglial cells

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作者
Campisi, A
Caccamo, D
Raciti, G
Cannavò, G
Macaione, V
Currò, M
Macaione, S
Vanella, A
Ientile, R
机构
[1] Univ Messina, Dept Biochem Physiol & Nutr Sci, Policlin, I-98125 Messina, Italy
[2] Univ Messina, Dept Hyg & Publ Hlth, Messina, Italy
[3] Univ Catania, Dept Biol Chem Med Chem & Mol Biol, Catania, Italy
关键词
astroglial cell; glutamate; excitotoxicity; ionotropic receptor; tissue transglutaminase;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02725-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Glutamate exposure of astroglial cells caused ligand-gated channel receptor activation, associated with excitotoxic cell response. We investigated the effects of 24 It glutamate exposure on transglutaminase in astrocytes primary cultures at 7, 14, and 21 days in vitro (DIV). Increases in enzyme activity were observed as a function of cell differentiation stage in glutamate-treated cultures. These effects were significantly reduced when GYKI 52466, an AMPA/KA receptors inhibitor, was added to the culture medium prior to incubation with glutamate. Microscopy observation on transglutaminase-mediated, fluorescent dansylcadaverine incorporation in living cells was consistent with these results. Western blotting analysis with monoclonal antibody showed that glutamate also up-regulated tissue transglutaminase expression, which reached the highest values in 14 DIV cultures. Confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of immunostained astroglial cells showed a mainly cytoplasmic localisation of the enzyme both in control and treated cultures; nevertheless, counterstaining with the nuclear dye acridine orange demonstrated the presence of tissue transglutaminase also into the nucleus of glutamate-exposed and 21 DIV cells. The increases in enzyme expression and localisation in the nucleus of glutamate-treated astroglial cells may be part of biochemical alterations induced by excitotoxic stimulus. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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