THE NEUROPROTECTIVE KAPPA-OPIOID CI-977 ALTERS GLUTAMATE-INDUCED CALCIUM SIGNALING IN-VITRO

被引:10
作者
DECOSTER, MA
CONOVER, JR
HUNTER, JC
TORTELLA, FC
机构
[1] WALTER REED ARMY MED CTR,WALTER REED ARMY INST RES,DEPT MED NEUROSCI,WASHINGTON,DC 20307
[2] PARKE DAVIS NEUROSCI RES CTR,CAMBRIDGE CB2 2QB,ENGLAND
关键词
GLUTAMATE NEUROTOXICITY; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FLUO-3; NEURONS; CELLULAR IMAGING; KAPPA-OPIOID; NEUROPROTECTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1097/00001756-199411000-00025
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
THE effect of the neuroprotective kappa opioid agonist CI-977 on glutamate (GLU)-stimulated calcium signaling was studied in individual primary rat cortical neurons. Using laser scanning confocal microscopy and the fluorescent calcium probe fluo-3, both the sustained and biphasic intracellular calcium concentration [Ca2+](1) changes induced by GLU (20-40 mu M) were altered by CI-977 (25-100 nM), thereby shifting the neuronal population response from unbuffered to buffered patterns of [Ca2+](i) flux. This effect was consistent with the previously demonstrated neuroprotective action of CI-977 against glutamate toxicity in vitro. The effect of CI-977 in altering GLU-induced [Ca2+](i) signaling was attenuated by naloxone, consistent with a neuroprotective action of CI-977 at opioid receptors, presumably of the kappa subtype.
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页码:2305 / 2310
页数:6
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