Ammonium-Induced Impairment of Axonal Growth Is Prevented through Glial Creatine
Ammonium-Induced Impairment of Axonal Growth Is Prevented through Glial Creatine
复制标题
通过胶质肌酸预防铵引起的轴突生长损伤
作者:
O. Braissant;H. Henry;A. Villard;M. Zurich;M. Loup;B. Eilers;Gianni Parlascino;E. Matter;O. Boulat;P. Honegger;C. Bachmann
Hyperammonemia in neonates and infants affects brain development and causes mental retardation. We report that ammonium impaired cholinergic axonal growth and altered localization and phosphorylation of intermediate neurofilament protein in rat reaggregated brain cell primary cultures. This effect was restricted to the phase of early maturation but did not occur after synaptogenesis. Exposure to NH4Cl decreased intracellular creatine, phosphocreatine, and ADP. We demonstrate that creatine cotreatment protected axons from ammonium toxic effects, although this did not restore high-energy phosphates. The protection by creatine was glial cell-dependent. Our findings suggest that the means to efficiently sustain CNS creatine concentration in hyperammonemic neonates and infants should be assessed to prevent impairment of axonogenesis and irreversible brain damage.
DOI:
10.1016/0165-3806(94)00213-j
发表时间:
1995
期刊:
Brain research. Developmental brain research
影响因子:
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作者:
Tsuji,M;Allred,E;Jensen,F;Holtzman,D
通讯作者:
Holtzman,D
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Rosenstein,JM;Krum,JM
通讯作者:
Krum,JM