Cholinergic activity modulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells in culture:: the role of M1 muscarinic receptors
Cholinergic activity modulates the survival of retinal ganglion cells in culture:: the role of M1 muscarinic receptors
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DOI:
10.1016/s0736-5748(01)00043-0
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发表时间:
2001-10-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Araujo, EG
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作者:
Pereira, SPF;Medina, SV;Araujo, EG
The control of natural cell death is mediated by neurotrophins released by target, afferent and glial cells. In the present work we show that treatment of retinal cells 'in vitro' for 48 h with 25 muM carbamylcholine induced a two-fold increase in retinal ganglion cells survival. This effect was dose-dependent and mediated by M-1 receptors since it could be blocked by 1 muM telenzepine (a M-1 receptor antagonist) and mimicked by 200 muM oxotremorine (a M-1 receptor agonist). The effect of carbamylcholine was abolished by 10 muM BAPTA-AM (an intracellular Ca2+ chelator), 30 muM dantrolene (an inhibitor of ryanodinic receptors), 500 nM H-89 (an inhibitor of PKA), 1.25 muM chelerythrine chloride (an inhibitor of PKC) and 50 muM PD-98059 (a MEK inhibitor). Treatment with 10 muM genistein (an inhibitor of tyrosine kinase), 25 muM LY-294002 (a PI-3 kinase blocker), 30 nM brefeldin-A (a blocker of polypeptides release), 50 nM K-252a (a Trk receptor inhibitor) and 20 muM fluorodeoxyuridine (an inhibitor of cell proliferation) totally inhibited the effect of carbamylcholine. Taken together our results indicate that muscarinic activity controls the survival of retinal ganglion cells through a mechanism involving the release of polypeptides and activation of Irk receptors. (C) 2001 ISDN. Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.