Nitric oxide mediates glutamate induced mitochondrial depolarization in rat cortical neurons
Nitric oxide mediates glutamate induced mitochondrial depolarization in rat cortical neurons
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01240-2
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发表时间:
1999-01-23
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Medina, JM
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作者:
Almeida, A;Bolaños, JP;Medina, JM
Mitochondria have been considered to be a target for glutamate neurotoxicity. The aim of the present work was to investigate the mechanisms leading to glutamate-mediated mitochondrial deenergization, as measured by mitochondrial membrane potential and cell respiration in cultured neurons. Glutamate exposure to cells induced pronounced mitochondrial depolarization associated with an impairment in neuronal respiration, leading to neuronal ATP depletion. These effects were prevented by both the nitric oxide ((NO)-N-.) synthase inhibitor N-omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and by the N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate-subtype receptor inhibitor D-(-)-2amino-5-phosphopentanoate Our results suggest that glutamate causes ATP depletion by collapsing mitochondrial membrane potential through a (NO)-N-.-mediated mechanism. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.