Tetramethylpyrazine inhibits activities of glioma cells and glutamate neuroexcitotoxicity: Potential therapeutic application for treatment of gliomas
Tetramethylpyrazine inhibits activities of glioma cells and glutamate neuroexcitotoxicity: Potential therapeutic application for treatment of gliomas
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DOI:
10.1215/15228517-2007-051
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发表时间:
2008-04-01
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影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
Wang, Jia-Yi
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作者:
Fu, Yu-Show;Lin, Yen-Yang;Wang, Jia-Yi
We tested the herbal extract 2,3,5,6-tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) for possible therapeutic efficacy against a glioma cell line and against gliomas transplanted into rat brains. In the cultured glioma cells, 50 mu M TMP significantly inhibited glutamate-induced increase in intracellular calcium. Significant cell damage (30%) and proliferation suppression (10%), however, occurred only at higher concentrations (200-400 mu M). Gliomaneuronal co-culturing resulted in significant neuronal damage and higher proliferation of the glioma cells (140%) compared with single cultures. Low concentrations of TMP (