An Na+/H+ exchanger inhibitor suppresses cellular swelling and neuronal death induced by glutamate in cultured cortical neurons

2003 ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiji Yamamoto ◽  
Y. Matsumoto ◽  
Y. Suzuki ◽  
T. Tsuboi ◽  
S. Terakawa ◽  
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Neurosurgery ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingping Qin

Abstract INTRODUCTION Glycine is a nonessential amino acid with known neuroprotective effects. Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a form of stroke associated with high mortality and morbidity. Despite extensive research, the treatment for SAH is limited. The present study was designed to investigate the role of glycine in neuroprotection following SAH. We have previously demonstrated that glycine is involved in neuroprotection in intracerebral hemorrhage via the PTEN/AKT signal pathway. However, whether it has a role in inducing neuroprotection following SAH is not known. METHODS We established the SAH model, evaluated the SAH grade, neurological scores, brain water content, glycine-mediated C (FJC) staining, cell viability and LDH release, and did cortical neuron and microglia culture. Treatment was conducted by intracerebroventricular injection. Cultured cortical neurons and cultured cortical microglia were treated with standard ECS for 60 min and then treated with glycine (100 μM) for 60 min. Cell replacement medium was used for subsequent experiments. vPCR was performed on the Opticon 2 real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection system using the corresponding primers and SYBR gene PCR master mix. RESULTS In this present study, we show evidence of glycine mediated amelioration of neuronal death and brain edema following SAH via a novel pathway. Following SAH there is evidence of downregulation of S473 phosphorylation of AKT (p-AKT), which is reversed with glycine treatment. We also found that glycine-regulated neuroprotection following SAH via AKT activation. Glycine was shown to down-regulate PTEN by up-regulating miRNA-26b, followed by activation of AKT, resulting in inhibition of neuronal death. Inhibition of AKT, PTEN depletion or suppression of miRNA-26b blocked the neuroprotective effect of glycine. Glycine treatment also suppresses SAH-induced M1 microglial polarization and promotes anti-inflammation, which indirectly inhibits neuronal death. CONCLUSION Glycine has neuroprotective effects in SAH injury and is mediated by the miRNA-26b/PTEN/AKT signal pathway, which may be a therapeutic target for treatment of SAH injury.


Author(s):  
Tao Chen ◽  
Li-Kun Yang ◽  
Jie Zhu ◽  
Chun-Hua Hang ◽  
Yu-Hai Wang

Background: Perampanel is a highly selective and non-competitive α-amino-3-hydroxy-5 -methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptor (AMPAR) antagonist, which has been licensed as an orally administered antiepileptic drug in more than 55 countries. Recently, perampanel was found to exert neuroprotective effects in hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke models. Objective: In this study, the protective effect of perampanel was investigated. Method: The protective effect of perampanel was investigated in an in vitro traumatic neuronal injury (TNI) model in primary cultured cortical neurons. Conclusion: Our present data suggest that necroptosis plays a key role in the pathogenesis of neuronal death after TNI, and that perampanel might have therapeutic potential for patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).


2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nobuo Nagai ◽  
Seiji Yamamoto ◽  
Takashi Tsuboi ◽  
Hayato Ihara ◽  
Tetsumei Urano ◽  
...  

Effect of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) on oxygen–glucose deprivation (OGD) was studied in cultured cortical neurons prepared from tPA gene knockout (tPA-KO) and wild-type (Wt) mice. Three hours of OGD induced 45% and 23% of neuronal death in Wt and tPA-KO mice, respectively. Neuronal death in tPA-KO mice was increased to 42% by additional tPA. Six hours of OGD induced 80% and 40% of neuronal death in Wt and tPA-KO mice, respectively, whereas the addition of tPA increased to 62% in tPA-KO mice. These results suggest that tPA is directly involved in the process of neuronal death induced by ischemia-mimic stress without involving vascular or circulatory components.


Toxins ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 262
Author(s):  
Qin-Wei Wu ◽  
Josef P. Kapfhammer

The CRISPR-Cas13 system based on a bacterial enzyme has been explored as a powerful new method for RNA manipulation. Due to the high efficiency and specificity of RNA editing/interference achieved by this system, it is currently being developed as a new therapeutic tool for the treatment of neurological and other diseases. However, the safety of this new generation of RNA therapies is still unclear. In this study, we constructed a vector expressing CRISPR-Cas13 under a constitutive neuron-specific promoter. CRISPR-Cas13 from Leptotrichia wadei was expressed in primary cultures of mouse cortical neurons. We found that the presence of CRISPR-Cas13 impedes the development of cultured neurons. These results show a neurotoxic action of Cas13 and call for more studies to test for and possibly mitigate the toxic effects of Cas13 enzymes in order to improve CRISPR-Cas13-based tools for RNA targeting.


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