Hypoxic neuronal injury in tissue culture is associated with delayed calcium accumulation.

Autor: Marcoux FW; Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research Division, Warner-Lambert Company, Ann Arbor, Mich 48105., Probert AW Jr, Weber ML
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Stroke [Stroke] 1990 Nov; Vol. 21 (11 Suppl), pp. III71-4.
Abstrakt: Calcium accumulation and neuronal injury were studied after hypoxia in cerebrocortical cell cultures in vitro. Neuronal injury was associated with a delayed calcium accumulation, which was greatest 5-7 hours after hypoxic exposure. Antiexcitotoxic treatments with tetrodotoxin and magnesium chloride or the selective N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist (+/-)-4-(3-phosphonopropyl)-2-piperazinecarboxylic acid prevented hypoxic calcium accumulation and neuronal injury even when added 3 hours after hypoxia, during reoxygenation. Rescue of the neurons after hypoxia by blocking the delayed calcium accumulation in this cell culture preparation suggests a "therapeutic window" determined by calcium entry.
Databáze: MEDLINE