Interleukin-1β Enhances NMDA Receptor-Mediated Intracellular Calcium Increase through Activation of the Src Family of Kinases

Autor: M. Di Luca, M. Margarita Behrens, Annamaria Vezzani, Stefano Bartesaghi, Barbara Viviani, Marina Marinovich, C. L. Galli, M. Binaglia, Fabrizio Gardoni, Tamas Bartfai, Emanuela Corsini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: Interleukin (IL)-1β is a proinflammatory cytokine implicated in various pathophysiological conditions of the CNS involving NMDA receptor activation. Circumstantial evidence suggests that IL-1β and NMDA receptors can functionally interact. Using primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons, we investigated whether IL-1β affects NMDA receptor function(s) by studying (1) NMDA receptor-induced [Ca2+]iincrease and (2) NMDA-mediated neurotoxicity. IL1β (0.01-0.1 ng/ml) dose-dependently enhances NMDA-induced [Ca2+]iincreases with a maximal effect of ∼45%. This effect occurred only when neurons were pretreated with IL-1β, whereas it was absent if IL-1β and NMDA were applied simultaneously, and it was abolished by IL-1 receptor antagonist (50 ng/ml). Facilitation of NMDA-induced [Ca2+]iincrease by IL-1β was prevented by both lavendustin (LAV) A (500 nm) and 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-7-(t-butyl)pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine (PP2) (1 μm), suggesting an involvement of tyrosine kinases. Increased tyrosine phosphorylation of NMDA receptor subunits 2A and 2B and coimmunoprecipitation of activated Src tyrosine kinase with these subunits was observed after exposure of hippocampal neurons to 0.05 ng/ml IL-1β. Finally, 0.05 ng/ml IL-1β increased by ∼30% neuronal cell death induced by NMDA, and this effect was blocked by both lavendustin A and PP2.These data suggest that IL-1β increases NMDA receptor function through activation of tyrosine kinases and subsequent NR2A/B subunit phosphorylation. These effects may contribute to glutamate-mediated neurodegeneration.
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