Nitric oxide-dependent damage to neuronal mitochondria involves the NMDA receptor
| Autor: | V C, Stewart, A J, Heslegrave, G C, Brown, J B, Clark, S J R, Heales |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Central Nervous System
Neurons Cell Death L-Lactate Dehydrogenase Cell Survival Glutamic Acid Neurodegenerative Diseases Nitric Oxide Reactive Nitrogen Species Receptors N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Mitochondria Rats Electron Transport Astrocytes Animals Nitric Oxide Donors Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Cells Cultured |
| Zdroj: | The European journal of neuroscience. 15(3) |
| ISSN: | 0953-816X |
| Popis: | Cytokine-stimulated astrocytes produce nitric oxide, which can inhibit components of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. We have previously demonstrated that prolonged exposure (48 h) to rat astrocytic nitric oxide damages complexes II--III and IV of neighbouring rat neurons in coculture, resulting in neuronal death. Expanding on these observations, we have now shown that the NMDA receptor antagonist, MK-801, prevents this damage, suggesting involvement of glutamate. We postulate that astrocyte-derived nitric oxide stimulates release of neuronal glutamate. Indeed we demonstrate that neurons incubated with nitric oxide-generating astrocytes display enhanced glutamate release. Furthermore, direct exposure to the nitric oxide donor, DETA-NONOate resulted in a loss of activity of all the neuronal mitochondrial complexes, which was again prevented by MK-801. Thus, nitric oxide, generated by both cytokine-stimulated astrocytes and by a nitric oxide donor, causes activation of the NMDA receptor leading to damage to the neuronal mitochondrial respiratory chain. Glutamate exposure is known to damage the neuronal mitochondrial respiratory chain via neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Therefore, we propose that astrocyte-derived nitric oxide is capable of eliciting neuronal glutamate release, which in turn activates the neuronal NMDA receptor and stimulates further formation of reactive nitrogen species via neuronal nitric oxide synthases, leading to mitochondrial damage and neuronal death. Our findings support the hypothesis that glutamate, reactive nitrogen species and mitochondrial dysfunction may have a role in the neurodegenerative process. |
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