Interplay between Energy Supply and Glutamate Toxicity in the Primary Cortical Culture

Autor: Annette Vaglio-Garro, Andrea Halasz, Ema Nováková, Andreas Sebastian Gasser, Sergejs Zavadskis, Adelheid Weidinger, Andrey V. Kozlov
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Biomolecules, Vol 14, Iss 5, p 543 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2218-273X
DOI: 10.3390/biom14050543
Popis: Limited substrate availability because of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) has made the brain develop specific molecular mechanisms to survive, using lactate synthesized by astrocytes as a source of energy in neurons. To understand if lactate improves cellular viability and susceptibility to glutamate toxicity, primary cortical cells were incubated in glucose- or lactate-containing media and toxic concentrations of glutamate for 24 h. Cell death was determined by immunostaining and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. Mitochondrial membrane potential and nitric oxide (NO) levels were measured using Tetramethylrhodamine, methyl ester (TMRM) and 4-Amino-5-Methylamino-2′,7′-Difluorofluorescein Diacetate (DAF-FM) live staining, respectively. LDH activity was quantified in single cells in the presence of lactate (LDH substrate) and oxamate (LDH inhibitor). Nuclei of cells were stained with DAPI and neurons with MAP2. Based on the distance between neurons and glial cells, they were classified as linked (10 µm) neurons. Lactate increased cell death rate and the mean value of endogenous NO levels compared to glucose incubations. Mitochondrial membrane potential was lower in the cells cultured with lactate, but this effect was reversed when glutamate was added to the lactate medium. LDH activity was higher in linked neurons compared to non-linked neurons, supporting the hypothesis of the existence of the lactate shuttle between astrocytes and at least a portion of neurons. In conclusion, glucose or lactate can equally preserve primary cortical neurons, but those neurons having a low level of LDH activity and incubated with lactate cannot cover high energetic demand solely with lactate and become more susceptible to glutamate toxicity.
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