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- Title
Unveiling the Role of Cholesterol in Subnanomolar Ouabain Rescue of Cortical Neurons from Calcium Overload Caused by Excitotoxic Insults.
- Authors
Sibarov, Dmitry A.; Zhuravleva, Zoia D.; Ilina, Margarita A.; Boikov, Sergei I.; Stepanenko, Yulia D.; Karelina, Tatiana V.; Antonov, Sergei M.
- Abstract
Na/K-ATPase maintains transmembrane ionic gradients and acts as a signal transducer when bound to endogenous cardiotonic steroids. At subnanomolar concentrations, ouabain induces neuroprotection against calcium overload and apoptosis of neurons during excitotoxic stress. Here, the role of lipid rafts in interactions between Na/K-ATPase, sodium–calcium exchanger (NCX), and N-methy-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) was investigated. We analyzed 0.5–1-nanometer ouabain's effects on calcium responses and miniature post-synaptic current (mEPSCs) frequencies of cortical neurons during the action of NMDA in rat primary culture and brain slices. In both objects, ouabain attenuated NMDA-evoked calcium responses and prevented an increase in mEPSC frequency, while the cholesterol extraction by methyl-β-cyclodextrin prevented the effects. The data support the conclusions that (i) ouabain-induced inhibition of NMDA-elicited calcium response involves both pre- and post-synapse, (ii) the presence of astrocytes in the tripartite synapse is not critical for the ouabain effects, which are found to be similar in cell cultures and brain slices, and (iii) ouabain action requires the integrity of cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains in which the colocalization and functional interaction of NMDAR-transferred calcium influx, calcium extrusion by NCX, and Na/K-ATPase modulation of the exchanger occur. This regulation of the molecules by cardiotonic steroids may influence synaptic transmission, prevent excitotoxic neuronal death, and interfere with the pharmacological actions of neurological medicines.
- Subjects
OUABAIN; CARDIAC glycosides; CALCIUM; NEURONS; LIPID rafts; CELL culture; ANIMAL rescue
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 15, p2011
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells12152011