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- Title
The metabolic response to excitotoxicity - lessons from single-cell imaging.
- Authors
Connolly, Niamh; Prehn, Jochen
- Abstract
Excitotoxicity is a pathological process implicated in neuronal death during ischaemia, traumatic brain injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. Excitotoxicity is caused by excess levels of glutamate and over-activation of NMDA or calcium-permeable AMPA receptors on neuronal membranes, leading to ionic influx, energetic stress and potential neuronal death. The metabolic response of neurons to excitotoxicity is complex and plays a key role in the ability of the neuron to adapt and recover from such an insult. Single-cell imaging is a powerful experimental technique that can be used to study the neuronal metabolic response to excitotoxicity in vitro and, increasingly, in vivo. Here, we review some of the knowledge of the neuronal metabolic response to excitotoxicity gained from in vitro single-cell imaging, including calcium and ATP dynamics and their effects on mitochondrial function, along with the contribution of glucose metabolism, oxidative stress and additional neuroprotective signalling mechanisms. Future work will combine knowledge gained from single-cell imaging with data from biochemical and computational techniques to garner holistic information about the metabolic response to excitotoxicity at the whole brain level and transfer this knowledge to a clinical setting.
- Subjects
CELL imaging; CELL metabolism; CELL-mediated cytotoxicity; NEURODEGENERATION; BRAIN injuries; CELLULAR signal transduction; NEUROLOGICAL disorder prevention
- Publication
Journal of Bioenergetics & Biomembranes, 2015, Vol 47, Issue 1/2, p75
- ISSN
0145-479X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10863-014-9578-4