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- Title
Mitochondrial permeability transition and calcium dynamics in striatal neurons upon intense NMDA receptor activation.
- Authors
Alano, Conrad C; Beutner, Gisela; Dirksen, Robert T; Gross, Robert A; Sheu, Shey-Shing
- Abstract
Deregulation of the intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis by NMDA receptor activation leads to neuronal cell death. Induction of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (MPT) by Ca2+ is a critical event in mediating cell death. In this study, we used fluorescent Ca2+ indicators to investigate the effect of high concentrations of NMDA on cytosolic and mitochondrial Ca2+ concentrations ([Ca2+]c and [Ca2+]m, respectively) in cultured striatal neurons. Exposure to NMDA resulted in an immediate, sustained increase in [Ca2+]c followed by a secondary increase in [Ca2+]c. This second increase of [Ca2+]c was prevented by pretreatment with N-methyl-valine-4-cyclosporin (NMV-Cys). Exposure of neurons to NMDA also resulted in an increase in [Ca2+]m that was followed by a precipitous decrease in the rhod-2 signal. This decrease followed the time frame of the secondary increase in [Ca2+]c. Preincubation of the neurons with NMV-Cys prevented the decrease in rhod-2 fluorescence. These dynamic changes in the rhod-2 signal and [Ca2+]m in response to NMDA were confirmed by using confocal microscopy. The presented results indicate that MPT can be detected in living neurons using fluorescent Ca2+ indicators, which would allow the study of the physiological role of MPT in cell death.
- Publication
Journal of neurochemistry, 2002, Vol 80, Issue 3, p531
- ISSN
0022-3042
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.0022-3042.2001.00738.x