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Cultured Astroglia Release a Neuronotoxic Activity That Is Not Related to the Excitotoxins
Leprince, Pierre; Lefebvre, Philippe; rigo, Jean-Michel et al.
1989In Brain Research, 502 (1), p. 21-7
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Abstract :
[en] Neuronal death after brain injury is thought to be in part the result of the activity of the excitotoxins, a family of excitatory amino acids which are released by neurones. We have also described an astroglial cell-derived neuronotoxic activity of low molecular weight whose release can be induced by depolarizing events such as an increase in extracellular potassium concentration. We study here the relationship between this astroglia-derived neuronotoxic activity present in astroglia-conditioned medium (ACM) and the excitotoxins. Using a colorimetric assay of neuronal survival, we show that the ACM neuronotoxic activity, is able to induce the death of all types of neurones tested, including those which are insensitive to excitotoxins. Furthermore, the ACM neuronotoxic activity does not require for its action the extracellular ionic composition which is needed for the activity of excitotoxins. Finally, the ACM neuronotoxic activity is not blocked by competitive or non-competitive antagonists of the various classes of excitotoxin receptors. Those data demonstrate that the astroglia-derived neuronotoxic activity is not related to the excitotoxins. Still, because astrocytes can also be depolarized by members of the excitotoxin family, the possibility exists that the release of astroglia-derived neuronotoxic activity would follow the rise in extracellular excitatory amino acid concentration during nervous system injury.
Disciplines :
Anatomy (cytology, histology, embryology...) & physiology
Author, co-author :
Leprince, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > CNCM/ Centre fac. de rech. en neurobiologie cell. et moléc.
Lefebvre, Philippe ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > O.R.L.
rigo, Jean-Michel
Delree, P.
Rogister, Bernard  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences biomédicales et précliniques > Biochimie et physiologie générales, et biochimie humaine
Moonen, Gustave  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neurologie - Doyen de la Faculté de Médecine
Language :
English
Title :
Cultured Astroglia Release a Neuronotoxic Activity That Is Not Related to the Excitotoxins
Publication date :
13 November 1989
Journal title :
Brain Research
ISSN :
0006-8993
eISSN :
1872-6240
Publisher :
Elsevier, Netherlands
Volume :
502
Issue :
1
Pages :
21-7
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]
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