Journal article
Characterization of Zinc-Induced Neuronal Death in Primary Cultures of Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells
Experimental neurology, v 146(1), pp 171-178
Jul 1997
PMID: 9225750
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Abstract
Although zinc is essential for the activity of numerous biological systems, and zinc deficiency has been associated with various pathologies, this metal can also exert direct neurotoxic action. In primary cultures of rat cerebellar granule neurons, a brief, 15- to 30-min exposure to zinc (100–500 μM) resulted in concentration-dependent delayed neuronal death. The toxicity of zinc depended on the maturity of the neuronal cultures—it was not apparent prior to Day 5 and it reached a plateau at about 9–10 daysin vitro.We assayed cell injury by measuring mitochondrial functioning (MTT assay) and cell death with the trypan blue exclusion assay. Apoptosis was assayed by the morphological appearance of cells following fluorescence staining with propidium iodide and by thein situTUNEL technique. Mitochondrial injury was an early result of zinc treatment. Actinomycin D, an inhibitor of macromolecular synthesis, attenuated delayed cell death. The calcium channel blockers nimodipine and amlodipine reduced both mitochondrial injury and cell death; the blockade of ionotropic glutamate receptors with MK-801 or CNQX was ineffective. These results suggest that calcium channel-blocker-sensitive mitochondrial injury and DNA damage are operative in the protein-synthesis-dependent neurotoxicity of zinc. An imbalance of zinc homeostasis might play a role in the pathophysiology of apoptosis-associated neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Title
- Characterization of Zinc-Induced Neuronal Death in Primary Cultures of Rat Cerebellar Granule Cells
- Creators
- Hari Manev - University of Illinois at ChicagoElena Kharlamov - Allegheny-Singer Research InstituteTolga Uz - University of Illinois at ChicagoR.Preston Mason - Allegheny-Singer Research InstituteCinzia M. Cagnoli - Allegheny-Singer Research Institute
- Publication Details
- Experimental neurology, v 146(1), pp 171-178
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurology
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997XJ92200019
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0031194657
- Other Identifier
- 991019168872204721
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