Alterations of glutamate release in the spinal cord of mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Journal of Neurochemistry
Antonella MarteErnesto Fedele

Abstract

We have investigated the spontaneous and the depolarisation-induced release of [(3)H]D-aspartate ([(3)H]D-ASP), a non-metabolisable analogue of glutamate, in spinal cord slices, synaptosomes and gliosomes from mice with experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) at 13, 21 and 55 days post-immunisation (d.p.i.), representing onset, peak and chronic phases of the pathology. At 13 and 21 d.p.i., the KCl-evoked, calcium-dependent overflow of [(3)H]D-ASP in spinal cord slices was significantly lower (30-40%), whereas at 55 d.p.i. it was significantly higher (30%), than that elicited in matched controls. When the release was measured from spinal cord synaptosomes and gliosomes in superfusion, a different picture emerged. The spontaneous and the KCl(15 mM)-induced release of [(3)H]D-ASP were significantly increased both in synaptosomes (17% and 45%, respectively) and gliosomes (26% and 25%, respectively) at 21, but not at 13, d.p.i. At 55 d.p.i., the KCl-induced [(3)H]D-ASP release was significantly increased (40%) only in synaptosomes. Finally, uptake of [(3)H]D-ASP was markedly (50-60%) increased in spinal cord synaptosomes, but not in gliosomes, obtained from EAE mice at 21 d.p.i., whereas no differences could be detected at 1...Continue Reading

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