NMDA and non-NMDA receptor antagonists protect against excitotoxic injury in the rat spinal cord

Brain Research
S LiuR P Yezierski

Abstract

The neuroprotective properties of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist dizocilpine (MK-801) and the non-NMDA antagonists 2,3-dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo[f]quinoxaline (NBQX) and alpha-methyl-4-carboxyphenylglycine (MCPG) were evaluated against neuronal injury produced by the intraspinal injection of NMDA and alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA). Forty-nine animals were divided into eight groups in order to evaluate the effects of different drug combinations: (a) NMDA; (b) NMDA + MCPG; (c) NMDA + NBQX; (d) NMDA + MK-801; (e) AMPA; (f) AMPA + MCPG; (g) AMPA + MK-801; and (h) AMPA + NBQX. Drugs were microinjected into spinal segments T12-L3 through a micropipette attached to a Hamilton microliter syringe. Spinal cords were evaluated after a survival period of 48 h at which time NMDA and AMPA were found to produce morphological changes over the concentration ranges of 125-500 mM and 75-500 microM, respectively. Neuronal loss following injections of NMDA + MK-801 or AMPA + NBQX was significantly less than that following injections of NMDA or AMPA alone. By contrast, neuronal loss following co-injections of NMDA or AMPA with inappropriate antagonists, i.e., NMDA + NBQX/MCPG or AMPA + MCPG/MK-80...Continue Reading

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