NMDA receptor overstimulation triggers a prolonged wave of immediate early gene expression: relationship to excitotoxicity

Experimental Neurology
Y ShanP D Walker

Abstract

Exposure of the rodent striatum to quinolinic acid (QA, N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor agonist) induces immediate early gene (IEG; c-fos, c-jun, jun-B, zif/268) expression that may extend 12-24 h after injection. In order to determine the specificity of the prolonged IEG response to the QA injection, the temporal pattern of c-fos mRNA expression was examined during the first 4 h after administration of saline or QA (40 micrograms). As early as 30 min after intrastriatal injection, both saline and QA increased c-fos mRNA levels. In the saline group, this increase in IEG expression was only transient and returned to baseline by 1 h. In contrast, c-fos mRNA levels within QA-injected animals continued to rise significantly at 1 and 4 h. In a second experiment, rats received 4 ng to 40-micrograms injections of QA followed by sacrifice at 6 h to determine if increasing QA doses caused the appearance of the prolonged IEG response phase. The prolonged IEG response was evident at 6 h only in animal groups that received higher dose ranges (4-40 micrograms) of QA. A final experiment was undertaken to determine if blockage of NMDA receptor stimulation would also inhibit the prolonged IEG response at 6 h in relationship to neuronal sparing e...Continue Reading

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