PMID: 11900857Mar 20, 2002Paper

Quinolinic acid stimulates synaptosomal glutamate release and inhibits glutamate uptake into astrocytes

Neurochemistry International
Rejane G TavaresDiogo O Souza

Abstract

Quinolinic acid (QA) is an endogenous neurotoxin involved in various neurological diseases, whose action seems to be exerted via glutamatergic receptors. However, the exact mechanism responsible for the neurotoxicity of QA is far from being understood. We have previously reported that QA inhibits vesicular glutamate uptake. In this work, investigating the effects of QA on the glutamatergic system from rat brain, we have demonstrated that QA (from 0.1 to 10mM) had no effect on synaptosomal L-[3H]glutamate uptake. The effect of QA on glutamate release in basal (physiological K+ concentration) or depolarized (40 mM KCl) conditions was evaluated. QA did not alter K+-stimulated glutamate release, but 5 and 10mM QA significantly increased basal glutamate release. The effect of dizolcipine (MK-801), a noncompetitive antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor on glutamate release was investigated. MK-801 (5 microM) did not alter glutamate release per se, but completely abolished the QA-induced glutamate release. NMDA (50 microM) also stimulated glutamate release, without altering QA-induced glutamate release, suggesting that QA effects were exerted via NMDA receptors. QA (5 and 10mM) decreased glutamate uptake into astrocyte ce...Continue Reading

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