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Hyperhomocysteinemia leads to exacerbation of ischemic brain damage: Role of GluN2A NMDA receptors

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العنوان: Hyperhomocysteinemia leads to exacerbation of ischemic brain damage: Role of GluN2A NMDA receptors
المؤلفون: Ankur Jindal, Sathyanarayanan Rajagopal, Lucas Winter, Joshua W. Miller, Donald W. Jacobsen, Jonathan Brigman, Andrea M. Allan, Surojit Paul, Ranjana Poddar
المصدر: Neurobiology of Disease, Vol 127, Iss , Pp 287-302 (2019)
بيانات النشر: Elsevier, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: LCC:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
مصطلحات موضوعية: Hyperhomocysteinemia, GluN2A-NMDA receptors (also known as NR2A-NMDA receptors), GluN2B-NMDA receptors (also known as NR2B-NMDA receptors), ERK MAPK, GluN2A-NMDA receptor knockout mice, Middle cerebral artery occlusion, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571
الوصف: Hyperhomocysteinemia has been implicated in several neurodegenerative disorders including ischemic stroke. However, the pathological consequences of ischemic insult in individuals predisposed to hyperhomocysteinemia and the associated etiology are unknown. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of transient ischemic stroke in a rodent model of hyperhomocysteinemia, developed by subcutaneous implantation of osmotic pumps containing L-homocysteine into male Wistar rats. Our findings show a 42.3% mortality rate in hyperhomocysteinemic rats as compared to 7.7% in control rats. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain in the surviving rats shows that mild hyperhomocysteinemia leads to exacerbation of ischemic injury within 24 h, which remains elevated over time. Behavioral studies further demonstrate significant deficit in sensorimotor functions in hyperhomocysteinemic rats compared to control rats. Using pharmacological inhibitors targeting the NMDAR subtypes, the study further demonstrates that inhibition of GluN2A-containing NMDARs significantly reduces ischemic brain damage in hyperhomocysteinemic rats but not in control rats, indicating that hyperhomocysteinemia-mediated exacerbation of ischemic brain injury involves GluN2A-NMDAR signaling. Complementary studies in GluN2A-knockout mice show that in the absence of GluN2A-NMDARs, hyperhomocysteinemia-associated exacerbation of ischemic brain injury is blocked, confirming that GluN2A-NMDAR activation is a critical determinant of the severity of ischemic damage under hyperhomocysteinemic conditions. Furthermore, at the molecular level we observe GluN2A-NMDAR dependent sustained increase in ERK MAPK phosphorylation under hyperhomocysteinemic condition that has been shown to be involved in homocysteine-induced neurotoxicity. Taken together, the findings show that hyperhomocysteinemia triggers a unique signaling pathway that in conjunction with ischemia-induced pathways enhance the pathology of stroke under hyperhomocysteinemic conditions.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1095-953X
Relation: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996118303255; https://doaj.org/toc/1095-953X
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2019.03.012
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/36a60764914e4989b12870a868be9d15
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.36a60764914e4989b12870a868be9d15
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الوصف
تدمد:1095953X
DOI:10.1016/j.nbd.2019.03.012