PMID- 10457062 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991122 LR - 20190513 IS - 0022-3751 (Print) IS - 1469-7793 (Electronic) IS - 0022-3751 (Linking) VI - 519 Pt 2 IP - Pt 2 DP - 1999 Sep 1 TI - Glutamate-induced mitochondrial depolarisation and perturbation of calcium homeostasis in cultured rat hippocampal neurones. PG - 451-66 AB - 1. The objective of this study was to clarify the relationships between loss of mitochondrial potential and the perturbation of neuronal Ca2+ homeostasis induced by a toxic glutamate challenge. Digital fluorescence imaging techniques were employed to monitor simultaneously changes in cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and mitochondrial potential (DeltaPsim) in individual hippocampal neurones in culture coloaded with fura-2 AM or fura-2FF AM and rhodamine 123 (Rh 123). 2. In most cells (96 %) at 6-7 days in vitro (DIV) and in a small proportion of cells (29 %) at 11-17 DIV the [Ca2+]i increase induced by exposure to 100 microM glutamate for 10 min was associated with a small mitochondrial depolarisation, followed by mitochondrial repolarisation, and a degree of recovery of [Ca2+]i following glutamate washout. In the majority of neurones at 11-17 DIV (71 %), exposure to glutamate for 10 min induced a profound mono- or biphasic mitochondrial depolarisation, which was clearly correlated with a sustained [Ca2+]i plateau despite the removal of glutamate. 3. Addition of glutamate receptor antagonists (15 microM MK-801 plus 75 microM 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2, 3-dione (CNQX)) to the washout solution did not affect the post-glutamate [Ca2+]i plateau in neurones exhibiting a profound mitochondrial depolarisation but greatly improved [Ca2+]i recovery in those neurones undergoing only a small mitochondrial depolarisation, suggesting that the release of endogenous glutamate delays [Ca2+]i recovery in the postglutamate period. 4. Cyclosporin A (500 nM) or N-methyl Val-4-cyclosporin A (200 nM) delayed or even prevented the development of the second phase of mitochondrial depolarisation in cells at 11-17 DIV and increased the proportion of neurones exhibiting a small monophasic mitochondrial depolarisation and [Ca2+]i recovery upon glutamate removal. 5. We have thus described a striking correlation between mitochondrial depolarisation and the failure of cells to restore [Ca2+]i following a toxic glutamate challenge. These data suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a major role in the deregulation of [Ca2+]i associated with glutamate toxicity. FAU - Vergun, O AU - Vergun O AD - Department of Physiology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. o.vergun@ucl.ac.uk FAU - Keelan, J AU - Keelan J FAU - Khodorov, B I AU - Khodorov BI FAU - Duchen, M R AU - Duchen MR LA - eng GR - Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - J Physiol JT - The Journal of physiology JID - 0266262 RN - 1KSV9V4Y4I (Cesium) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 8L70Q75FXE (Adenosine Triphosphate) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphate/physiology MH - Animals MH - Calcium/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cesium/pharmacology MH - Electrophysiology MH - Glutamic Acid/*toxicity MH - Hippocampus/cytology/drug effects/*physiology MH - Homeostasis/*drug effects MH - Image Processing, Computer-Assisted MH - Kinetics MH - Mitochondria/drug effects/*physiology MH - Neurons/drug effects/*physiology MH - Rats PMC - PMC2269520 EDAT- 1999/08/24 00:00 MHDA- 1999/08/24 00:01 PMCR- 2000/09/01 CRDT- 1999/08/24 00:00 PHST- 1999/08/24 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/08/24 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/08/24 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PHY_9345 [pii] AID - 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0451m.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Physiol. 1999 Sep 1;519 Pt 2(Pt 2):451-66. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.0451m.x.