PMID- 10686066 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000329 LR - 20131121 IS - 0014-4886 (Print) IS - 0014-4886 (Linking) VI - 161 IP - 2 DP - 2000 Feb TI - Differential effects of BDNF, ADNF9, and TNFalpha on levels of NMDA receptor subunits, calcium homeostasis, and neuronal vulnerability to excitotoxicity. PG - 442-52 AB - Calcium influx through N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors can result in neuronal apoptosis or necrosis and may play a pivotal role in neuronal death in many different neurodegenerative diseases. In the present study we employed primary neuronal cultures and three different excitoprotective factors, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), activity-dependent neurotrophic factor (ADNF9), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), to elucidate the mechanisms whereby trophic factors modify the excitotoxic process. Neurons pretreated with BDNF exhibited increased levels of the NMDA receptor subunits NR1 and NR2A, which was associated with increased calcium responses to NMDA and vulnerability to excitotoxic necrosis and reduced vulnerability to apoptosis. ADNF9 and TNFalpha suppressed calcium responses to glutamate and protected neurons against both excitotoxic necrosis and apoptosis, but had no effect on levels of NMDA receptor subunits. Inhibition of phosphorylation and DNA binding of NF-kappaB, by H7 and kappaB decoy DNA, respectively, suggest that the excitotoxic-modulating actions of BDNF are mediated by kinases, while those of ADNF9 and TNFalpha are mediated by both kinases and the transcription factor NF-kappaB. Our data show that, whereas BDNF increases neuronal responses to glutamate while ADNF9 and TNFalpha decrease the same, all three protect against excitotoxic apoptosis. CI - Copyright 2000 Academic Press. FAU - Glazner, G W AU - Glazner GW AD - Sanders-Brown Research Center on Aging, Department of Anatomy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536, Kentucky, USA. FAU - Mattson, M P AU - Mattson MP LA - eng GR - NRSA467305/NR/NINR NIH HHS/United States GR - NS29001/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - NS35253/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - etc. PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Exp Neurol JT - Experimental neurology JID - 0370712 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (NR2A NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (NR2B NMDA receptor) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Neurotoxins) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 3KX376GY7L (Glutamic Acid) RN - 6LR8C1B66Q (Dizocilpine Maleate) RN - 77521-29-0 (alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid) RN - 84477-87-2 (1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine) RN - SY7Q814VUP (Calcium) SB - IM MH - 1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine/pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Brain/cytology/*physiology MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - Calcium/*metabolism MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dizocilpine Maleate/pharmacology MH - Embryo, Mammalian MH - Glutamic Acid/pharmacology MH - Homeostasis MH - Kinetics MH - Necrosis MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/*pharmacology MH - Neurons/cytology/drug effects/*physiology MH - Neurotoxins/*toxicity MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology MH - alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid/pharmacology EDAT- 2000/02/25 09:00 MHDA- 2000/04/01 09:00 CRDT- 2000/02/25 09:00 PHST- 2000/02/25 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/04/01 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/02/25 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0014-4886(99)97242-4 [pii] AID - 10.1006/exnr.1999.7242 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Neurol. 2000 Feb;161(2):442-52. doi: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7242.