PMID- 26526227 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161221 LR - 20161230 IS - 1532-2785 (Electronic) IS - 0143-4179 (Linking) VI - 56 DP - 2016 Apr TI - Mystixin-7 mini-peptide protects ionotropic glutamatergic mechanisms against oxygen-glucose deprivation in vitro. PG - 51-7 LID - S0143-4179(15)00111-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.npep.2015.10.004 [doi] AB - The aim of the present study was to explore the neuroprotective effects of the mystixin-7 mini-peptide (MTX, a synthetic corticotropin-releasing-factor-like, 7-amino-acid peptide) on an in vitro oxygen glucose deprivation model (OGD, 10min). The study used a technique of on-line monitoring of changes in alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic receptor (AMPAR) and N-methyl-d-aspartic acid receptor (NMDAR)-mediated field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) in the olfactory cortex slices in the OGD model. OGD resulted in an irreversible blockade of both AMPAR and NMDAR activity. Pretreatment of slices by MTX and their subsequent exposure to OGD resulted in decreased activity of these postsynaptic mechanisms (AMPARs, 71%; NMDARs, 68% as compared to baseline), but they were not blocked altogether. The degree protection of activity of both AMPARs and NMDARs had dose-dependent manner, with a maximal effect at 100mg/mL. These protective effects were retained after the removal of MTX from the bathing medium. To evaluate the protective efficacy of MTX on NMDARs, the slices were pretreated by MTX and exposed to OGD and then treated with l-glutamate (1mM). NMDARs' response to application of l-glutamate was minimal at higher concentrations of MTX and maximal at lower concentrations. These findings indicate that the molecules of MTX interact with a certain amount of NMDARs, and thereby protect them from the OGD. Pretreatment of slices with MTX contributed to the protection of network activity against OGD and promoted the development of the learning process in the form of long-term potentiation. To specify the protective effects of MTX, it was denatured by trypsin. The proteolytic cleavage of MTX resulted to a significant decrease in the activity of both AMPARs and NMDARs against OGD as compared with that of the native peptide. Together, these findings provide further insight into the protective potential of the MTX mini-peptide. We believe that the data presented can be the basis for the development of therapeutics MTX-based medications for the treatment of the ischemic stroke. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Mokrushin, Anatoly A AU - Mokrushin AA AD - I. P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Science, 199034, nab. Makarova, 6, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: mok@inbox.ru. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20151028 PL - Netherlands TA - Neuropeptides JT - Neuropeptides JID - 8103156 RN - 0 (Oligopeptides) RN - 0 (Receptors, AMPA) RN - 0 (Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate) RN - 0 (mystixin 7) RN - 9015-71-8 (Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone/analogs & derivatives MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials/drug effects MH - Glucose/metabolism MH - Hypoxia/*physiopathology/prevention & control MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Neurons/*drug effects/*physiology MH - Olfactory Cortex/*drug effects/*physiology MH - Oligopeptides/*administration & dosage MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Receptors, AMPA/*physiology MH - Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/*physiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - AMPARs OT - Mystixin-7 mini-peptide OT - NMDARs OT - OGD EDAT- 2015/11/04 06:00 MHDA- 2016/12/22 06:00 CRDT- 2015/11/04 06:00 PHST- 2015/05/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/12/22 06:00 [medline] AID - S0143-4179(15)00111-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.npep.2015.10.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropeptides. 2016 Apr;56:51-7. doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2015.10.004. Epub 2015 Oct 28.