PMID- 27278758 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170404 LR - 20181113 IS - 1573-6903 (Electronic) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 10 DP - 2016 Oct TI - Experimental Evidence that 3-Methylglutaric Acid Disturbs Mitochondrial Function and Induced Oxidative Stress in Rat Brain Synaptosomes: New Converging Mechanisms. PG - 2619-2626 AB - 3-Methylglutaric acid (3MGA) is an organic acid that accumulates in various organic acidemias whose patients present neurodegeneration events in children coursing with metabolic acidurias. Limited evidence describes the toxic mechanisms elicited by 3MGA in the brain. Herein, we explored the effects of 3MGA on different toxic endpoints in synaptosomal and mitochondrial-enriched fractions of adult rat brains to provide novel information on early mechanisms evoked by this metabolite. At 1 and 5 mM concentration, 3MGA increased lipid peroxidation, but decreased mitochondrial function only at 5 mM concentration. Despite less intense effects were obtained at 1 mM concentration, its co-administration with the kynurenine pathway (KP) metabolite and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr) agonist, quinolinic acid (QUIN, 50 and 100 microM), produced toxic synergism on markers of oxidative stress and mitochondrial function. The toxicity of 3MGA per se (5 mM) was prevented by the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55,212-2 and the NMDAr antagonist kynurenic acid (KYNA), suggesting cannabinoid and glutamatergic components in the 3MGA pattern of toxicity. The synergic model (3MGA + QUIN) was also sensitive to KYNA and the antioxidant S-allylcysteine, but not to the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor L-nitroarginine methyl ester. These findings suggest various underlying mechanisms involved in the neurotoxicity of 3MGA that may possibly contribute to the neurodegeneration observed in acidemias. FAU - Colin-Gonzalez, Ana Laura AU - Colin-Gonzalez AL AD - Laboratorio de Aminoacidos Excitadores, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, S.S.A., 14269, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Paz-Loyola, Ariana Lizbeth AU - Paz-Loyola AL AD - Laboratorio de Aminoacidos Excitadores, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, S.S.A., 14269, Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - de Lima, Maria Eduarda AU - de Lima ME AD - Universidade Federal do Pampa, Uruguaiana, Brazil. FAU - Galvan-Arzate, Sonia AU - Galvan-Arzate S AD - Departamento de Neuroquimica, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, S.S.A., Mexico City, Mexico. FAU - Seminotti, Bianca AU - Seminotti B AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Ribeiro, Cesar Augusto Joao AU - Ribeiro CA AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Leipnitz, Guilhian AU - Leipnitz G AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Souza, Diogo Onofre AU - Souza DO AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Wajner, Moacir AU - Wajner M AD - Departamento de Bioquimica, Instituto de Ciencias Basicas da Saude, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. AD - Servico de Genetica Medica, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. FAU - Santamaria, Abel AU - Santamaria A AD - Laboratorio de Aminoacidos Excitadores, Instituto Nacional de Neurologia y Neurocirugia, S.S.A., 14269, Mexico City, Mexico. absada@yahoo.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160609 PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cannabinoid) RN - 3Q0P190C7B (3-methylglutaric acid) RN - CLA99KCD53 (Meglutol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/pharmacology MH - Brain/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects MH - Male MH - Meglutol/*analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Mitochondria/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Receptors, Cannabinoid/metabolism MH - Synaptosomes/*drug effects/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3-Methylglutaric acid OT - Cannabinoid system OT - Excitotoxicity OT - Mitochondrial dysfunction OT - Organic acidurias OT - Oxidative stress OT - Toxic organic acids EDAT- 2016/06/10 06:00 MHDA- 2017/04/05 06:00 CRDT- 2016/06/10 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/05/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/04/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/10 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s11064-016-1973-2 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s11064-016-1973-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2016 Oct;41(10):2619-2626. doi: 10.1007/s11064-016-1973-2. Epub 2016 Jun 9.