Potentiation of nuclear activator protein-1 DNA binding following brief exposure to N-methyl-D-aspartate in immature cultured rat hippocampal neurons
✍ Scribed by Takao Hirai; Nobuyuki Kuramoto; Hiroko Maruyama; Vladimir J. Balcar; Yoichi Nakamura; Yukio Yoneda
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Similar potentiation was seen with the nuclear transcription factor activator preotein‐1 (AP1) binding in rat hippocampal neurons cultured for 3 and 9 DIV, when determined immediately after exposure to 500 μM N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) for 60–120 min. Growth‐associated protein‐43 was markedly expressed in hippocampal neurons cultured for 3–5 DIV, with a decline up to 9 DIV. In immature neurons cultured for 3 DIV, NMDA was effective in significantly potentiating AP1 binding even in the presence of Mg^2+^ with less potency than in the absence of Mg^2+^ when determined immediately after sustained exposure for 120 min. When determined 120 min after brief exposure for 5 min, by contrast, NMDA significantly potentiated AP1 binding at a range of 100–500 μM only in the absence of Mg^2+^ in immature neurons cultured for 3 DIV. At least 60 min was required for significant potentiation of AP1 binding as an interval between brief exposure and subsequent cell harvest. Dizocilpine abolished the potentiation determined 120 min after brief exposure to 500 μM NMDA, and both dantrolene and nifedipine were similarly effective in significantly preventing the potentiation at 10–50 μM. These results suggest that NMDA may potentiate AP1 binding following a sustained increase in intracellular free Ca^2+^ concentrations through influxes across NMDA‐operated and L‐type voltage‐sensitive Ca^2+^ channels, in addition to release from intracellular Ca^2+^ stores, in immature cultured rat hippocampal neurons. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.