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Antioxidant compounds and Ca(2+) pathway blockers differentially protect against methylmercury and mercuric chloride neurotoxicity.

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:The effects of the environmental contaminants methylmercury (MeHg) and inorganic mercury (HgCl(2)) on cell viability, intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation were studied in rat cerebellar granule neuron cultures using fluorescent methods. MeHg exhibited an LC(50) (2.47 microM) tenfold lower than that of HgCl(2) (26.40 microM). To study the involvement of oxidative stress and Ca(2+) homeostasis disruption in mercury-induced cytotoxicity, we tested the neuroprotective effects of several agents that selectively interfere with these mechanisms. After a 24 hr exposure, the cytotoxic effect of both mercury compounds was reduced by thapsigargin, an inhibitor of endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase; the Ca(2+) channel blocker flunarizine; and the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger blocker benzamil. All these compounds decreased the mercury-mediated [Ca(2+)](i) rise. These results indicate that Ca(2+) influx through Ca(2+) channels and the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger and Ca(2+) mobilization from the endoplasmic reticulum are involved in mercury-mediated cytotoxicity. The antioxidants probucol and propyl gallate reduced the HgCl(2) toxicity. Probucol and vitamin E partially inhibited the MeHg toxicity after a 24 hr period, whereas propyl gallate completely prevented this effect. Probucol slightly reduced ROS generation in methylmercury-exposed cultures and decreased mercury-mediated rise of [Ca(2+)](i). Propyl gallate abolished ROS generation and partially inhibited the increase of [Ca(2+)](i) induced by both mercury compounds. Propyl gallate also protected human cerebral cortical neuron cultures from the MeHg effect even after 72 hr of MeHg exposure, thus showing a long-lasting effect. Our data suggest that disruption of redox equilibrium and Ca(2+) homeostasis contribute equally to HgCl(2)-mediated toxicity, whereas oxidative stress is the main cause of MeHg neurotoxicity.

journal_name

J Neurosci Res

journal_title

Journal of neuroscience research

authors

Gassó S,Cristòfol RM,Selema G,Rosa R,Rodríguez-Farré E,Sanfeliu C

doi

10.1002/jnr.1205

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pub_date

2001-10-01 00:00:00

pages

135-45

issue

eissn

0360-4012

issn

1097-4547

pii

10.1002/jnr.1205

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Antioxidant compounds and Ca(2+) pathway blockers differentially protect against methylmercury and mercuric chloride neurotoxicity.