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Protective effects of nicotine on ethanol-induced toxicity in cultured cerebellar granule cells.

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:Alcoholism is associated with a higher incidence of smoking. In addition to the stimulatory effects of both ethanol and nicotine on the mesolimbic reward pathway, nicotine's ability to counteract some of the adverse effects of ethanol (e.g. ataxia) may be a powerful incentive for alcohol consumers to increase their tobacco (nicotine) intake. The cerebellum is believed to play an important role in ethanol-induced ataxia. In this study, we sought to test the hypothesis that nicotine would protect against toxic effects of ethanol in primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells. Moreover, it was postulated that the effects of nicotine would be mediated through nicotinic receptors. Primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells were prepared from 20-day embryos obtained from timed-pregnant Sprague Dawley rats. Cells were cultured for 10 days and were then exposed for 3 days to various concentrations of ethanol with and without pretreatment with nicotine and nicotinic antagonists. Cellular toxicity was evaluated by measuring the lactate dehydrogenase level. Administration of ethanol (10-100 mM) resulted in a dose-dependent toxicity. Pretreatment with nicotine 1-20 micro M resulted in a dose-dependent protection against ethanol-induced toxicity. The effects of nicotine were blocked by pretreatment with nicotinic antagonists such as mecamylamine 1-20 micro M, dihydro-beta-erythroidine 1.0 nM-1.0 micro M and methyllycaconitine 5 nM-5 micro M in a dose-dependent manner. Thus, ethanol-induced cytotoxicity in primary cultures of cerebellar granule cells is blocked by pretreatment with nicotine. The effects of nicotine, in turn, may be blocked by nicotinic antagonists, implicating both high and low affinity nicotinic receptors in mediating the actions of nicotine. The exact mechanism of ethanol-induced toxicity and/or neuroprotection through activation of nicotinic receptors in this paradigm remains to be elucidated. The neuroprotective effect of nicotine against ethanol-induced toxicity in cerebellar neurons may be a contributing factor to the high incidence of smoking among alcoholics.

journal_name

Neurotox Res

journal_title

Neurotoxicity research

authors

Tizabi Y,Al-Namaeh M,Manaye KF,Taylor RE

doi

10.1007/BF03033151

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pub_date

2003-01-01 00:00:00

pages

315-21

issue

eissn

1029-8428

issn

1476-3524

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Protective effects of nicotine on ethanol-induced toxicity in cultured cerebellar granule cells.