Abstract:
:Methionine sulfoximine (MSO) is a rare amino acid. It occurs in nature or as a by-product of some forms of food processing. A notable example of the latter was a former method for bleaching wheat flour, using nitrogen trichloride, the "agene process," in use for most of the first 50 years of this century. "Agenized" flour was found to be responsible for various neurological disorders in animals, and MSO was identified as the toxic factor. The agene process was subsequently discontinued in the United States and the United Kingdom circa 1950. MSO inhibits the synthesis of both glutathione and glutamine, and it is possible that its actions on the nervous system arise from alterations in the amount or distribution of these molecules. Structurally, MSO resembles glutamate, an observation that has also raised the possibility that it might have more direct glutamate-like actions on neurons. In the present investigation, we report excitatory and toxic actions of MSO in an in vitro preparation of adult rat cortex. Field potential recordings in this preparation show that MSO application evokes a sustained depolarization, which can be blocked by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist L-(+)-2-amino-5-phosphonovalerate (AP5). However, competition assays using MSO on [3H]CGP-39653 (DL-(E)-2-amino-4-propyl-1-phosphono-3-pentenoate) binding in rat cortical homogenates show only 20% displacement of total binding, suggesting that MSO is acting indirectly, perhaps by releasing glutamate. To investigate this possibility, we measured glutamate release during MSO application. Time course and dose-response experiments with MSO showed significant [3H]glutamate release, which was partially attenuated by AP5. To assess cellular toxicity, we measured lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release from cortical sections exposed to MSO. MSO treatment led to a rapid increase in LDH activity, which could be blocked by AP5. These data suggest that MSO acts by increasing glutamate release, which then activates NMDA receptors, leading to excitotoxic cell death. These data suggest the possibility that MSO in processed flour had excitotoxic actions that may have been contributing factors to some human neuronal disorders.
journal_name
Can J Physiol Pharmacoljournal_title
Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacologyauthors
Shaw CA,Bains JS,Pasqualotto BA,Curry Ksubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-11-01 00:00:00pages
871-7issue
11eissn
0008-4212issn
1205-7541journal_volume
77pub_type
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