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:Glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity is involved in many acute and chronic brain diseases. Dynamin related protein 1 (Drp-1), one of the GTPase family of proteins that regulate mitochondrial fission and fusion balance, is associated with apoptotic cell death in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Here we investigated the effect of downregulating Drp-1 on glutamate excitotoxicity-induced neuronal injury in HT22 cells. We found that downregulation of Drp-1 with specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) increased cell viability and inhibited lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release after glutamate treatment. Downregulation of Drp-1 also inhibited an increase in the Bax/Bcl-2 ratio and cleavage of caspase-9 and caspase-3. Drp-1 siRNA transfection preserved the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), reduced cytochrome c release, enhanced ATP production, and partly prevented mitochondrial swelling. In addition, Drp-1 knockdown attenuated glutamate-induced increases of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial Ca(2+), and preserved the mitochondrial Ca(2+) buffering capacity after excitotoxicity. Taken together, these results suggest that downregulation of Drp-1 protects HT22 cells against glutamate-induced excitatory damage, and this neuroprotection may be dependent at least in part on the preservation of mitochondrial function through regulating intracellular calcium homeostasis.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Zhang C,Yuan XR,Li HY,Zhao ZJ,Liao YW,Wang XY,Su J,Sang SS,Liu Qdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.11.072subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-01-03 00:00:00pages
138-43issue
1eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(13)01965-7journal_volume
443pub_type
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