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Volume 17, Number 3, Issue of February 1, 1997 pp. 1055-1063
Copyright ©1997 Society for Neuroscience

Role of NMDA and Non-NMDA Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors in Traumatic Spinal Cord Axonal Injury

Received Oct. 11, 1996; revised Oct. 30, 1996; accepted Nov. 6, 1996.

Sandeep K. Agrawal and Michael G. Fehlings

Spinal Cord Injury Neurophysiology Laboratory, Playfair Neuroscience Unit, Toronto Hospital Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 2S8

We examined the role of glutamatergic mechanisms in acute injury to rat spinal cord white matter. Compound action potentials (CAPs) were recorded from isolated dorsal column segments in vitro. Under control conditions (Ringer's solution), the CAPs decreased to 71.4 ± 2.0% of preinjury values after compression injury with a clip exerting a closing force of 2 g. The combination of the NMDA receptor blocker APV (50 µM) and the AMPA/kainate (KA) receptor blocker CNQX (10 µM) resulted in significantly improved recovery of CAP amplitude postinjury; however, the NMDA receptor antagonist APV alone did not enhance postinjury recovery, and infusion of NMDA (10 µM) did not affect recovery of the CAPs. In contrast, the AMPA/KA receptor blockers NBQX (10 µM) or CNQX (10 µM) significantly enhanced the recovery of CAP amplitude postinjury. The agonists AMPA (100 µM) or KA (100 µM) resulted in significant attenuation of CAP amplitude postinjury. Coapplication of AMPA/KA plus NBQX and CNQX was also associated with improved functional recovery. After incubation with AMPA and KA, Co²⁺-positive glia were visualized in spinal cord white matter. Similar results were seen after compressive injury but not in control cords. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis demonstrated AMPA (GluR4)- and KA (GluR6/7 and KA2)-positive astrocytes in spinal cord white matter. In summary, non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptors seem to be involved in the pathophysiology of traumatic spinal cord injury. The presence of AMPA (GluR4) and KA (GluR6/7 and KA2) receptors on periaxonal astrocytes suggests a role for these cells in glutamatergic white matter injury.

Key words: rat; spinal cord injury; calcium; NMDA; AMPA/kainate; cobalt; immunocytochemistry; axons; glia

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