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Volume 16, Number 18,
Issue of September 15, 1996
pp. 5688-5697
Copyright ©1996 Society for Neuroscience
Mitochondrial Depolarization in Glutamate-Stimulated Neurons: An
Early Signal Specific to Excitotoxin Exposure
Received April 26, 1996; revised June 26, 1996; accepted June 28, 1996.
R. James White and
Ian J. Reynolds
Center for Neuroscience and Department of Pharmacology, University
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
A brief exposure to high concentrations of glutamate kills
cultured forebrain neurons by an excitotoxic process that is dependent
on Ca2+ influx through the NMDA receptor. In this study, we
have measured striking changes in mitochondrial function during and
immediately after intense glutamate receptor activation. Using
indo-1 microfluorometry and a specific inhibitor of the mitochondrial
Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, CGP-37157, we have
demonstrated that mitochondria accumulate large quantities of
Ca2+ during a toxic glutamate stimulus and further that
Ca2+ efflux from mitochondria contributes to the
prolonged [Ca2+]i elevation after glutamate
removal. We then used JC-1
(5,5 ,6,6 -tetrachloro-1,1 ,3,3 -tetraethylbenzimidazolocarbocyanine
iodide), a ratiometric indicator of mitochondrial membrane potential
( ), to show that Ca2+ accumulation within the
organelle dissipates  . The abrupt loss of  after glutamate
stimulation did not occur in the presence of MK801 or in the absence of
extracellular Ca2+. The mitochondrial depolarization was
also cyclosporin A-sensitive, indicating a probable role for the
permeability transition pore. Hence mitochondrial Ca2+
accumulation and the subsequent permeability transition may be a
critical early event specific to the NMDA receptor-mediated excitotoxic
cascade.
Key words:
intracellular calcium;
permeability
transition pore;
NMDA;
excitotoxicity;
forebrain neurons;
CGP-37157
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