title: Effects of the 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid analogue NCR-631 on anoxia-, IL-1 beta- and LPS-induced hippocampal pyramidal cell loss in vitro.
abstract: The kynurenine pathway intermediate 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3-HANA) is converted by 3-HANA 3,4-dioxygenase (3-HAO) to the putative neuropathogen quinolinic acid (QUIN). In the present study, the neuroprotective effects of the 3-HANA analogue and 3-HAO inhibitor NCR-631 was investigated using organotypic cultures of rat hippocampus. An anoxic lesion was induced by exposing the cultures to 100% N2 for 150 min, resulting in a pronounced loss of pyramidal neurons, as identified using NMDA-R1 receptor subunit immunohistochemistry. NCR-631 provided a concentration-dependent protective effect against the anoxia. NCR-631 was also found to counteract the loss of pyramidal neurons in two models of neuroinflammatory-related damage; incubation with either LPS (10 ng/ml) or IL-1 beta (10 IU/ml). The findings suggest that NCR-631 has neuroprotective properties and that it may be a useful tool to study the role of kynurenines in neurodegeneration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Preclinical R&D, Astra Arcus AB, Södertälje, Sweden.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luthman
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Radesäter
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Oberg
mesh_terms: D015095:3-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000378:metabolism; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: C104255:4,6-dibromo-3-hydroxyanthranilic acid; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D015095:3-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid; D016202:N-Methylaspartate