title: Neuronal cell death and reactive oxygen species.
abstract: 1. We have investigated the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cell death induced by ischemia or application of the excitatory amino acid agonist, N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or kainate (KA), in acutely isolated rat cerebellar granule cell neurons, studied by flow cytometry. Various fluorescent dyes were used to monitor intracellular calcium concentration, ROS concentration, membrane potential, and viability in acutely dissociated neurons subjected to ischemia and reoxygenation alone, NMDA or kainate alone, and ischemia and reoxygenation plus NMDA or kainate. 2. With ischemia followed by reoxygenation, ROS concentrations rose slightly and there was only a modest increase in cell death after 60 min. 3. When NMDA or kainate alone was applied to the cells there was a large increase in ROS and in intracellular calcium concentration but only a small loss of cellular viability. However, when NMDA or kainate was applied during the reoxygenation period there was a large loss of viability, accompanied by membrane depolarization, but the elevations of ROS and intracellular calcium concentration were not greater than seen with the excitatory amino acids alone. 4. These observations indicate that other factors beyond ROS and intracellular calcium concentration contribute to cell death in cerebellar granule cell neurons.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University at Albany, and Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, 12144-3456, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boldyrev
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Dyatlov
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: D O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Carpenter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007511:Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016202:N-Methylaspartate / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D016202:N-Methylaspartate; D007608:Kainic Acid; D002118:Calcium