title: Effects of salicylic acid in glutamate- and kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity in cerebellar granular cell culture of rats.
abstract: Glutamate (10(-7)m) and one of its non-NMDA receptor agonists, kainic acid (10(-4)m), were administered to rat cerebellar granular cell cultures, and the neuroprotective role of salicylic acid was examined. Glutamate induced 38.58 +/- 1.45% neuronal cell death while kainic acid induced only 21.4 +/- 2.01% despite being 1000 times more concentrated. The most effective dose for the neuroprotective effect of salicylate in glutamate-induced neurotoxicity was 10(-5)m and it had no protective effect at 10(-7)m. With kainic acid-induced toxicity, 10(-6)m salicylate had no protective effect but 10(-5)m and. 10(-4)m salicylic acid were very effective against kainic acid-induced toxicity. As an OH-trapping agent, salicylate had a protective role in NMDA and non-NMDA receptor-activated neuronal cell death. The present study gives some important clues about oxygen free radical generation having an important role in glutamate- and kainic acid-induced neurotoxicity. On the other hand, the neuroprotective effects of salicylic acid in the present study may depend on the pH alterations in salicylic acid solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gepdiremen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hacimüftüoglu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Düzenli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oztaş
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Süleyman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020156:Salicylic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D020156:Salicylic Acid; D007608:Kainic Acid