title: Chronic exposure of kainate and NBQX changes AMPA toxicity in hippocampal slice cultures.
abstract: Receptor agonist/antagonist mediated modulation of the excitotoxic effect of AMPA was studied in organotypic hippocampal slice cultures. Treatment of developing cultures for 2 weeks with a subtoxic dose of 2 microM kainate reduced the toxicity of 3 microM AMPA, applied for 48 h with 24 h of recovery, as measured by cellular uptake of the fluorescent dye propidium iodide. In contrast long-term treatment with 0.3 microM of the AMPA/KA antagonist NBQX increased the susceptibility of the cultures to an even lower dose of 2 microM AMPA. The modulatory effects of long-term application of low doses of kainate and NBQX, have implications for the development and use of related drugs that aim to protect against glutamate receptor-mediated disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience PharmaBiotec, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Biology, SDU-Odense University, Winsloewparken 21, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jakobsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D011810:Quinoxalines; C062865:2,3-dioxo-6-nitro-7-sulfamoylbenzo(f)quinoxaline; D018350:alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid; D007608:Kainic Acid