title: Dipyridamole is neuroprotective for cultured rat embryonic cortical neurons.
abstract: The effects of a clinically useful cardiovascular agent, dipyridamole, were examined in a rodent tissue culture model of neuroprotection. Dipyridamole effectively protected rat embryonic day 18 (E18) cortical neurons from either 48 h trophic deprivation or 48 h exposure to the glutathione synthesis inhibitor, L-buthionine (R,S) sulfoximine. The neuron sparing actions of dipyridamole were time- and concentration-dependent and mimicked the actions of exogenously applied glutathione. These results demonstrate that dipyridamole protects primary neuronal cultures against either trophic or chemically mediated insults, and suggest that dipyridamole has a potent antioxidant ability that compensates for glutathione depletion in neuronal cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 07079, USA. blakeall@shu.edu
authors.forename: Allan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Blake
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004176:Dipyridamole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents; D010726:Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D004176:Dipyridamole; D005978:Glutathione