title: Pyruvate improves recovery after PARP-1-associated energy failure induced by oxidative stress in neonatal rat cerebrocortical slices.
abstract: Previous neuron and glial cell culture studies of excessive poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP-1) activation found NAD(+) depletion, glycolytic arrest, and cell death that could be avoided by exogenous tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA) metabolites, especially pyruvate (pyr). Pyruvate neuroprotection has been attributed to cytosolic NAD(+) replenishment, TCA metabolism, and antioxidant activity. We investigated the first two mechanisms in respiring cerebrocortical slices after a 1-h H(2)O(2) exposure to activate PARP-1. H(2)O(2) was followed by a 4-h recovery with oxy-artificial cerebrospinal fluid superfusion having either: (1) no glucose (glc) or pyruvate; (2) 10 mmol/L glc only; (3) 10 mmol/L pyruvate only; (4) both 10 mmol/L glc and 10 mmol/L pyruvate. Poly-ADP-ribosylation was quantified from Western blots and immunohistochemistry. Perchloric acid extracts were quantified with 14.1 T (31)P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Just after H(2)O(2) exposure, ATP and NAD(+) decreased by approximately 50%, PCr decreased by 75%, and the ADP/ATP ratio approximately doubled. ATP and NAD(+) changes, but not PCr changes, were nearly eliminated if PARP inhibitors accompanied the H(2)O(2). Recovery with both pyruvate and glc was better than with glc alone, having higher ATP (0.161 versus 0.075, P<0.01) and PCr levels (0.144 versus 0.078, P<0.01), and higher viable cell counts in TUNEL and Fluoro-Jade B staining. Two-dimensional [(1)H-(13)C] HSQC spectra showed metabolism during recovery of (13)C glc or pyr. Pyruvate metabolism was primarily via pyruvate dehydrogenase, with some via pyruvate carboxylation. Pyruvate superfusion of PARP-injured brain slices helps replenish NAD(+) while providing metabolic fuel. Although this augments recovery, a strong antioxidant role for pyruvate has not been ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0648, USA.
authors.forename: Jianying
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Guo-Yuan
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Weihai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ying
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirai
authors.forename: Thomas L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: James
authors.forename: Raymond A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Litt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002952:Citric Acid Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D006019:Glycolysis / Q000187:drug effects; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D020287:In Situ Nick-End Labeling; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000737:chemistry; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000502:physiology*; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D010472:Perchlorates; D009243:NAD; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; C499322:Parp1 protein, rat; D000071137:Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases