title: Nitric oxide reduces astrocytic lactate production and induces neuronal vulnerability in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) leads to neuronal death in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R), including stroke. Here, we examined the NO-induced vulnerability of neurons and lactate production by astrocytes in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) in vitro. Neuronal cell death induced by the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) was significantly increased in SHRSP compared with Wistar kyoto rats (WKY). Furthermore, levels of lactate production by astrocytes were significantly reduced in SHRSP compared with WKY. At the same time, expressions of the lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) genes were significantly decreased by SNP in SHRSP compared with WKY. Moreover, in astrocytes isolated from SHRSP, the gene expression of isoforms of 6-phosphofracto-2-kinase (PFK2), a master regulator of glycolysis, namely PFK2.1, PFK2.2, PFK2.3, and PFK2.4, had deteriorated significantly. Notably, the SNP-evoked gene expression of PFK2.4 was lower in astrocytes of SHRSP than those of WKY. These results indicated that the neurons and astrocytes of SHRSP differed in responsiveness to SNP from those of WKY. This difference might explain the deficiency of energy and vulnerability to SNP of the neurons of SHRSP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University (NUBS), Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. kyamagat@brs.nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamagata
authors.forename: Motoki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tagami
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamori
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000166:cytology; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D027501:Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D027981:Symporters / Q000378:metabolism; D000099233:Monocarboxylate Transport Protein 1
chemical_list: D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D019344:Lactic Acid; D027501:Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D009599:Nitroprusside; D011506:Proteins; D027981:Symporters; D000099233:Monocarboxylate Transport Protein 1; C048633:Ptms protein, rat