title: [Effect of beta-amyloid protein on calcium channels in plasma membranes of cultured hippocampal neurons].
abstract: Anomalous accumulation of beta-amyloid peptide in cerebral neurons plays central role in pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). One of the essential pathogenetic factors at AD is disturbance of calcium homeostasis in neurons of central nervous system. It was determined in this work that 24-hour incubation of hippocampal cell culture with beta-amyloid peptide caused more than twofold elevation of basal calcium concentration relatively to control value (153.4 +/- 11.5 and 71.7 +/- 5.4 nM respectively; P < 0.05, n=7). Using whole cell patch-clamp technique it was detected that calcium current density in beta-amyloid-treated cells was 70% higher (P < 0.05, n=12) than in control ones. Obtained data broaden our comprehension of disturbance of molecular mechanisms of calcium homeostasis in neurons in AD, particularly mechanisms of elevation of basal calcium concentration by means of enhancement of calcium influx through plasmalemmal voltage-gated calcium channels.
authors.forename: T Iu
authors.initials: TIu
authors.lastname: Korol'
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Kostiuk
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kostiuk
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000187:drug effects; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006706:Homeostasis; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D015220:Calcium Channels; D002118:Calcium