title: Effects of antagonists of glutamate receptors on pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain cortex of rats subjected to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). Inflammatory cytokines and glutamate neurotoxicity have been proposed as major determinants accompanying the demyelination and axonal degeneration observed during the course of MS. The present study using the animal model of MS known as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) demonstrates that pharmacological inhibition of ionotropic NMDA glutamate receptors by their antagonists (amantadine and memantine) suppresses neurological symptoms of disease in EAE rats and reduces expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the brain. Conversely, antagonists of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors, mGluRs (LY 367385 and MPEP), do not affect the inflammatory process and the neurological condition of EAE rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pathoneurochemistry, Department of Neurochemistry, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, 5 Pawińskiego str., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland. gsulkowski@imdik.pan.pl
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sulkowski
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dąbrowska-Bouta
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chalimoniuk
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Strużyńska
mesh_terms: D000547:Amantadine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008559:Memantine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D018691:Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D016194:Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate; D000547:Amantadine; D008559:Memantine
keywords: Cytokines; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE); Glutamate receptors antagonists; Inflammation