K-ATP channel openers facilitate glutamate uptake by GluTs in rat primary cultured Astrocytes |
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Authors: | Sun X L Zeng X N Zhou F Dai C P Ding J H Hu G Nanjing Med Univ Dept Anat Histol &Pharmacol Neuropharmacol Lab Nanjing Jiangsu Peoples R China |
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Institution: | Sun,X. L.,Zeng,X. N.,Zhou,F.,Dai,C. P.,Ding,J. H.,Hu,G. Nanjing Med Univ,Dept Anat Histol &Pharmacol,Neuropharmacol Lab,Nanjing 210029,Jiangsu,Peoples R China |
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Abstract: | Increasing evidence, including from our laboratory, has revealed that opening of ATP sensitive potassium channels(K-ATP channels) plays the neuronal protective roles both in vivo and in vitro. Thus K-ATP channel openers (KCOs) have been pro-posed as potential neuroprotectants. Our previous studies demonstrated that K-ATP channels could regulate glutamate uptake activity in PC12 cells as well as in synaptosomes of rats. Since glutamate transporters(GluTs) of astrocytes play crucial roles in glutamate up-take and KATP channels are also expressed in astrocytes, the present study showed whether and how KATP channels regulated the function of GluTs in primary cultured astrocytes. The results showed that nonselective KCO pinacidil, selective mitochondrial KCO diazoxide, novel, and blood-brain barrier permeable KCO iptakalim could enhance glutamate uptake, except for the sarcolemmal KCO P1075. Moreover pinacidil, diazoxide, and iptakalim reversed the inhibition of glutamate uptake induced by 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+). These potentiated effects were completely abolished by mitochondrial K-ATP blocker 5-hydroxydecanoate. Furthermore, either diazoxide or iptakalim could inhibit MPP+-induced elevation of reactive oxygen species(ROS) and phosphoryla-tion of protein kinases C(PKC). These findings are the first to demonstrate that activation of K-ATP channel, especially mitochondri-al K-ATP channel, improves the function of GluTs in astrocytes due to reducing ROS production and downregulating PKC phospho-rylation. Therefore, the present study not only reveals a novel pharmacological profile of KCOs as regulators of GluTs, but also pro-vides a new strategy for neuroprotection. |
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Keywords: | K-ATP channel opener glutamate uptake mitochondria iptakalim sensitive potassium channels dopaminergic mid-brain neurons excitatory amino-acids sulfonylurea receptor transporters expression iptakalim brain activation cardioprotection |
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