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Enmein Decreases Synaptic Glutamate Release and Protects against Kainic Acid-Induced Brain Injury in Rats
Int J Mol Sci
This study investigated the effects of enmein, an active constituent of Isodon japonicus Hara, on glutamate release in rat cerebrocortical nerve terminals (synaptosomes) and evaluated its neuroprotective potential in a r
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- Reference Id
- 1815
- Evidence Id
- 18405
- Core Evidence Id
- 18405
- Source Reference Id
- 3615
- Herb2 Reference Id
- HBREF004412
- Subject Paper Key
- HBIN025093_34884781
- Pubmed Id
- 34884781
- Doi
- 10.3390/ijms222312966
- Paper Title
- Enmein Decreases Synaptic Glutamate Release and Protects against Kainic Acid-Induced Brain Injury in Rats
- Paper Abstract
- This study investigated the effects of enmein, an active constituent of Isodon japonicus Hara, on glutamate release in rat cerebrocortical nerve terminals (synaptosomes) and evaluated its neuroprotective potential in a rat model of kainic acid (KA)-induced glutamate excitotoxicity. Enmein inhibited depolarization-induced glutamate release, FM1-43 release, and Ca2+ elevation in cortical nerve terminals but had no effect on the membrane potential. Removing extracellular Ca2+ and blocking vesicular glutamate transporters, N- and P/Q-type Ca2+ channels, or protein kinase C (PKC) prevented the inhibition of glutamate release by enmein. Enmein also decreased the phosphorylation of PKC, PKC-alpha, and myristoylated alanine-rich C kinase substrates in synaptosomes. In the KA rat model, intraperitoneal administration of enmein 30 min before intraperitoneal injection of KA reduced neuronal cell death, glial cell activation, and glutamate elevation in the hippocampus. Furthermore, in the hippocampi of KA rats, enmein increased the expression of synaptic markers (synaptophysin and postsynaptic density protein 95) and excitatory amino acid transporters 2 and 3, which are responsible for glutamate clearance, whereas enmein decreased the expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and CD11b. These results indicate that enmein not only inhibited glutamate release from cortical synaptosomes by suppressing Ca2+ influx and PKC but also increased KA-induced hippocampal neuronal death by suppressing gliosis and decreasing glutamate levels by increasing glutamate uptake.
- Journal
- Int J Mol Sci
- Publish Year
- 2021
- Experiment Subject
- rat
- Experiment Type
- Animal Experiment
- Phenotype Related
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- Paper Title En
- Enmein Decreases Synaptic Glutamate Release and Protects against Kainic Acid-Induced Brain Injury in Rats
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