Egashira Nobuaki, Hayakawa Kazuhide, Osajima Megumi, Mishima Kenichi, Iwasaki Katsunori, Oishi Ryozo, Fujiwara Michihiro
Department of Neuropharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
J Pharmacol Sci. 2007 Oct;105(2):211-4. doi: 10.1254/jphs.scz070901. Epub 2007 Oct 6.
We investigated the involvement of gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) (GABA(A)) receptors in the neuroprotective effect of gamma-glutamylethylamide (theanine), a component of Japanese green tea, following a 4-h middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion in mice. Theanine (1 mg/kg) reduced the size of the cerebral infarct and alterations of NeuN, GFAP, and Iba 1 expression levels at 24 h after MCA occlusion. This neuroprotective effect of theanine was prevented by bicuculline (GABA(A)-receptor antagonist, 10 mg/kg) but not 3-mercaptopropionic acid (glutamate decarboxylase inhibitor). These results suggest that the neuroprotective effect of theanine is mediated, at least in part, by GABA(A) receptors.
我们研究了γ-氨基丁酸A(GABA(A))受体在γ-谷氨酰乙酰胺(茶氨酸)的神经保护作用中的参与情况,茶氨酸是日本绿茶的一种成分,在小鼠大脑中动脉(MCA)闭塞4小时后进行研究。茶氨酸(1毫克/千克)在MCA闭塞后24小时减小了脑梗死体积,并降低了NeuN、GFAP和Iba 1表达水平的改变。茶氨酸的这种神经保护作用被荷包牡丹碱(GABA(A)受体拮抗剂,10毫克/千克)阻断,但未被3-巯基丙酸(谷氨酸脱羧酶抑制剂)阻断。这些结果表明,茶氨酸的神经保护作用至少部分是由GABA(A)受体介导的。