Shimohama S, Tamura Y, Akaike A, Tsukahara T, Ohara O, Watanabe S, Kimura J
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
Neurosci Lett. 1993 Dec 24;164(1-2):55-8. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(93)90856-g.
The effect of recombinant brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) on cultured rat cortical neurons was examined. Brief exposure of cortical neurons to glutamate followed by incubation with glutamate-free medium reduced cell viability by 60-70% when compared with the control value. Simultaneous addition of recombinant BDNF to rat cortical cultures with glutamate did not affect this reduction of cell viability. However, 24 h pretreatment of rat cortical cultures with recombinant BDNF resulted in a significant reduction of glutamate-induced neuronal damage. These findings suggest that BDNF can protect cortical neurons against glutamate-induced neurotoxicity.
研究了重组脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)对培养的大鼠皮层神经元的影响。与对照组相比,皮层神经元短暂暴露于谷氨酸后,再在无谷氨酸培养基中孵育,细胞活力降低了60 - 70%。在含谷氨酸的大鼠皮层培养物中同时添加重组BDNF,并未影响细胞活力的这种降低。然而,用重组BDNF对大鼠皮层培养物进行24小时预处理,可显著降低谷氨酸诱导的神经元损伤。这些发现表明,BDNF可以保护皮层神经元免受谷氨酸诱导的神经毒性。