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ArticleJournal of neuroscience research2013

γ-Aminobutyric acid type A receptor inhibition triggers a nicotinic neuroprotective mechanism.

P A Ferchmin, Dinely Pérez, William Castro Alvarez, Mario A Penzo, Héctor M Maldonado, Vesna A Eterovic

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Article in Journal of neuroscience research, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Memantine has a nicotinic neuroprotective pathway in acute hippocampal slices after an NMDA insult.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2022
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6 authors.

P A FerchminSchool of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamón, Puerto Rico. ferchmin@gmail.com
Dinely Pérez
William Castro Alvarez
Mario A Penzo
Héctor M Maldonado
Vesna A Eterovic

Funding

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERG12RR003035 · NCRR · UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE · PI RODRIGUEZ, JOSE W · 1986 to 2011
$26.7M
Thyroid hormones and synaptic functionU54NS039408 · NINDS · UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE · PI BYKHOVSKAIA, MARIA · 1999 to 2012
$14.0M
Synaptic Remodeling and Thyroid HormonesS06GM050695 · NIGMS · UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE · PI ROJAS, LEGIER V · 1994 to 2009
$10.7M
UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTERSG12MD007583 · NIMHD · UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE · PI FERNANDEZ, DIANA MARIA · 2012 to 2016
$8.4M
PROTECTION AGAINST ORGANOPHOSPHATE NEUROTOXINS BY TOBACCO CEMBRANOIDSU01NS063555 · NINDS · UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE · PI FERCHMIN, P. A. · 2008 to 2010
$2.0M
NCRR NIH HHS 2G12RR03035NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003035NIGMS NIH HHS S06 GM050695NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007583NINDS NIH HHS 1UO1NS063555NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS063555NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS039408NINDS NIH HHS U54 NS39408
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)-mediated neuroprotection has been implicated in the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and hypoxic ischemic events as well as other diseases hallmarked by excitotoxic and apoptotic neuronal death. Several modalities of nicotinic neuroprotection have been reported. However, although this process generally involves α4β2 and α7 subtypes, the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Interestingly, both activation and inhibition of α7 nAChRs have been reported to be neuroprotective. We have shown that inhibition of α7 nAChRs protects the function of acute hippocampal slices against excitotoxicity in an α4β2-dependent manner. Neuroprotection was assessed as the prevention of the N-methyl-D-aspartate-dependent loss of the area of population spikes (PSs) in the CA1 area of acute hippocampal slices. Our results support a model in which α7 AChRs control the release of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Blocking either α7 or GABA(A) receptors reduces the inhibitory tone on cholinergic terminals, thereby promoting α4β2 activation, which in turn mediates neuroprotection. These results shed light on how α7 nAChR inhibition can be neuroprotective through a mechanism mediated by activation of α4β2 nAChRs.

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Action Potentialsalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalGABA AntagonistsHumansMaleNeuroprotective AgentsNicotinic AntagonistsOrgan Culture TechniquesRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, Nicotinicalpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine ReceptorChrna7 protein, humanChrna7 protein, ratGABA AntagonistsNeuroprotective AgentsNicotinic Antagonistsnicotinic receptor alpha4beta2Receptors, Nicotinic

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PMID23280428
PMCPMC4122130

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