MGLuR5 activation reduces beta-amyloid-induced cell death in primary neuronal cultures and attenuates translocation of cytochrome c and apoptosis-inducing factor |
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Authors: | Movsesyan Vilen A Stoica Bogdan A Faden Alan I |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neuroscience, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3970 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA. |
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Abstract: | Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) has been shown to reduce caspase-dependent apoptosis in primary neuronal cultures induced by staurosporine and etoposide. beta-Amyloid (Abeta)-induced neurotoxicity in culture appears to be in part caspase mediated. In the present studies the effects of treatment with an mGluR5 agonist or antagonist on Abeta-induced neuronal apoptosis were examined in rat cortical neuronal cultures. Pretreatment with the selective mGluR5 agonist (RS)-2-chloro-5-hydroxyphenylglycine (CHPG) markedly reduced the number of apoptotic cells after exposure to Abeta (25-35), as well as associated LDH release. Blockade of mGluR5 by the selective antagonist, 2-methyl-6-(phenylethynyl)pyridine (MPEP) attenuated these effects of CHPG. A similar neuroprotective effect of mGluR5 activation by CHPG was observed in cultures treated with full-length Abeta peptide (1-42). CHPG attenuated Abeta (25-35)-induced cytochrome c release and decreased levels of active caspase-3 protein. CHPG also reduced translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF) induced by Abeta (25-35). Thus, mGluR5 activation limits the release of mitochondrial proteins associated with induction of both caspase-dependent and -independent apoptosis. |
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Keywords: | β-amyloid group I mGluR neuronal apoptosis |
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