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  • Title: Chronic stimulation of GABAA receptor with muscimol reduces amyloid beta protein (25-35)-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat cortical cells.
    Author: Lee BY, Ban JY, Seong YH.
    Journal: Neurosci Res; 2005 Aug; 52(4):347-56. PubMed ID: 15896866.
    Abstract:
    The present study was performed to examine how the stimulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor affects amyloid beta protein (25-35) (Abeta (25-35)), a synthetic 25-35 amyloid peptide, -induced neurotoxicity using cultured rat cortical neurons. Abeta (25-35) produced a concentration-dependent reduction of cell viability, which was significantly reduced by (5R,10S)-(+)-5-methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d] cyclohepten-5,10-imine (MK-801), an N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, verapamil, an L-type Ca(2+) channel blocker, and N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (l-NAME), a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. Pretreatment with muscimol, a GABAA receptor agonist, over a concentration range of 0.1-10microM 24h before the treatment with 10microM Abeta (25-35) showed concentration-dependent inhibition on the Abeta (25-35)-induced neuronal apoptotic death. However, baclofen (1 and 10microM), a GABAB receptor agonist, failed to inhibit the Abeta (25-35)-induced neuronal death. In addition, pretreatment with muscimol (1microM) for 24h inhibited the Abeta (25-35) (10microM)-induced elevation of cytosolic Ca(2+) concentration ([Ca(2+)]c) and glutamate release, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and caspase-3 activity in cultured neurons. These neuroprotective effects of muscimol (1microM) were completely blocked by the simultaneous treatment with 10microM bicuculline, a GABAA receptor antagonist, indicating that the protective effects of muscimol were due to GABAA receptor stimulation. When, however, treated just 15min before the treatment with Abeta (25-35), muscimol (1microM) did not show any protective effect against Abeta (25-35) (10microM)-induced neurotoxicity in cultured neurons. These results suggest that the chronic activation of GABAA receptor may ameliorate Abeta-induced neurotoxicity by interfering with the increase of [Ca(2+)]c, and then by inhibiting glutamate release, generation of ROS and caspase-3 activity.
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