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  • Title: Osthole or imperatorin-mediated facilitation of glutamate release is associated with a synaptic vesicle mobilization in rat hippocampal glutamatergic nerve endings.
    Author: Lin TY, Lu CW, Huang WJ, Wang SJ.
    Journal: Synapse; 2010 May; 64(5):390-6. PubMed ID: 20034017.
    Abstract:
    Osthole and imperatorin, two active compounds of Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cusson, have previously been shown to facilitate depolarization-evoked glutamate release from rat hippocampal nerve terminals by increasing voltage-dependent Ca(2+) entry. In this study, we further investigated whether osthole and imperatorin possess an action at the exocytotic machinery itself, downstream of a Ca(2+) influx. Our data showed that ionomycin-induced glutamate release and KCl-evoked FM1-43 release were facilitated by osthole and imperatorin, suggesting that some steps after Ca(2+) entry are regulated by these two compounds. Consistent with this, osthole or imperatorin-mediated facilitation of ionomycin-induced glutamate release was occluded by cytochalasin D that inhibits actin polymerization, implying that the disassembly of cytoskeleton is involved. In addition, the facilitatory action of osthole or imperatorin on ionomycin-induced glutamate release was attenuated by the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent kinase II (CaMKII) inhibitor KN62. Furthermore, Western blotting analysis further showed that osthole or imperatorin significantly increased ionomycin-induced phosphorylation of CaMKII and synapsin I, the main presynaptic target of CaMKII. These results suggest, therefore, that osthole or imperatorin-mediated facilitation of glutamate release involves modulation of downstream events controlling synaptic vesicle recruitment and exocytosis, possibly through an increase of CaMKII activation and synapsin I phosphorylation, thereby increasing synaptic vesicle availability for exocytosis.
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