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  • Title: Tat-NR2B9c prevents excitotoxic neuronal superoxide production.
    Author: Chen Y, Brennan-Minnella AM, Sheth S, El-Benna J, Swanson RA.
    Journal: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab; 2015 May; 35(5):739-42. PubMed ID: 25669908.
    Abstract:
    The Tat-NR2B9c peptide has shown clinical efficacy as a neuroprotective agent in acute stroke. Tat-NR2B9c is designed to prevent nitric oxide (NO) production by preventing postsynaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) binding to N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and neuronal nitric oxide synthase; however, PSD-95 is a scaffolding protein that also couples NMDA receptors to other downstream effects. Here, using neuronal cultures, we show that Tat-NR2B9c also prevents NMDA-induced activation of neuronal NADPH oxidase, thereby blocking superoxide production. Given that both superoxide and NO are required for excitotoxic injury, the neuroprotective effect of Tat-NR2B9c may alternatively be attributable to uncoupling neuronal NADPH oxidase from NMDA receptor activation.
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