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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
beta-N-Oxalyl-L-alpha,beta-diaminopropionic acid (beta-L-ODAP) is thought to be the causative agent in lathyrism due to its neuroexcitatory and neurotoxic properties. We have recently reported that beta-L-ODAP is also gliotoxic at high concentrations (Bridges et al.: Brain Res 561:262, 1991). Evidence is now presented that low, subgliotoxic concentrations of beta-L-ODAP may alter the ability of astrocytes to regulate glutamate concentrations in the CNS by increasing astrocyte glutamine synthetase activity. When astrocytes cultured from rat cortex were exposed to 100 microM beta-L-ODAP for 24 h, the resulting glutamine synthetase activity was 155% of control levels. This effect was enantiomer- and isomer-specific, dose-dependent, and required protein translation as the induction was blocked with cycloheximide. The effect of beta-L-ODAP on glutamine synthetase was not mimicked by alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-isoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) or kainate, suggesting that the induction was not transduced solely through activation of cell surface non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors. An intracellular site of action of beta-L-ODAP is proposed because its effect on glutamine synthetase activity could be blocked by the amino acid uptake blocker dihydrokainate.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0894-1491
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Amino Acids, Diamino, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Dactinomycin, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Glutamate-Ammonia Ligase, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Ibotenic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Kainic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-N-Methylaspartate, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:7686536-alpha-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic Acid
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of astrocyte glutamine synthetase activity by the Lathyrus toxin beta-N-oxalyl-L-alpha,beta-diaminopropionic acid (beta-L-ODAP).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychobiology, University of California, Irvine 92717.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.