VINPOCETIN PROTECTS AGAINST EXCITOTOXIC CELL-DEATH IN PRIMARY CULTURES OF RAT CEREBRAL-CORTEX

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作者
ERDO, SL [1 ]
NINGSHENG, C [1 ]
WOLFF, JR [1 ]
KISS, B [1 ]
机构
[1] GEDEON RICHTER CHEM WORKS LTD,CHEM WORKS,PHARMACOL RES CTR,DIV BIOCHEM,H-1475 BUDAPEST,HUNGARY
关键词
Cerebrocortical cultures; Excitotoxic cell death; Glutamate; Kainate; NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate); Quisqualate; Vinpocetin;
D O I
10.1016/0014-2999(90)90386-K
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The protective effect of vinpocetin, a drug clinically useful in brain hypoxia/ischemia, was examined in vitro on cerebrocortical cultures treated with glutamate and related excitotoxins. The extent of cell death was quantified by measuring lactic dehydrogenase activity released from damaged cells into the culture medium. Vinpocetin partially protected the cortical cells against cell death induced by N-methyl-D-aspartate, quisqualate and kainate, indicating that the drug exerts a direct protective action on cerebrocortical cells bearing excitatory amino acid receptors. © 1990.
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