Pregnenolone sulfate augments NMDA receptor mediated increases in intracellular Ca2+ in cultured rat hippocampal neurons - PubMed (original) (raw)
Pregnenolone sulfate augments NMDA receptor mediated increases in intracellular Ca2+ in cultured rat hippocampal neurons
R P Irwin et al. Neurosci Lett. 1992.
Abstract
The ability of the neuroactive steroid pregnenolone sulfate to alter N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor-mediated elevations in intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) was studied in cultured fetal rat hippocampal neurons using microspectrofluorimetry and the Ca2+ sensitive indicator fura-2. Pregnenolone sulfate (5-250 microM) caused a concentration-dependent and reversible potentiation of the rise (up to approximately 800%) in [Ca2+]i induced by NMDA. In contrast, the steroid failed to alter basal (unstimulated) [Ca2+]i or to modify the rise in [Ca2+]i that occurs when hippocampal neurons are depolarized by high K+ in the presence of the NMDA receptor antagonist CPP. These data suggest that the previously reported excitatory properties of pregnenolone sulfate may be due, in part, to an augmentation of the action of glutamic acid at the NMDA receptor.
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