TY - JOUR
T1 - Glutamate-induced intracellular acidification of cultured hippocampal neurons demonstrates altered energy metabolism resulting from Ca2+ loads
AU - Guang Jian Wang, Jian Wang
AU - Randall, R. D.
AU - Thayer, Stanley A
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - 1. Glutamate-evoked increases in intracellular free H+ concentration ([H+](i)) were recorded from single rat hippocampal neurons grown in primary culture with carboxy SNARF-based dual emission microfluorimetry. The possibility that this acidification resulted from altered energy metabolism was investigated. 2. The response to 10 μM glutamate (ΔpH = 0.41 ± 0.14, mean ± SD) was blocked by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist CGS19755 (10 μM) and required extracellular Ca2+. 3. Substituting the metabolic inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose for glucose in the extracellular buffer prevented glutamate-induced acidification. 4. Ba2+, which carries charge through Ca2+ channels, including the Ca2+ uniporter on the inner mitochondrial membrane, substituted for Ca2+ in mediating glutamate-induced cytoplasmic acidification. 5. Microinjection of ruthenium red, a compound that blocks mitochondrial Ca2+ sequestration, significantly inhibited glutamate-induced acidification. 6. The mitochondrial uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl-hydrazone (FCCP, 0.1 μM), mimicked and partially occluded the glutamate-induced [H+](i), increase. 7. These findings indicate that glutamate-induced Ca2+ loads are sequestered by mitochondria, uncouple respiration, and produce metabolic acidosis. The glutamate-induced acidification is symptomatic of metabolic stress and may indicate that mitochondria play an important role in glutamate-induced neuronal death.
AB - 1. Glutamate-evoked increases in intracellular free H+ concentration ([H+](i)) were recorded from single rat hippocampal neurons grown in primary culture with carboxy SNARF-based dual emission microfluorimetry. The possibility that this acidification resulted from altered energy metabolism was investigated. 2. The response to 10 μM glutamate (ΔpH = 0.41 ± 0.14, mean ± SD) was blocked by the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist CGS19755 (10 μM) and required extracellular Ca2+. 3. Substituting the metabolic inhibitor 2-deoxyglucose for glucose in the extracellular buffer prevented glutamate-induced acidification. 4. Ba2+, which carries charge through Ca2+ channels, including the Ca2+ uniporter on the inner mitochondrial membrane, substituted for Ca2+ in mediating glutamate-induced cytoplasmic acidification. 5. Microinjection of ruthenium red, a compound that blocks mitochondrial Ca2+ sequestration, significantly inhibited glutamate-induced acidification. 6. The mitochondrial uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl-hydrazone (FCCP, 0.1 μM), mimicked and partially occluded the glutamate-induced [H+](i), increase. 7. These findings indicate that glutamate-induced Ca2+ loads are sequestered by mitochondria, uncouple respiration, and produce metabolic acidosis. The glutamate-induced acidification is symptomatic of metabolic stress and may indicate that mitochondria play an important role in glutamate-induced neuronal death.
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U2 - 10.1152/jn.1994.72.6.2563
DO - 10.1152/jn.1994.72.6.2563
M3 - Article
C2 - 7897473
AN - SCOPUS:0028067971
SN - 0022-3077
VL - 72
SP - 2563
EP - 2569
JO - Journal of neurophysiology
JF - Journal of neurophysiology
IS - 6
ER -