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[Expression of phosphorylated NMDA receptor 1 in the cerebral cortex after NMDA microinjection in vivo]
Ming-Yan Hei1, Mi-Li Xiao, Shou-Jin Kuang
1Division of Neonatology, Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha 410013, China. heiming_yan@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
The activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate(NMDA) receptors plays critical roles in the pathogenesis of diseases of the brain. This study aimed to examine the expression of phosphor-NR1 S897 in the cerebral cortex after NMDA microinjection in vivo.
Methods:
Forty seven-day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into normal control and NMDA injection groups. The rats from the NMDA injection group were injected with 10 mmol of NMDA and were sacrificed 1 hr after injection. 2, 3, 5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) and fluorescent immunohistochemical stainings were conducted and the fluorescence intensity OD value between the two groups was compared.
Results:
TTC staining from the two groups was normal. Expression of phosphor-NR1 S897 in the cerebral cortex of the ipsilateral hemisphere to injection in the NMDA injection group decreased significantly compared with the normal control group, with OD values of 0.366 +/- 0.087 vs 1.364 +/- 0.268 (P < 0.01).
Conclusions:
NMDA microinjection, as a hypoxia-ischemia (HI) insult, significantly decreased the expression of phosphor-NR1 S897. This indicates the importance of the "HI-NMDA-phospho-NR1 S897 dephosphorylation-cell damage" pathway in HI brain damage.
