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. 2002 Jun;22(3):353-63.
doi: 10.1023/a:1020728203682.

Guanosine enhances glutamate uptake in brain cortical slices at normal and excitotoxic conditions

Marcos Emílo dos Santos Frizzo  1 , Diogo Rizzato Lara, Alexandre de Souza Prokopiuk, Carmen Regla Vargas, Christianne Gazzana Salbego, Moacir Wajner, Diogo Onofre Souza
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Guanosine enhances glutamate uptake in brain cortical slices at normal and excitotoxic conditions

Marcos Emílo dos Santos Frizzo et al. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2002 Jun.

Abstract

1. The effect of guanosine on L-[2,3-3H]glutamate uptake was investigated in brain cortical slices under normal or oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD) conditions. 2. In slices exposed to physiological conditions, guanosine (1-100 microM) stimulated glutamate uptake (up to 100%) in a concentration-dependent manner when a high (100 microM) but not a low (1 microM) concentration of glutamate was used. 3. In slices submitted to OGD, guanosine 1 and 100 microM also increased 100 microM glutamate uptake (38 and 70%, respectively). 4. The increasing of glutamate and taurine released to the incubation medium in cortical slices submitted to OGD were significantly attenuated by the presence of guanosine in the incubation medium. 5. Guanosine prevented the increase in propidium iodide incorporation into cortical slices induced by OGD, indicating a protective role against ischemic injury. 6. These results support the hypothesis of a protective role for guanosine during brain ischemia, possibly by activating glutamate uptake into neural cells.

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