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Inhibitory effect of fangchinoline on excitatory amino acids-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells
- Title
- Inhibitory effect of fangchinoline on excitatory amino acids-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat cerebellar granule cells
- Authors
- Kim, SD; Oh, SK; Kim, HS; Seong, YH
- Ewha Authors
- 오세관
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 오세관

- Issue Date
- 2001
- Journal Title
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH
- ISSN
- 0253-6269
- Citation
- ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 164 - +
- Keywords
- fangchinoline; excitatory amino acids; neurotoxicity; cerebellar granule cells
- Publisher
- PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY KOREA
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI

- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Glutamate receptors-mediated excitotoxicity is believed to play a role in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases. The present study was performed to evaluate the inhibitory effect of fangchinoline, a bis-benzylisoquinoline alkaloid, which has a characteristic as a Ca2+ channel blocker, on excitatory amino acids (EAAs)-induced neurotoxicity in cultured rat cerebellar granule neuron. Fangchinoline (1 and 5 muM) inhibited glutamate (1 mM), N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA; 1 mM) and kainate (100 muM]-induced neuronal cell death which was measured by trypan blue exclusion test. Fangchinoline (1 and 5 muM) inhibited glutamate release into medium induced by NMDA (1 mM) and kainate (100 muM), which was measured by HPLC. And fangchinoline (5 muM) inhibited glutamate [1 mM)-induced elevation of intracellular calcium concentration. These results suggest that inhibition of Ca2+ influx by fangchinoline may contribute to the beneficial effects on neurodegenerative effect of glutamate in pathophysiological conditions.
- DOI
- 10.1007/BF02976485
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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