Abstract Title:

17beta-estradiol rescues spinal motoneurons from AMPA-induced toxicity: a role for glial cells.

Abstract Source:

Neurobiol Dis. 2005 Nov;20(2):461-70. PMID: 15893467

Abstract Author(s):

Paola Platania, Giovanna Seminara, Eleonora Aronica, Dirk Troost, Maria Vincenza Catania, Maria Angela Sortino

Article Affiliation:

Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.

Abstract:

The ability of astrocytes to mediate 17beta-estradiol neuroprotection of spinal motoneurons challenged with AMPA has been evaluated in a co-culture system in which pure motoneurons were pulsed with 20 microM AMPA and then transferred onto an astrocyte layer pretreated for 24 h with 10 nM 17beta-estradiol. Under these conditions, AMPA toxicity was reverted, an effect that was likely related to increased production and release of GDNF, as shown by RT-PCR, Western blot analysis and ELISA assay. In addition, treatment with GDNF during the 24 h that followed the AMPA pulse produced a similar neuroprotective effect, whereas addition of a neutralizing anti-GDNF antibody prevented neuroprotection. These data suggest a role for astrocytes in the neuroprotective effect of 17beta-estradiol against spinal motoneuron death and find strong support in the marked up-regulation of estrogen receptor alpha found in spinal astrocytes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients.

Study Type : In Vitro Study

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