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SPRINGERPLUS
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-560
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Synaptosomes; Acidosis; ischemia; Iron; Zinc; Glutathione
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- Committee for Aid and Education in Neurochemistry-International Society for Neurochemistry (CAEN-ISN)
- Belorussian Republican Foundation of Basic Investigation [B13-066]
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Brain ischemia leads to a decrease in pH(o). We have shown previously in synaptosomes that the extracellular acidification induces depolarization of mitochondria followed by synthesis of superoxide anions and oxidative stress. Here, we investigated the effects of lowered pH(o) on oxidative stress and membrane potentials in synaptosomes treated by the iron chelator deferoxamine and zinc chelator TPEN. We demonstrated that chelating of metals has no impact on superoxide anion synthesis and intrasynaptosomal mitochondria depolarization. Meanwhile, deferoxamine was able to inhibit oxidative stress induced by low pH(o) and hydrogen peroxide application. Compared to deferoxamine, TPEN was less effective but it decreased the DCF fluorescence induced by pH(o) 6.0 which had no effects in other oxidative stress models. We found that the chelators were able to inhibit slightly plasma membrane depolarization. Synaptosomes preincubation at low pH(o) caused no effects on the reduced glutathione level. Depletion of glutathione by CDNB produced no additional increase in the DCF fluorescence induced by pH(o) 7.0. Our results suggest that free iron is crucial for the development of oxidative stress elicited by acidification in synaptosomes. Chelating of this metal seems to be a promising strategy for protecting the neuronal presynaptic terminals against oxidative stress developed at stroke.
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