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Query: UMLS:C0022116 (ischemia)
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Excessive zinc influx may contribute to neuronal death after certain insults, including transient global ischemia. In light of evidence that levels of intracellular free Zn(2+) associated with neurotoxicity may be sufficient to inhibit glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), experiments were performed looking for reduced glycolysis and energy failure in cultured mouse cortical neurons subjected to lethal Zn(2+) exposure. As predicted, cultures exposed for 3-22 hr to 40 mixroM Zn(2+) developed an early increase in levels of dihydroxy-acetone phosphate (DHAP) and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP) and a progressive loss of ATP levels, followed by neuronal cell death; furthermore, addition of the downstream glycolytic substrate pyruvate to the bathing medium attenuated the fall in ATP and neuronal death. However, an alternative to direct Zn(2+) inhibition of GAPDH was raised by the observation that Zn(2+) exposure also induced an early decrease in nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide (NAD(+)) levels, an event itself capable of inhibiting GAPDH. Favoring this indirect mechanism of GAPDH inhibition, the neuroprotective effects of pyruvate addition were associated with normalization of cellular levels of NAD(+), DHAP, and FBP. Zn(2+)-induced neuronal death was also attenuated by addition of the energy substrate oxaloacetate, the activator of pyruvate dehydrogenase, dichloroacetate, or the inhibitors of NAD(+) catabolism, niacinamide or benzamide. Acetyl carnitine, alpha-keto butyrate, lactate, and beta-hydroxy-butyrate did not attenuate Zn(2+)-induced neurotoxicity, perhaps because they could not regenerate NAD(+) or be used for energy production in the presence of glucose.
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PMID:Zinc-induced cortical neuronal death: contribution of energy failure attributable to loss of NAD(+) and inhibition of glycolysis. 1077 77