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Quercetin ameliorates glutamate toxicity-induced neuronal cell death by controlling calcium-binding protein parvalbumin

  • Kang, Ju-Bin (Department of Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Park, Dong-Ju (Department of Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Shah, Murad-Ali (Department of Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Koh, Phil-Ok (Department of Anatomy and Histology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University)
  • Received : 2021.10.20
  • Accepted : 2021.12.23
  • Published : 2022.03.31
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Abstract

Background: Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter. Excessive glutamate causes excitatory toxicity and increases intracellular calcium, leading to neuronal death. Parvalbumin is a calcium-binding protein that regulates calcium homeostasis. Quercetin is a polyphenol found in plant and has neuroprotective effects against neurodegenerative diseases. Objectives: We investigated whether quercetin regulates apoptosis by modulating parvalbumin expression in glutamate induced neuronal damage. Methods: Glutamate was treated in hippocampal-derived cell line, and quercetin or vehicle was treated 1 h before glutamate exposure. Cells were collected for experimental procedure 24 h after glutamate treatment and intracellular calcium concentration and parvalbumin expression were examined. Parvalbumin small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection was performed to detect the relation between parvalbumin and apoptosis. Results: Glutamate reduced cell viability and increased intracellular calcium concentration, while quercetin preserved calcium concentration and neuronal damage. Moreover, glutamate reduced parvalbumin expression and quercetin alleviated this reduction. Glutamate increased caspase-3 expression, and quercetin attenuated this increase in both parvalbumin siRNA transfected and non-transfected cells. The alleviative effect of quercetin was statistically significant in non-transfected cells. Moreover, glutamate decreased bcl-2 and increased bax expressions, while quercetin alleviated these changes. The alleviative effect of quercetin in bcl-2 family protein expression was more remarkable in non-transfected cells. Conclusions: These results demonstrate that parvalbumin contributes to the maintainace of intracellular calcium concentration and the prevention of apoptosis, and quercetin modulates parvalbumin expression in glutamate-exposed cells. Thus, these findings suggest that quercetin performs neuroprotective function against glutamate toxicity by regulating parvalbumin expression.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MEST) (NRF-2021R1F1A1058787).

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