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The overlooked aspect of excitotoxicity: Glutamate-independent excitotoxicity in traumatic brain injuries.
European Journal of Neuroscience 2018 December 17
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading major cause of morbidity and mortality in youth and individuals under 45 year age. A wide variety of cellular and molecular mechanisms have been identified contributing to the pathogenesis of TBI. A better understanding of the pathophysiology behind TBI is essential for providing more effective treatment. Excitotoxicity as one of the secondary molecular events is a major contributing factor in apoptosis and neuronal death following the initial injury in TBI. Excitotoxicity is the rapid overload and influx of calcium into the cell cytoplasm, activating a series of deleterious signaling cascades causing the cell to undergo apoptosis. Conventional understanding is that the rapid influx of calcium is initiated through glutamate release. However, there are overlooked glutamate-independent mechanisms that cause the rapid calcium influx into the neuronal cytoplasm, evoking or contributing to excitotoxicity. Therefore, the focus of this review will be on the role of the glutamate-independent excitotoxic mechanisms of the mechanosensitive response of NMDA receptors, mechanoporation of the cell membrane, ischemia, and the release of calcium from intracellular stores. In conclusion, the shear and stretch forces during a TBI event may result in the mechanosensitive activation of NMDA receptors which contribute to glutamate-independent excitotoxicity.
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