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C. Nucci et al. (Eds.)

Progress in Brain Research, Vol. 173

ISSN 0079-6123

Copyright r 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved

CHAPTER 40

17b-Estradiol prevents retinal ganglion cell loss induced by acute rise of intraocular pressure in rat

Rossella Russo1, Federica Cavaliere1, Chizuko Watanabe2, Carlo Nucci3,4,

Giacinto Bagetta1,5, Maria Tiziana Corasaniti4,6, Shinobu Sakurada2 and

Luigi Antonio Morrone1,5,

1Department of Pharmacobiology, University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy 2Department of Physiology and Anatomy, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan 3Physiopathological Optics, Department of Biopathology, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata,’’ 00133 Rome, Italy 4‘‘Mondino-Tor Vergata’’ Center for Experimental Neurobiology, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata,’’ 00133 Rome, Italy 5Section of Neuropharmacology of Normal and Pathological Neuronal Plasticity, University Center for Adaptive Disorders and Headache (UCADH), University of Calabria, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

6Department of Pharmacobiological Sciences, University ‘‘Magna Graecia’’ of Catanzaro, 88100 Catanzaro, Italy

Abstract: Glaucoma, is a progressive optic neuropathy often associated with increased intraocular pressure (IOP) and characterized by progressive death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs). High acute rise of IOP is a model for retinal ischemia and may represent a model of acute angle closure glaucoma. Here we have used this experimental model in combination with a neurochemical and neuropathological approach to gain more insight in the neuroprotective profile of 17b-estradiol (E2), a steroid hormone, which has been shown to increase the viability, survival, and differentiation of primary neuronal cultures from different brain areas including amygdala, hypothalamus, and neocortex. Our data demonstrate that systemic administration of E2 significantly reduces RGC loss induced by high IOP in rat. In addition, pretreatment with E2, 30 min before ischemia, minimizes the elevation of glutamate observed during the reperfusion period. These effects seem to be in part mediated by the activation of the estrogen receptor, since a pretreatment with ICI 182-780, a specific estrogen receptor antagonist, partially counteracts the neuroprotection afforded by the estrogen.

Keywords: glaucoma; excitotoxicity; oxidative stress; estrogens; microdialysis; neuroprotection

Introduction

Glaucoma, one of the leading causes of blindness in the world (Quigley, 1996), is a progressive optic neuropathy often associated with increased

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intraocular pressure (IOP) that is characterized by progressive death of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) and consequent deterioration of the visual field. Several studies suggest that excitotoxicity occurs during retinal ischemia with subsequent loss of RGCs and that this process plays a role in the pathogenesis of ischemic retinopathy (Nucci et al., 2005; Casson, 2006). Glutamate functions as the major excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter

DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)01144-8

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