Unraveling the mechanism of β-N-oxalyl-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-ODAP) induced excitotoxicity and oxidative stress, relevance for neurolathyrism prevention

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• 作者：M. Van Moorhem^a ; F. Lambein^b ; L. Leybaert^a ; ^{Luc.Leybaert@UGent.be}
• 关键词：&#x3b2 ; -ODAP ; Excitotoxicity ; Oxidative stress ; Calcium
• 刊名：Food and Chemical Toxicology
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：March 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：49
• 期：3
• 页码：550-555
• 全文大小：730 K

文摘

β-N-Oxalyl-α,β-diaminopropionic acid (β-ODAP) is a plant metabolite present in Lathyrus sativus (L. Sativus) seeds that is proposed to be responsible for the neurodegenerative disease neurolathyrism. This excitatory amino acid binds to α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid (AMPA) receptors and several lines of evidence indicate that β-ODAP triggers motor neuron degeneration by inducing excitotoxic cell death and increasing oxidative stress. In addition, this toxin is known to disturb the mitochondrial respiration chain and recent data indicate that β-ODAP may inhibit the uptake of cystine thereby compromising the cells’ abilities to cope with oxidative stress. Recent work from our group furthermore suggests that β-ODAP disturbs the cellular Ca²⁺ homeostasis machinery with increased Ca²⁺ loading in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-mitochondrial axis. In this review, we aim to integrate the various mechanistic levels of β-ODAP toxicity into a consistent pathophysiological picture. Interestingly, the proposed cascade contains several aspects that are common with other neurodegenerative diseases, for example amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Based on these mechanistic insights, we conclude that dietary supplementation with methionine (Met) and cysteine (Cys) may significantly lower the risk for neurolathyrism and can thus be considered, in line with epidemiological data, as a preventive measure for neurolathyrism.