Effect of PS1 FAD mutation on in vitro excitotoxicity.
(A) Primary cortical neurons from wt (open bars) or PS1
L286V tg (filled bars) mice were exposed to increasing concentrations
of NMDA, as indicated. Cell death was quantified by measuring the
release of LDH enzyme in the culture media and was expressed as the
percentage of total LDH release elicited by 100 μM NMDA.
(B) Primary cerebellar neurons from wt (open bars) or
PS1 L286V tg (filled bars) mice were exposed to increasing
concentrations of NMDA, as indicated. Cell death was quantified by
determining intravital staining with fluorescein diacetate and
propidium iodide and was expressed as the percentage of dead cells over
total cell number. (C) Primary cerebellar neurons from
wt (open bars) or PS1 L286V tg (filled bars) mice were subjected to OGD
for 1 h. Neuronal viability was assessed 24 h later by
intravital staining with fluorescein diacetate and propidium iodide.
Data are expressed as the percentage of dead cells over total cell
number. Numbers represent mean ± SEM of at least six different
experiments, run in triplicate, each from different cell preparations.
**, P < 0.01, and *,
P < 0.05, vs. the corresponding values of wt
group.