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A common assumption of excitotoxic mechanisms in the nervous system is that the ionic imbalance resulting from overstimulation of glutamate receptors and increased Na +  and Ca ++  influx overwhelms cellular energy metabolic systems leading to cell death. The goal of this study was to examine how a chronic Na +  channel leak current in developing Purkinje cells in the heterozygous Lurcher mutant (+/ Lc ) affects the expression and distribution of the   α  3 subunit of the Na + /K +  ATPase pump, a key component of the homeostasis system that maintains ionic equilibrium in neurons. The expression pattern of the catalytic   α  3 Na + /K +  ATPase subunit was analyzed by immunohistochemistry, histochemistry, and Western Blots in wild type (WT) and +/ Lc  cerebella at postnatal days P10, P15, and P25 to determine if there are changes in the distribution of active Na + /K +  ATPase subunits in degenerating Purkinje cells. The results suggest that the expression of the catalytic   α  3 subunit is altered in chronically depolarized +/ Lc  Purkinje cells, although the density of active Na + /K +  ATPase pumps is not significantly altered compared with WT in the cerebellar cortex at P15, and then declines from P15 to P25 in the +/ Lc  cerebellum as the +/ Lc  Purkinje cells degenerate.

international journal of cell biology

Changes in the Distribution of theα3 Na+/K+ATPase Subunit in Heterozygous Lurcher Purkinje Cells as a Genetic Model of Chronic Depolarization during Development