MST1 mediates the N-methyl-D-aspartate-induced excitotoxicity in mouse cortical neurons.

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Excessive activation of the ionotropic N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor has been shown to cause abnormally high levels of Ca2+ influx, thereby leading to excitotoxic neuronal death. In this study, exposure of mouse primary cortical neurons to NMDA resulted in the cleavage and activation of mammalian sterile 20-like kinase-1 (MST1), both of which were mediated by calpain 1. In vitro cleavage assay data...

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