Mechanism of 6-hydroxydopamine Neurotoxicity: the Role of Nadph Oxidase and Microglial Activation in 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Degeneration of Dopaminergic Neurons.
From: Laboratory of Neuroanatomy and Experimental Neurology, Department of Morphological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Journal of neurochemistry
- Publish Date: Oct 2007
- ISSN: 0022-3042
- Volume: 103
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 145-56
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Rodriguez-Pallares J, Parga J A, Muñoz A, et al. Mechanism of 6-hydroxydopamine Neurotoxicity: the Role of Nadph Oxidase and Microglial Activation in 6-hydroxydopamine-induced Degeneration of Dopaminergic Neurons.. J. Neurochem. Oct 2007;103:145-56
Abstract
Cell death induced by 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) is thought to be caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) derived from 6-OHDA autooxidation and by a possible direct effect of 6-OHDA on the mitochondrial respiratory chain. However, the process has not been totally clarified. In rat primary mesencephalic cultures, we observed a significant increase in dopaminergic (DA) cell loss 24 h after administration of 6-OHDA (40 micromol/L) and a significant increase in NADPH subunit expression, microglial activation and superoxide anion/superoxide-derived ROS in DA cells that were decreased by the NADPH inhibitor apocynin. Low doses of 6-OHDA (10 micromol/L) did not induce a significant loss of DA cells or a significant increase in NADPH subunit expression, microglial activation or superoxide-derived ROS. However, treatment with the NADPH complex activator angiotensin II caused a significant increase in all the latter. Forty-eight hours after intrastriatal 6-OHDA injection in rats, there was still no loss of DA neurons although there was an increase in NADPH subunit expression and NADPH oxidase activity. The results suggest that in addition to the autooxidation-derived ROS and the inhibition of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, early microglial activation and NADPH oxidase-derived ROS act synergistically with 6-OHDA and constitute a relevant and early component of the 6-OHDA-induced cell death.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Angiotensin II, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Corpus Striatum, Dopamine, Mesencephalon, Microglia, NADPH Oxidase, Nerve Degeneration, Neurons, Oxidopamine, Protein Subunits, Rats, Reactive Oxygen Species, Superoxides
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