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Hesperidin attenuates iron-induced oxidative damage and dopamine depletion in Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease. Chem Biol Interact 2018; 279:177-186. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2017.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It is known that there are many factors, either genetic or environmental factors, involved in PD, but the mechanism of PD is still not fully understood. Several animal models have been established to study the mechanisms of PD. Among these models, Drosophila melanogaster has been utilized as a valuable model to get insight into important features of PD. Drosophila melanogaster possesses a well-developed dopaminergic (DA) neuron system which is known to play an important role in PD pathogenesis. The well understanding of DA neurons from early larval through adult stage makes Drosophila as a powerful model for investigating the progressive neurodegeneration in PD. Besides, the short life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster serves an advantage in studying epidemiological features of PD. Most of PD symptoms can be mimicked in Drosophila model such as progressive impairment in locomotion, DA neuron degeneration, and some other non-motor symptoms. The Drosophila models of PD, therefore, show a great potential in application for PD genetic and drug screening.
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- Vuu My Dung
- University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Wang XH, Souders CL, Zhao YH, Martyniuk CJ. Paraquat affects mitochondrial bioenergetics, dopamine system expression, and locomotor activity in zebrafish (Danio rerio). CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 191:106-117. [PMID: 29031050 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The dipyridyl herbicide paraquat induces oxidative stress in cells and is implicated in adult neurodegenerative diseases. However, less is known about paraquat toxicity in early stages of vertebrate development. To address this gap, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to 1, 10 and 100 μM paraquat for 96 h. Paraquat did not induce significant mortality nor deformity in embryos and larvae, but it did accelerate time to hatch. To evaluate whether mitochondrial respiration was related to earlier hatch times, oxygen consumption rate was measured in whole embryos. Maximal respiration of embryos exposed to 100 μM paraquat for 24 h was reduced by more than 70%, suggesting that paraquat negatively impacts mitochondrial bioenergetics in early development. Based upon this evidence for mitochondrial dysfunction, transcriptional responses of oxidative stress- and apoptosis-related genes were measured. Fish exposed to 1 μM paraquat showed higher expression levels of superoxide dismutase 2, heat shock protein 70, Bcl-2-associated X protein, and B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2a compared to control fish. No differences among groups were detected in larvae exposed to 10 and 100 μM paraquat, suggesting a non-monotonic response. We also measured endpoints related to larval behavior and dopaminergic signaling as paraquat is associated with degeneration of dopamine neurons. Locomotor activity was stimulated with 100 μM paraquat and dopamine transporter and dopamine receptor 3 mRNA levels were increased in larvae exposed to 1 μM paraquat, interpreted to be a compensatory response at lower concentrations. This study improves mechanistic understanding into the toxic actions of paraquat on early developmental stages.
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- Xiao H Wang
- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China; Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130117, PR China.
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- Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, UF Genetics Institute, Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Doran ML, Knee JM, Wang N, Rzezniczak TZ, Parkes TL, Li L, Merritt TJS. Metabolomic analysis of oxidative stress: Superoxide dismutase mutation and paraquat induced stress in Drosophila melanogaster. Free Radic Biol Med 2017; 113:323-334. [PMID: 29031835 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Oxidative stress results in substantial biochemical and physiological perturbations in essentially all organisms. To determine the broad metabolic effects of oxidative stress, we have quantified the response in Drosophila melanogaster to both genetically and environmentally derived oxidative stress. Flies were challenged with loss of Superoxide dismutase activity or chronic or acute exposure to the oxidizing chemical paraquat. Metabolic changes were then quantified using a recently developed chemical isotope labeling (CIL) liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry (LC-MS) platform that targets the carboxylic acid and amine/phenol submetabolomes with high metabolic coverage. We discovered wide spread changes in both submetabolomes in response to all three types of stresses including: changes to the urea cycle, tryptophan metabolism, porphyrin metabolism, as well as a series of metabolic pathways involved in glutathione synthesis. Strikingly, while there are commonalities across the conditions, all three resulted in different metabolomic responses, with the greatest difference between the genetic and environmental responses. Genetic oxidative stress resulted in substantially more widespread effects, both in terms of the percent of the metabolome altered, and the magnitude of changes in individual metabolites. Chronic and acute environmental stress resulted in more similar responses although both were distinct from genetic stress. Overall, these results indicate that the metabolomic response to oxidative stress is complex, reaching across multiple metabolic pathways, with some shared features but with more features unique to different, specific stressors.
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- Marney L Doran
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2C6
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2C6
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2C6
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- Faculty of Arts & Science - Biology, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada P1B 8L7
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2G2
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada P3E 2C6.
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Paraquat-Induced Movement Disorder in Relation to Oxidative Stress-Mediated Neurodegeneration in the Brain of Drosophila melanogaster. Neurochem Res 2017; 42:3310-3320. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-017-2373-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 07/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Calap-Quintana P, González-Fernández J, Sebastiá-Ortega N, Llorens JV, Moltó MD. Drosophila melanogaster Models of Metal-Related Human Diseases and Metal Toxicity. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:E1456. [PMID: 28684721 PMCID: PMC5535947 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Iron, copper and zinc are transition metals essential for life because they are required in a multitude of biological processes. Organisms have evolved to acquire metals from nutrition and to maintain adequate levels of each metal to avoid damaging effects associated with its deficiency, excess or misplacement. Interestingly, the main components of metal homeostatic pathways are conserved, with many orthologues of the human metal-related genes having been identified and characterized in Drosophila melanogaster. Drosophila has gained appreciation as a useful model for studying human diseases, including those caused by mutations in pathways controlling cellular metal homeostasis. Flies have many advantages in the laboratory, such as a short life cycle, easy handling and inexpensive maintenance. Furthermore, they can be raised in a large number. In addition, flies are greatly appreciated because they offer a considerable number of genetic tools to address some of the unresolved questions concerning disease pathology, which in turn could contribute to our understanding of the metal metabolism and homeostasis. This review recapitulates the metabolism of the principal transition metals, namely iron, zinc and copper, in Drosophila and the utility of this organism as an experimental model to explore the role of metal dyshomeostasis in different human diseases. Finally, a summary of the contribution of Drosophila as a model for testing metal toxicity is provided.
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- Pablo Calap-Quintana
- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Campus of Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Campus of Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
- Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Campus of Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Campus of Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Genetics, University of Valencia, Campus of Burjassot, 46100 Valencia, Spain.
- Biomedical Research Institute INCLIVA, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Spain.
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Sanders LH, Paul KC, Howlett EH, Lawal H, Boppana S, Bronstein JM, Ritz B, Greenamyre JT. Editor's Highlight: Base Excision Repair Variants and Pesticide Exposure Increase Parkinson's Disease Risk. Toxicol Sci 2017; 158:188-198. [PMID: 28460087 PMCID: PMC6075191 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfx086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Exposure to certain pesticides induces oxidative stress and increases Parkinson's disease (PD) risk. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage is found in dopaminergic neurons in idiopathic PD and following pesticide exposure in experimental models thereof. Base excision repair (BER) is the major pathway responsible for repairing oxidative DNA damage in cells. Whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BER genes alone or in combination with pesticide exposure influence PD risk is unknown. We investigated the contributions of functional SNPs in 2 BER genes (APEX1 and OGG1) and mitochondrial dysfunction- or oxidative stress-related pesticide exposure, including paraquat, to PD risk. We also studied the effect of paraquat on levels of mtDNA damage and mitochondrial bioenergetics. 619 PD patients and 854 population-based controls were analyzed for the 2 SNPs, APEX1 rs1130409 and OGG1 rs1052133. Ambient pesticide exposures were assessed with a geographic information system. Individually, or in combination, the BER SNPs did not influence PD risk. Mitochondrial-inhibiting (OR = 1.79, 95% CI [1.32, 2.42]), oxidative stress-inducing pesticides (OR = 1.61, 95% CI [1.22, 2.11]), and paraquat (OR = 1.54, 95% CI [1.23, 1.93]) were associated with PD. Statistical interactions were detected, including for a genetic risk score based on rs1130409 and rs1052133 and oxidative stress inducing pesticides, where highly exposed carriers of both risk genotypes were at the highest risk of PD (OR = 2.21, 95% CI [1.25, 3.86]); similar interactions were estimated for mitochondrial-inhibiting pesticides and paraquat alone. Additionally, paraquat exposure was found to impair mitochondrial respiration and increase mtDNA damage in in vivo and in vitro systems. Our findings provide insight into possible mechanisms involved in increased PD risk due to pesticide exposure in the context of BER genotype variants.
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- Laurie H. Sanders
- Department of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Department of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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- Neuroscience Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware 19901
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- Neuroscience Program, Department of Biological Sciences, Delaware State University, Dover, Delaware 19901
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- Department of Neurology, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
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de Carvalho NR, Rodrigues NR, Macedo GE, Bristot IJ, Boligon AA, de Campos MM, Cunha FAB, Coutinho HD, Klamt F, Merritt TJS, Posser T, Franco JL. Eugenia uniflora leaf essential oil promotes mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila melanogaster through the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2017; 6:526-534. [PMID: 30090521 PMCID: PMC6060740 DOI: 10.1039/c7tx00072c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 05/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Eugenia uniflora L. (Myrtaceae family) has demonstrated several properties of human interest, including insecticide potential, due to its pro-oxidant properties. These properties likely result from the effects on its mitochondria, but the mechanism of this action is unclear. The aim of this work was to evaluate the mitochondrial bioenergetics function in Drosophila melanogaster exposed to E. uniflora leaf essential oil. For this, we used a high-resolution respirometry (HRR) protocol. We found that E. uniflora promoted a collapse of the mitochondrial transmembrane potential (ΔΨm). In addition the essential oil was able to promote the disruption of respiration coupled to oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and inhibit the respiratory electron transfer system (ETS) established with an uncoupler. In addition, exposure led to decreases of respiratory control ratio (RCR), bioenergetics capacity and OXPHOS coupling efficiency, and induced changes in the substrate control ratio. Altogether, our results suggested that E. uniflora impairs the mitochondrial function/viability and promotes the uncoupling of OXPHOS, which appears to play an important role in the cellular bioenergetics failure induced by essential oil in D. melanogaster.
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- Nélson R de Carvalho
- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia - CIPBIOTEC , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , RS , Brasil .
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia - CIPBIOTEC , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , RS , Brasil .
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia - CIPBIOTEC , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , RS , Brasil .
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- Departamento de Bioquímica , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , RS CEP 90035-003 , Brasil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , RS , Brasil
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- Departmento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , RS , Brasil
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Laurentian University , Sudbury , ON , Canada P3E 2C6
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry , Laurentian University , Sudbury , ON , Canada P3E 2C6
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- Departamento de Bioquímica , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre , RS CEP 90035-003 , Brasil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Regional do Cariri - URCA , Crato , CE , Brasil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia - CIPBIOTEC , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , RS , Brasil .
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia - CIPBIOTEC , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , RS , Brasil .
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Müller KR, Martins IK, Rodrigues NR, da Cruz LC, Barbosa Filho VM, Macedo GE, da Silva GF, Kamdem JP, de Menezes IRA, Franco JL, Posser T. Anacardium microcarpum extract and fractions protect against paraquat-induced toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster. EXCLI JOURNAL 2017; 16:302-312. [PMID: 28507474 PMCID: PMC5427474 DOI: 10.17179/excli2016-684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Anacardium microcarpum Ducke (Anacardiaceae) is a native species of Brazil used in folk medicine for the treatment of several illnesses although its antioxidant activity has been reported in vitro, there is no evidence of this effect in an in vivo model. Here, we investigated the potential protective effect of hydroalcoholic extract (AMHE), methanol (AMMF) and acetate (AMAF) fraction of A. microcarpum against paraquat toxicity on survivorship, locomotor performance, antioxidant enzymes activity and reactive species using Drosophila melanogaster. Flies were exposed to the extract or fractions (1 and 10 mg/ml) in the presence or absence of paraquat (5 mM) in sucrose solution for 72 h. In addition, total phenolic content of extract and fractions was evaluated as well as ABTS radical scavenging capacity. Our results demonstrated that AMAF presented higher content of phenols and ABTS chelating potential. Treatment of flies with the extract or fractions did not alter the survivorship, locomotor ability, and acetylcholinesterase (AchE) activity per se. Paraquat caused 85 % mortality of flies and 30 % increase in reactive species generation, which were significantly attenuated by AMHE and AMMF. AAMF increased catalase activity (from 66.77 ± 6.64 to 223.94 ± 25.92 mU/mg of protein), while AMAF increased GST activity (from 477.76 ± 92 to 770.19 ± 147.92 mU/mg of protein) and catalase activity (from 66.77 ± 6.64 to 220.54 ± 26.63 mU/mg of protein). AMHE and AMMF were more effective in protecting against paraquat toxicity. Taken together, the data indicate the potential of this plant in acting as a protective and antioxidant agent in vivo.
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- Katiane Raquel Müller
- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Programa de Pós Graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 63100-000 Crato, CE, Brazil.,Departamento de Química, Programa de Pós Graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Regional do Cariri, 63100-000 Crato, CE, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus São Gabriel, 97300-000 São Gabriel, RS, Brazil
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Ortega-Arellano HF, Jimenez-Del-Rio M, Velez-Pardo C. Minocycline protects, rescues and prevents knockdown transgenic parkin Drosophila against paraquat/iron toxicity: Implications for autosomic recessive juvenile parkinsonism. Neurotoxicology 2017; 60:42-53. [PMID: 28284907 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2017.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Autosomal recessive Juvenile Parkinsonism (AR-JP) is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by mutation in the PARKIN gene, and invariably associated with dopaminergic (DAergic) neuronal loss and brain iron accumulation. Since current medical therapy is symptomatic and lacks significant disease-modifying effects, other treatment approaches are urgently needed it. In the present work, we investigate the role of minocycline (MC) in paraquat (PQ)/iron-induced neurotoxicity in the Drosophila TH>parkin-RNAi/+ (w[*]; UAS-parkin-RNAi; TH-GAL4) fly and have shown the following: (i) MC increased life span and restored the locomotor activity of knockdown (KD) transgenic parkin flies in comparison with the control (vehicle) group; (ii) MC at low (0.1 and 0.3mM) and middle (0.5mM) concentrations protected, rescued and prevented KD parkin Drosophila against PQ toxicity. However, MC at high (1mM) concentration aggravated the toxic effect of PQ; (iii) MC protected and rescued DAergic neurons against the PQ toxic effect according to tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)>green-fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter protein microscopy and anti-TH Western blotting analysis; (iv) MC protected DAergic neurons against PQ/iron toxicity; (v) MC significantly abridged lipid peroxidation (LPO) in the protection, rescue and prevention treatment in TH>parkin-RNAi/+ flies against PQ or iron alone or combined (PQ/iron)-induced neuronal oxidative stress (OS). Our results suggest that MC exerts neuroprotection against PQ/iron-induced OS in DAergic neurons most probably by the scavenging activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and by chelating iron. Therefore, MC might be a potential therapeutic drug to delay, revert, or prevent AR-JP.
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- Hector Flavio Ortega-Arellano
- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412, SIU, Medellin, Colombia
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412, SIU, Medellin, Colombia.
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412, SIU, Medellin, Colombia.
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Quintero-Espinosa D, Jimenez-Del-Rio M, Velez-Pardo C. Knockdown transgenic Lrrk Drosophila resists paraquat-induced locomotor impairment and neurodegeneration: A therapeutic strategy for Parkinson's disease. Brain Res 2016; 1657:253-261. [PMID: 28041945 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 12/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) has been linked to familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease. However, it is still unresolved whether LRRK2 in dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons may or may not aggravate the phenotype. We demonstrate that knocking down (KD) the Lrrk gene by RNAi in DAergic neurons untreated or treated with paraquat (PQ) neither affected the number of DAergic clusters, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) protein levels, lifespan nor locomotor activity when compared to control (i.e. TH/+) flies. KD transgenic Lrrk flies dramatically increased locomotor activity in presence of TH enzyme inhibitor alpha-methyl-para-tyrosine (aMT), whereas no effect on lifespan was observed in both fly lines. Most importantly, KD Lrrk flies had reduced lipid peroxidation (LPO) index alone or in presence of PQ and the antioxidant minocycline (MC, 0.5mM). Taken together, these findings suggest that Lrrk appears unessential for the viability of DAergic neurons in D. melanogaster. Moreover, Lrrk might negatively regulate homeostatic levels of dopamine, thereby dramatically increasing locomotor activity, extending lifespan, and reducing oxidative stress (OS). Our data also indicate that reduced expression of Lrrk in the DAergic neurons of transgenic TH>Lrrk-RNAi/+ flies conferred PQ resistance and absence of neurodegeneration. The present findings support the notion that reduced/suppressed LRRK2 expression might delay or prevent motor symptoms and/or frank Parkinsonism in individuals at risk to suffer autosomal dominant Parkinsonism (AD-P) by blocking OS-induced neurodegenerative processes in the DAergic neurons.
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- Diana Quintero-Espinosa
- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412; SIU Medellin, Colombia
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412; SIU Medellin, Colombia.
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, and Calle 62 # 52-59, Building 1, Room 412; SIU Medellin, Colombia.
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Júnior FEB, Macedo GE, Zemolin AP, Silva GFD, Cruz LCD, Boligon AA, de Menezes IRA, Franco JL, Posser T. Oxidant effects and toxicity of Croton campestris in Drosophila melanogaster. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOLOGY 2016; 54:3068-3077. [PMID: 27417881 DOI: 10.1080/13880209.2016.1207089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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CONTEXT Croton campestris A.St.-Hil. (Euphorbiaceae) is a species native to Northeast Brazil used by traditional communities for the treatment of a variety of health problems. However, potential toxicological effects of this plant are unknown. OBJECTIVE The potential toxicity of the hydroalcoholic extract of C. campestris leaves on Drosophila melanogaster insect model, additionally with phytochemical constitution and cellular mechanisms mediating the action of extract were analysed in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Constituents of the extract were evaluated by HPLC. In vitro antioxidant potential of extract was analysed by DPPH, ABTS and FRAP. Flies injected culture medium mixed with extract (0.1-50 mg/mL) for 72 h. After, ROS production was evaluated by DCF-DA oxidation. Phosphorylation of MAPK signalling pathway was investigated by Western blotting method. Activity of antioxidant enzymes was analysed in homogenates. RESULTS Major components of the extract include quercetin (38.11 ± 0.06 mg/g), caffeic acid (20.06 ± 0.17 mg/g) and kaempferol (15.45 ± 0.05 mg/g). Consumption of the extract impaired locomotor performance and induced fly death of flies (LC50 of 26.51 mg/mL). Augmented ROS formation and SOD, CAT and GST activity were observed from 0.1 mg/mL. JNK and p38 kinases phosphorylation was modulated and Paraquat-induced toxicity was augmented by extract. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION Our data show important toxicological effects of C. campestris leading to increased mortality and impaired locomotor performance accompanied by induction of cell stress markers in flies. The study draws attention to the indiscriminate use of plant extracts.
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- Francisco E B Júnior
- a Departamento de Química Biológica , Universidade Regional do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
- b Departamento de Química, Programa de Pós Graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- c Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , São Gabriel , RS , Brazil
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- b Departamento de Química, Programa de Pós Graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- c Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , São Gabriel , RS , Brazil
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- b Departamento de Química, Programa de Pós Graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- d Departamento de Farmácia Industrial, Laboratório de Pesquisa em Fitoquímica , Universidade Federal de Santa Maria , Santa Maria , RS , Brazil
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- a Departamento de Química Biológica , Universidade Regional do Cariri , Crato , CE , Brazil
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- c Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , São Gabriel , RS , Brazil
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- c Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group, Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisa em Biotecnologia , Universidade Federal do Pampa , Campus São Gabriel , São Gabriel , RS , Brazil
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High-Fat Diet Induces Oxidative Stress and MPK2 and HSP83 Gene Expression in Drosophila melanogaster. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2016; 2016:4018157. [PMID: 27579152 PMCID: PMC4992541 DOI: 10.1155/2016/4018157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2016] [Revised: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The consumption of a high-fat diet (HFD) causes alteration in normal metabolism affecting lifespan of flies; however molecular mechanism associated with this damage in flies is not well known. This study evaluates the effects of ingestion of a diet supplemented with 10% and 20% of coconut oil, which is rich in saturated fatty acids, on oxidative stress and cells stress signaling pathways. After exposure to the diet for seven days, cellular and mitochondrial viability, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes SOD and CAT activity, and mRNA expression of antioxidant enzymes HSP83 and MPK2 were analyzed. To confirm the damage effect of diet on flies, survival and lifespan were investigated. The results revealed that the HFD augmented the rate of lipid peroxidation and SOD and CAT activity and induced a higher expression of HSP83 and MPK2 mRNA. In parallel, levels of enzymes involved in lipid metabolism (ACSL1 and ACeCS1) were increased. Our data demonstrate that association among metabolic changes, oxidative stress, and protein signalization might be involved in shortening the lifespan of flies fed with a HFD.
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El-Khoury R, Kaulio E, Lassila KA, Crowther DC, Jacobs HT, Rustin P. Expression of the alternative oxidase mitigates beta-amyloid production and toxicity in model systems. Free Radic Biol Med 2016; 96:57-66. [PMID: 27094492 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2016.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2015] [Revised: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction has been widely associated with the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, but there is no consensus on whether it is a cause or consequence of disease, nor on the precise mechanism(s). We addressed these issues by testing the effects of expressing the alternative oxidase AOX from Ciona intestinalis, in different models of AD pathology. AOX can restore respiratory electron flow when the cytochrome segment of the mitochondrial respiratory chain is inhibited, supporting ATP synthesis, maintaining cellular redox homeostasis and mitigating excess superoxide production at respiratory complexes I and III. In human HEK293-derived cells, AOX expression decreased the production of beta-amyloid peptide resulting from antimycin inhibition of respiratory complex III. Because hydrogen peroxide was neither a direct product nor substrate of AOX, the ability of AOX to mimic antioxidants in this assay must be indirect. In addition, AOX expression was able to partially alleviate the short lifespan of Drosophila models neuronally expressing human beta-amyloid peptides, whilst abrogating the induction of markers of oxidative stress. Our findings support the idea of respiratory chain dysfunction and excess ROS production as both an early step and as a pathologically meaningful target in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, supporting the concept of a mitochondrial vicious cycle underlying the disease.
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- Riyad El-Khoury
- INSERM UMR 1141 and Université Paris 7, Faculté de Médecine Denis Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48, Boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France; American University of Beirut Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cairo Street, Hamra, Beirut, Lebanon
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- BioMediTech and Tampere University Hospital, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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- BioMediTech and Tampere University Hospital, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, UK and MedImmune Ltd, Aaron Klug Building, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- BioMediTech and Tampere University Hospital, FI-33014 University of Tampere, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- INSERM UMR 1141 and Université Paris 7, Faculté de Médecine Denis Diderot, Hôpital Robert Debré, 48, Boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France
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Multifactorial theory applied to the neurotoxicity of paraquat and paraquat-induced mechanisms of developing Parkinson's disease. J Transl Med 2016; 96:496-507. [PMID: 26829122 DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.2015.161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2015] [Revised: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Laboratory studies involving repeated exposure to paraquat (PQ) in different animal models can induce many of the pathological features of Parkinson's disease (PD), such as the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal dopamine system. Epidemiological studies identify an increased risk of developing PD in human populations living in areas where PQ exposure is likely to occur and among workers lacking appropriate protective equipment. The mechanisms involved in developing PD may not be due to any single cause, but rather a multifactorial situation may exist where PQ exposure may cause PD in some circumstances. Multifactorial theory is adopted into this review that includes a number of sub-cellular mechanisms to explain the pathogenesis of PD. The theory is placed into an environmental context of chronic low-dose exposure to PQ that consequently acts as an oxidative stress inducer. Oxidative stress and the metabolic processes of PQ-inducing excitotoxicity, α-synuclein aggregate formation, autophagy, alteration of dopamine catabolism, and inactivation of tyrosine hydroxylase are positioned as causes for the loss of dopaminergic cells. The environmental context and biochemistry of PQ in soils, water, and organisms is also reviewed to identify potential routes that can lead to chronic rates of low-dose exposure that would replicate the type of response that is observed in animal models, epidemiological studies, and other types of laboratory investigations involving PQ exposure. The purpose of this review is to synthesize key relations and summarize hypotheses linking PD to PQ exposure by using the multifactorial approach. Recommendations are given to integrate laboratory methods to the environmental context as a means to improve on experimental design. The multifactorial approach is necessary for conducting valid tests of causal relations, for understanding of potential relations between PD and PQ exposure, and may prevent further delay in solving what has proven to be an evasive etiological problem.
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Catalán A, Glaser-Schmitt A, Argyridou E, Duchen P, Parsch J. An Indel Polymorphism in the MtnA 3' Untranslated Region Is Associated with Gene Expression Variation and Local Adaptation in Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005987. [PMID: 27120580 PMCID: PMC4847869 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Insertions and deletions (indels) are a major source of genetic variation within species and may result in functional changes to coding or regulatory sequences. In this study we report that an indel polymorphism in the 3’ untranslated region (UTR) of the metallothionein gene MtnA is associated with gene expression variation in natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. A derived allele of MtnA with a 49-bp deletion in the 3' UTR segregates at high frequency in populations outside of sub-Saharan Africa. The frequency of the deletion increases with latitude across multiple continents and approaches 100% in northern Europe. Flies with the deletion have more than 4-fold higher MtnA expression than flies with the ancestral sequence. Using reporter gene constructs in transgenic flies, we show that the 3' UTR deletion significantly contributes to the observed expression difference. Population genetic analyses uncovered signatures of a selective sweep in the MtnA region within populations from northern Europe. We also find that the 3’ UTR deletion is associated with increased oxidative stress tolerance. These results suggest that the 3' UTR deletion has been a target of selection for its ability to confer increased levels of MtnA expression in northern European populations, likely due to a local adaptive advantage of increased oxidative stress tolerance. Although molecular variation is abundant in natural populations, understanding how this variation affects organismal phenotypes that are subject to natural selection remains a major challenge in the field of evolutionary genetics. Here we show that a deletion mutation in a noncoding region of the Drosophila melanogaster Metallothionein A gene leads to a significant increase in gene expression and increases survival under oxidative stress. The deletion is in high frequency in three distinct geographic regions: in northern European populations, in northern populations along the east coast of North America, and in southern populations along the east coast of Australia. In northern European populations the deletion shows population genetic signatures of recent positive selection. Thus, we provide evidence for a regulatory polymorphism that underlies local adaptation in natural populations.
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- Ana Catalán
- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg, Germany
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (AC); (JP)
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg, Germany
- * E-mail: (AC); (JP)
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Rao SV, Muralidhara, Yenisetti SC, Rajini PS. Evidence of neuroprotective effects of saffron and crocin in a Drosophila model of parkinsonism. Neurotoxicology 2016; 52:230-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Revised: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Araujo SM, de Paula MT, Poetini MR, Meichtry L, Bortolotto VC, Zarzecki MS, Jesse CR, Prigol M. Effectiveness of γ-oryzanol in reducing neuromotor deficits, dopamine depletion and oxidative stress in a Drosophila melanogaster model of Parkinson's disease induced by rotenone. Neurotoxicology 2015; 51:96-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2015.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mensah LB, Davison C, Fan SJ, Morris JF, Goberdhan DCI, Wilson C. Fine-Tuning of PI3K/AKT Signalling by the Tumour Suppressor PTEN Is Required for Maintenance of Flight Muscle Function and Mitochondrial Integrity in Ageing Adult Drosophila melanogaster. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143818. [PMID: 26599788 PMCID: PMC4658134 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 11/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Insulin/insulin-like growth factor signalling (IIS), acting primarily through the PI3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT kinase signalling cassette, plays key evolutionarily conserved regulatory roles in nutrient homeostasis, growth, ageing and longevity. The dysfunction of this pathway has been linked to several age-related human diseases including cancer, Type 2 diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders. However, it remains unclear whether minor defects in IIS can independently induce the age-dependent functional decline in cells that accompany some of these diseases or whether IIS alters the sensitivity to other aberrant signalling. We identified a novel hypomorphic allele of PI3K’s direct antagonist, Phosphatase and tensin homologue on chromosome 10 (Pten), in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Adults carrying combinations of this allele, Pten5, combined with strong loss-of-function Pten mutations exhibit subtle or no increase in mass, but are highly susceptible to a wide range of stresses. They also exhibit dramatic upregulation of the oxidative stress response gene, GstD1, and a progressive loss of motor function that ultimately leads to defects in climbing and flight ability. The latter phenotype is associated with mitochondrial disruption in indirect flight muscles, although overall muscle structure appears to be maintained. We show that the phenotype is partially rescued by muscle-specific expression of the Bcl-2 homologue Buffy, which in flies, maintains mitochondrial integrity, modulates energy homeostasis and suppresses cell death. The flightless phenotype is also suppressed by mutations in downstream IIS signalling components, including those in the mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway, suggesting that elevated IIS is responsible for functional decline in flight muscle. Our data demonstrate that IIS levels must be precisely regulated by Pten in adults to maintain the function of the highly metabolically active indirect flight muscles, offering a new system to study the in vivo roles of IIS in the maintenance of mitochondrial integrity and adult ageing.
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- Lawrence B. Mensah
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Le Gros Clark Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QX, United Kingdom
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Colinet H, Chertemps T, Boulogne I, Siaussat D. Age-related Decline of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Young Drosophila melanogaster Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2015; 71:1574-1580. [PMID: 26508297 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/03/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Stress tolerance generally declines with age as a result of functional senescence. Age-dependent alteration of stress tolerance can also occur in early adult life. In Drosophila melanogaster, evidence of such a decline in young adults has only been reported for thermotolerance. It is not known whether early adult life entails a general stress tolerance reduction and whether the response is peculiar to thermal traits. The present work was designed to investigate whether newly eclosed D melanogaster adults present a high tolerance to a range of biotic and abiotic insults. We found that tolerance to most of the abiotic stressors tested (desiccation, paraquat, hydrogen peroxide, deltamethrin, and malathion) was high in newly eclosed adults before dramatically declining over the next days of adult life. No clear age-related pattern was found for resistance to biotic stress (septic or fungal infection) and starvation. These results suggest that newly eclosed adults present a culminating level of tolerance to extrinsic stress which is likely unrelated to immune process. We argue that stress tolerance variation at very young age is likely a residual attribute from the previous life stage (ontogenetic carryover) or a feature related to the posteclosion development.
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- Hervé Colinet
- UMR CNRS 6553 ECOBIO, Université de Rennes 1, France.
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- Institut of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES Paris), UPMC Université Paris, France
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- Institut of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES Paris), UPMC Université Paris, France.,UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université des Antilles, Cedex, France
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- Institut of Ecology and Environmental Sciences of Paris (iEES Paris), UPMC Université Paris, France
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Nellore J, P N. Paraquat exposure induces behavioral deficits in larval zebrafish during the window of dopamine neurogenesis. Toxicol Rep 2015; 2:950-956. [PMID: 28962434 PMCID: PMC5598415 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2015.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2015] [Revised: 05/29/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Exposure to environmental risk factors such as herbicides in early life has been proposed to play important roles in the development of neurodegenerative disorders in adult life. To test this hypothesis, we used a zebrafish model to link the herbicide paraquat (PQ) to disease etiology. Strikingly, treatment of 18 hpf embryonic zebrafish with low-dose PQ treatment (0.04 ppm, lower than the accepted human daily exposure) resulted in 50% display of neurodegenerative phenotypes and motor deficits at various developmental stages (segmentation to larval stage). Wide arrays of biomarkers have been employed to delineate the toxic responses which include lipid peroxidation, glutathione (GSH) and apoptosis studies. A decrease in the GSH levels, increase in lipid peroxidation and apoptosis, respectively, were observed at various developmental stages. Unexpectedly, we show that the exposure to paraquat during the window of dopamine neurogenesis causes Parkinsonian like motor defects in later life by perturbing cholinergic system due to oxidative stress.
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- Jayshree Nellore
- Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama University, Jeppiaar Nagar, Rajiv Gandhi Salai Chennai-119, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
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Barnes VL, Bhat A, Unnikrishnan A, Heydari AR, Arking R, Pile LA. SIN3 is critical for stress resistance and modulates adult lifespan. Aging (Albany NY) 2015; 6:645-60. [PMID: 25133314 PMCID: PMC4169859 DOI: 10.18632/aging.100684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Coordinate control of gene activity is critical for fitness and longevity of an organism. The SIN3 histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex functions as a transcriptional repressor of many genes. SIN3-regulated genes include those that encode proteins affecting multiple aspects of mitochondrial function, such as energy production and stress responsiveness, important for health maintenance. Here we used Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to examine the role of SIN3 in the regulation of fitness and longevity. Adult flies with RNA interference (RNAi) induced knockdown expression of Sin3A have reduced climbing ability; an activity that likely requires fully functional mitochondria. Additionally, compared to wild type, adult Sin3A knockdown flies were more sensitive to oxidative stress. Interestingly, media supplementation with the antioxidant glutathione largely restored fly tolerance to oxidative stress. Although Sin3A knockdown flies exhibited decreased longevity compared to wild type, no significant changes in expression of many well-categorized aging genes were observed. We found, however, that Sin3A knockdown corresponded to a significant reduction in expression of genes encoding proteins involved in the de novo synthesis of glutathione. Taken together, the data support a model whereby SIN3 regulates a gene expression program required for proper mitochondrial function and effective stress response during adulthood.
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- Valerie L Barnes
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202,USA
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202,USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA
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Krůček T, Korandová M, Šerý M, Frydrychová RČ, Krůček T, Korandová M, Szakosová K. Effect of low doses of herbicide paraquat on antioxidant defense in Drosophila. ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 88:235-248. [PMID: 25557922 DOI: 10.1002/arch.21222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Despite a high toxicity, paraquat is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world. Our study evaluated the effect of paraquat exposure on antioxidant response and locomotion activity in Drosophila melanogaster. We examined the enzymatic activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase, and the transcript levels of both enzymes. Flies were exposed to a wide range of paraquat concentrations (0.25 μM to 25 mM) for 12 h. SOD, at both transcript and enzymatic levels, revealed a biphasic dose-response curve with the peak at 2.5 μM paraquat. A similar dose-response curve was observed at transcript levels of catalase. Males revealed higher susceptibility to paraquat exposure, displaying higher lethality, increased levels of SOD activity, and increased peroxide levels than in females. We found that the exposure of females to 2.5 μM paraquat leads to an increase in locomotion activity. Because susceptibility to paraquat was enhanced by mating, the study supports the hypothesis of elevation of stress sensitivity as a physiological cost of reproduction.
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- Tomáš Krůček
- Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre AS CR, v.v.i, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Dweck HKM, Ebrahim SAM, Farhan A, Hansson BS, Stensmyr MC. Olfactory proxy detection of dietary antioxidants in Drosophila. Curr Biol 2015; 25:455-66. [PMID: 25619769 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Revised: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Dietary antioxidants play an important role in preventing oxidative stress. Whether animals in search of food or brood sites are able to judge the antioxidant content, and if so actively seek out resources with enriched antioxidant content, remains unclear. RESULTS We show here that the vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster detects the presence of hydroxycinnamic acids (HCAs)-potent dietary antioxidants abundant in fruit-via olfactory cues. Flies are unable to smell HCAs directly but are equipped with dedicated olfactory sensory neurons detecting yeast-produced ethylphenols that are exclusively derived from HCAs. These neurons are housed on the maxillary palps, express the odorant receptor Or71a, and are necessary and sufficient for proxy detection of HCAs. Activation of these neurons in adult flies induces positive chemotaxis, oviposition, and increased feeding. We further demonstrate that fly larvae also seek out yeast enriched with HCAs and that larvae use the same ethylphenol cues as the adults but rely for detection upon a larval unique odorant receptor (Or94b), which is co-expressed with a receptor (Or94a) detecting a general yeast volatile. We also show that the ethylphenols act as reliable cues for the presence of dietary antioxidants, as these volatiles are produced--upon supplementation of HCAs--by a wide range of yeasts known to be consumed by flies. CONCLUSIONS For flies, dietary antioxidants are presumably important to counteract acute oxidative stress induced by consumption or by infection by entomopathogenic microorganisms. The ethylphenol pathway described here adds another layer to the fly's defensive arsenal against toxic microbes.
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- Hany K M Dweck
- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Evolutionary Neuroethology, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Strasse 8, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Lund University, Box 117, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
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Zheng D, Li C, Wang S, Cang Y, Song Y, Liu X, Li X, Mohan C, Wu T, Hu D, Peng A. PSTK is a novel gene associated with early lung injury in Paraquat Poisoning. Life Sci 2015; 123:9-17. [PMID: 25592138 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2014.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2014] [Revised: 11/21/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AIMS Paraquat Poisoning (PQ) can cause illness and death, and its main causes of mortality are acute respiratory failure and lung fibrosis. Early recognition of this condition and early treatment are vital. Thus, it is of importance to target the key genes controlling pathogenesis in the early stage of PQ. MAIN METHODS C57BL/6 mice were used for Paraquat intragastric administration as a model of PQ. Following a gene chip-based screening, the change of gene expression in the lung was further validated by bioinformatic analyses, co-expression network construction and real-time RT-PCR, Western blot and immunofluorescence assays. KEY FINDINGS 2287 genes with differential expression were identified at the very early stage of PQ. From these, 76 genes that were linked to mitochondrion function were further pursued. Among these genes, PSTK was a phosphorylase kinase which serves a protective role in oxidative stress lung damage. PSTK was the central gene in a 30-gene network that is important for mitochondrial complex I assembly, mitochondrial apoptosis and mitochondrial fatty acid beta-oxidation, suggesting that they could conceivably be related to the pathogenesis of PQ induced lung damage. Lastly, we confirmed that PSTK was lowered in rodent lungs following PQ. SIGNIFICANCE PSTK emerges as a central gene in a network of mitochondrial function genes in PQ exposed mice. The functional role of PSTK in PQ induced lung injury warrants further examination.
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- Dong Zheng
- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
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da Cunha FAB, Wallau GL, Pinho AI, Nunes MEM, Leite NF, Tintino SR, da Costa GM, Athayde ML, Boligon AA, Coutinho HDM, Pereira AB, Posser T, Franco JL. Eugenia uniflora leaves essential oil induces toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster: involvement of oxidative stress mechanisms. Toxicol Res (Camb) 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4tx00162a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Eugenia unifloraL. (Myrtaceae family), also known as “pitanga”, is a tree species widely used in popular medicine.
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em Biotecnologia – CIPBIOTEC
- Universidade Federal do Pampa
- Campus São Gabriel
- São Gabriel
- Brazil
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Martin CA, Barajas A, Lawless G, Lawal HO, Assani K, Lumintang YP, Nunez V, Krantz DE. Synergistic effects on dopamine cell death in a Drosophila model of chronic toxin exposure. Neurotoxicology 2014; 44:344-51. [PMID: 25160001 PMCID: PMC4264678 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The neurodegenerative effects of Parkinson's disease (PD) are marked by a selective loss of dopaminergic (DA) neurons. Epidemiological studies suggest that chronic exposure to the pesticide paraquat may increase the risk for PD and DA cell loss. However, combined exposure with additional fungicide(s) including maneb and/or ziram may be required for pathogenesis. To explore potential pathogenic mechanisms, we have developed a Drosophila model of chronic paraquat exposure. We find that while chronic paraquat exposure alone decreased organismal survival and motor function, combined chronic exposure to both paraquat and maneb was required for DA cell death in the fly. To initiate mechanistic studies of this interaction, we used additional genetic reagents to target the ubiquitin proteasome system, which has been implicated in some rare familial forms of PD and the toxic effects of ziram. Genetic inhibition of E1 ubiquitin ligase, but not the proteasome itself, increased DA cell death in combination with maneb but not paraquat. These studies establish a model for long-term exposure to multiple pesticides, and support the idea that pesticide interactions relevant to PD may involve inhibition of protein ubiquitination.
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- Ciara A Martin
- UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Molecular Toxicology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Molecular Toxicology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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- UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Molecular Toxicology, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States; Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, The Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center, Room 3335, Hatos Center For Neuropharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 695 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
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Cassar M, Issa AR, Riemensperger T, Petitgas C, Rival T, Coulom H, Iché-Torres M, Han KA, Birman S. A dopamine receptor contributes to paraquat-induced neurotoxicity in Drosophila. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 24:197-212. [PMID: 25158689 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Long-term exposure to environmental oxidative stressors, like the herbicide paraquat (PQ), has been linked to the development of Parkinson's disease (PD), the most frequent neurodegenerative movement disorder. Paraquat is thus frequently used in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and other animal models to study PD and the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons (DNs) that characterizes this disease. Here, we show that a D1-like dopamine (DA) receptor, DAMB, actively contributes to the fast central nervous system (CNS) failure induced by PQ in the fly. First, we found that a long-term increase in neuronal DA synthesis reduced DAMB expression and protected against PQ neurotoxicity. Secondly, a striking age-related decrease in PQ resistance in young adult flies correlated with an augmentation of DAMB expression. This aging-associated increase in oxidative stress vulnerability was not observed in a DAMB-deficient mutant. Thirdly, targeted inactivation of this receptor in glutamatergic neurons (GNs) markedly enhanced the survival of Drosophila exposed to either PQ or neurotoxic levels of DA, whereas, conversely, DAMB overexpression in these cells made the flies more vulnerable to both compounds. Fourthly, a mutation in the Drosophila ryanodine receptor (RyR), which inhibits activity-induced increase in cytosolic Ca(2+), also strongly enhanced PQ resistance. Finally, we found that DAMB overexpression in specific neuronal populations arrested development of the fly and that in vivo stimulation of either DNs or GNs increased PQ susceptibility. This suggests a model for DA receptor-mediated potentiation of PQ-induced neurotoxicity. Further studies of DAMB signaling in Drosophila could have implications for better understanding DA-related neurodegenerative disorders in humans.
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- Marlène Cassar
- Genes Circuits Rhythms and Neuropathologies, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, PSL Research University, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Genes Circuits Rhythms and Neuropathologies, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, PSL Research University, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Genes Circuits Rhythms and Neuropathologies, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, PSL Research University, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Genes Circuits Rhythms and Neuropathologies, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, PSL Research University, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France
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- Genetics and Physiopathology of Neurotransmission, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille-Luminy, CNRS, Université de la Méditerranée, 13009 Marseille, France and
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- Genetics and Physiopathology of Neurotransmission, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille-Luminy, CNRS, Université de la Méditerranée, 13009 Marseille, France and
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- Genetics and Physiopathology of Neurotransmission, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille-Luminy, CNRS, Université de la Méditerranée, 13009 Marseille, France and
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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- Genes Circuits Rhythms and Neuropathologies, Brain Plasticity Unit, CNRS, PSL Research University, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris, France Genetics and Physiopathology of Neurotransmission, Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille-Luminy, CNRS, Université de la Méditerranée, 13009 Marseille, France and
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Ong C, Yung LYL, Cai Y, Bay BH, Baeg GH. Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism to study nanotoxicity. Nanotoxicology 2014; 9:396-403. [DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2014.940405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Cynthia Ong
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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Ortega-Arellano HF, Jimenez-Del-Rio M, Velez-Pardo C. Dmp53, basket and drICE gene knockdown and polyphenol gallic acid increase life span and locomotor activity in a Drosophila Parkinson's disease model. Genet Mol Biol 2013; 36:608-15. [PMID: 24385865 PMCID: PMC3873193 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572013000400020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Understanding the mechanism(s) by which dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons are eroded in Parkinson's disease (PD) is critical for effective therapeutic strategies. By using the binary tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-Gal4/UAS-X RNAi Drosophila melanogaster system, we report that Dmp53, basket and drICE gene knockdown in dopaminergic neurons prolong life span (p < 0.05; log-rank test) and locomotor activity (p < 0.05; χ(2) test) in D. melanogaster lines chronically exposed to (1 mM) paraquat (PQ, oxidative stress (OS) generator) compared to untreated transgenic fly lines. Likewise, knockdown flies displayed higher climbing performance than control flies. Amazingly, gallic acid (GA) significantly protected DAergic neurons, ameliorated life span, and climbing abilities in knockdown fly lines treated with PQ compared to flies treated with PQ only. Therefore, silencing specific gene(s) involved in neuronal death might constitute an excellent tool to study the response of DAergic neurons to OS stimuli. We propose that a therapy with antioxidants and selectively "switching off" death genes in DAergic neurons could provide a means for pre-clinical PD individuals to significantly ameliorate their disease condition.
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- Hector Flavio Ortega-Arellano
- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
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- Neuroscience Research Group, Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
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