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Electronic properties and chemical reactivity of biogenic amine neurotransmitters in gas and solution phase: A DFT study. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Amburana cearensis: Pharmacological and Neuroprotective Effects of Its Compounds. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25153394. [PMID: 32726999 PMCID: PMC7435960 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Amburana cearensis A.C. Smith is an endemic tree from Northeastern Brazil used in folk medicine as teas, decocts and syrups for the treatment of various respiratory and inflammatory diseases, since therapeutic properties have been attributed to compounds from its stem bark and seeds. Numerous pharmacological properties of semi-purified extracts and isolated compounds from A. cearensis have been described in several biological systems, ranging from antimicrobial to anti-inflammatory effects. Some of these activities are attributed to coumarins and phenolic compounds, the major compounds present in A. cearensis seed extracts. Multiple lines of research demonstrate these compounds reduce oxidative stress, inflammation and neuronal death induced by glutamate excitotoxicity, events central to most neuropathologies, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s Disease (PD). This review focuses on the botanical aspects, folk medicine use, biological effects and pharmacological activities of A. cearensis compounds and their potential as novel non-toxic drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
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Juriga D, Laszlo I, Ludanyi K, Klebovich I, Chae CH, Zrinyi M. Kinetics of dopamine release from poly(aspartamide)-based prodrugs. Acta Biomater 2018; 76:225-238. [PMID: 29940369 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2018.06.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Preparation of novel biocompatible and biodegradable polymer-based prodrugs that can be applied in complex drug delivery systems is one of the most researched fields in pharmaceutics. The kinetics of the drug release strongly depends on the physicochemical parameters of prodrugs as well as environmental properties, therefore precise kinetical description is crucial to design the appropriate polymer prodrug formula. The aim of the present study was to investigate the dopamine release from different poly(aspartamide) based dopamine drug conjugates in different environments and to work out a kinetic description which can be extended to describe drug release in similar systems. Poly(aspartamide) was conjugated with different amounts of dopamine. In order to alter the solubility of the conjugates, 2-aminoethanol was also grafted to the main chain. Chemical structure as well as physical properties such as solubility, lipophilicity measurements and thermogravimetric analysis has been carried out. Kinetics of dopamine release from the macromolecular prodrugs which has good water solubility has been studied and compared in different environments (phosphate buffer, Bromelain and α-Chymotrypsin). It was found that the kinetics of release in those solutions can be satisfactorily described by first order reaction rate. For poorly-soluble conjugates, the release of dopamine was considered as a result of coupling of diffusion and chemical reaction. Besides the time dependence of dopamine cleavage, a practical quantity, the half-life of the release of loading capacity has been introduced and evaluated. It was found, that dopamine containing macromolecular prodrugs exhibit prolonged release kinetics and the quantitative description of the kinetics, including the most important physical parameters provides a solid base for future pharmaceutical and medical studies. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Poly(aspartamide) based polymer-drug conjugates are promising for controlled and prolonged drug delivery due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. In this study different poly(aspartamide) based dopamine conjugates were synthesized which can protect dopamine from deactivation in the human body. Since there is no satisfying kinetics description for drug release from covalent polymer-drug conjugates in the literature, dopamine release was investigated in different environments and a complete kinetical description was worked out. This study demonstrates that poly(aspartamide) is able to protect conjugated dopamine from deactivation and provide prolonged release in alkaline pH as well as in the presence of different enzymes. Furthermore, detailed kinetical descriptions were demonstrated which can be used in case of other covalent polymer-drug conjugates.
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Sun Y, Pham AN, Waite TD. Effect of release of dopamine on iron transformations and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation under conditions typical of coastal waters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2018; 20:232-244. [PMID: 29265130 DOI: 10.1039/c7em00497d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Seasonally persistent blooms of Ulvaria obscura var. blyttii, the prominent species present in green tides in the northern Pacific and Atlantic, have been well documented in recent decades. The synthesis and release of dopamine (DA) by Ulvaria obscura var. blyttii has been proposed to be associated with the suppression and inhibition of the growth of other organisms competing for limited resources. To better understand the potential benefits obtained from the release of DA, the transformation of DA as well its concomitant impact on the local seawater environment are investigated in this study. The results show that, despite several toxic quinones being produced during the oxidation of DA, aminochrome (DAC) is likely to be the only quinone playing an allelopathic role in view of its expected accumulation in the surrounding environment. As a consequence of the direct oxidation of DA and DA induced generation of 5,6-dihydroxyindole (DHI), high concentrations of H2O2 accumulate over time, especially in the presence of elements including iron, calcium and magnesium. The oxidative stress to other organisms induced by the release of DA may be particularly detrimental as a result of H2O2 induced reduction in photosynthesis, inactivation of antioxidant systems or even the generation of ˙OH. DA induced iron mobilization may benefit the continuously persistent blooms of Ulvaria obscura var. blyttii or even the whole community via alleviation in iron deficiency within the bloom region.
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- Yingying Sun
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Maurya MR, Uprety B, Avecilla F, Adão P, Kuznetsov ML, Costa Pessoa J. Solution Behaviour and Catalytic Potential towards Oxidation of Dopamine by Oxidovanadium(V) Complexes of Tripodal Tetradentate Ligands. Eur J Inorg Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201700342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Mannar R. Maurya
- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; 247667 Roorkee India
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- Department of Chemistry; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; 247667 Roorkee India
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- Departamento de Química Fundamental; Universidade da Coruña; Campus de A Zapateira 15071 A Coruña Spain
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- Centro de Química Estrutural; Instituto Superior Técnico; Universidade Lisboa; 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural; Instituto Superior Técnico; Universidade Lisboa; 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal
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- Centro de Química Estrutural; Instituto Superior Técnico; Universidade Lisboa; 1049-001 Lisboa Portugal
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Tyrosinase-Based Biosensors for Selective Dopamine Detection. SENSORS 2017; 17:s17061314. [PMID: 28590453 PMCID: PMC5492229 DOI: 10.3390/s17061314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A novel tyrosinase-based biosensor was developed for the detection of dopamine (DA). For increased selectivity, gold electrodes were previously modified with cobalt (II)-porphyrin (CoP) film with electrocatalytic activity, to act both as an electrochemical mediator and an enzyme support, upon which the enzyme tyrosinase (Tyr) was cross-linked. Differential pulse voltammetry was used for electrochemical detection and the reduction current of dopamine-quinone was measured as a function of dopamine concentration. Our experiments demonstrated that the presence of CoP improves the selectivity of the electrode towards dopamine in the presence of ascorbic acid (AA), with a linear trend of concentration dependence in the range of 2–30 µM. By optimizing the conditioning parameters, a separation of 130 mV between the peak potentials for ascorbic acid AA and DA was obtained, allowing the selective detection of DA. The biosensor had a sensitivity of 1.22 ± 0.02 µA·cm−2·µM−1 and a detection limit of 0.43 µM. Biosensor performances were tested in the presence of dopamine medication, with satisfactory results in terms of recovery (96%), and relative standard deviation values below 5%. These results confirmed the applicability of the biosensors in real samples such as human urine and blood serum.
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Renault D, Dorrah MA, Mohamed AA, Abdelfattah EA, Bassal TTM. Assessment of oxidative stress and activities of antioxidant enzymes depicts the negative systemic effect of iron-containing fertilizers and plant phenolic compounds in the desert locust. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:21989-22000. [PMID: 27539469 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7391-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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For herbivore insects, digesting can be somewhat challenging, as the defense mechanisms evolved by plants, including the release of phenolics like the non-protein amino acid L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), can cause fitness costs. In addition, industrial and agricultural activities have elevated the amounts of iron that can be found in nature and more particularly FeSO4 that is used as fertilizer. Traces of iron can enhance the auto-oxidation of L-DOPA, in turn, generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) and consequently oxidative stress in insects. We examined the effects of the ion Fe2+ (as FeSO4) and L-DOPA on fifth instars of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria. We measured the level of oxidative damage occurring to macromolecules (proteins and lipids) from midgut and thoracic tissues and assessed the activities of responsive antioxidant enzymes. Injected L-DOPA and redox-active metal iron generated ROS which caused oxidative damages to proteins and lipids to S. gregaria. The protein carbonyls and lipid peroxides present in tissue homogenates were elevated in treated insects. No synergism was observed when L-DOPA was co-injected with Fe2+. K m values of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GR), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) were 4.3, 2.6, and 4.0 mM in thoracic muscles and 5.00, 2.43, and 1.66 mM in whole midgut for SOD, GR, and GPx, respectively, and 8.3 and 3.43 M for catalase (CAT) in the two tissues, respectively. These results suggest higher affinities of GPx and CAT to H2O2 in midgut than in muscles. The time-course changes in activities of antioxidant enzymes and amounts of protein carbonyls and lipid peroxides showed fluctuating patterns, suggesting complex interactions among macromolecules, L-DOPA and FeSO4, and their degradation products. Our results demonstrated the stressful effects of L-DOPA and FeSO4, proving that iron-containing fertilizers are pollutants that can strongly affect S. gregaria.
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- David Renault
- UMR CNRS 6553, Université de Rennes 1, Avenue du Gal Leclerc, 35042, Rennes Cedex, France.
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, P O Box, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, P O Box, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, P O Box, Giza, 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, P O Box, Giza, 12613, Egypt.
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Touchette JC, Breckenridge JM, Wilken GH, Macarthur H. Direct intranigral injection of dopaminochrome causes degeneration of dopamine neurons. Neurosci Lett 2015; 612:178-184. [PMID: 26704434 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by progressive neurodegeneration of nigrastriatal dopaminergic neurons leading to clinical motor dysfunctions. Many animal models of PD have been developed using exogenous neurotoxins and pesticides. Evidence strongly indicates that the dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) are highly susceptible to neurodegeneration due to a number of factors including oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. Oxidation of DA to a potential endogenous neurotoxin, dopaminochrome (DAC), may be a potential contributor to the vulnerability of the nigrostriatal tract to oxidative insult. In this study, we show that DAC causes slow and progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in contrast to 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP(+)), which induces rapid lesions of the region. The DAC model may be more reflective of early stresses that initiate the progressive neurodegenerative process of PD, and may prove a useful model for future neurodegenerative studies.
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- Jillienne C Touchette
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104, United States.
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Briceño A, Muñoz P, Brito P, Huenchuguala S, Segura-Aguilar J, Paris IB. Aminochrome Toxicity is Mediated by Inhibition of Microtubules Polymerization Through the Formation of Adducts with Tubulin. Neurotox Res 2015; 29:381-93. [PMID: 26345577 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-015-9560-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this study, we investigated the role of adducts formation between aminochrome and tubulin and its interference in microtubules assembly and stability in aminochrome-induced toxicity in SH-SY5Y cells. We also investigated whether changes in the microtubules structures are an early event that could affect tubulin expression. We demonstrated in vitro that aminochrome tubulin adducts inhibit tubulin polymerization and that aminochrome induces microtubules disassembly. Moreover, when the SH-SY5Y cells were incubated with aminochrome, we observed an increase in soluble tubulin, indicating depolymerization of microtubules. Aminochrome generates disruption of the microtubules network, leading to changes in the morphology of the cells inducing cell death, in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Interestingly, these changes preceded cell death and were partly inhibited by paclitaxel, a microtubule-stabilizing agent. Furthermore, we observed that aminochrome increased early tubulin expression before significant cell death occurred. Consequently, all these antecedents suggest that aminochrome toxicity is mediated by early disruption of microtubules network, where the adduct formation between aminochrome and tubulin could be responsible for the inhibition in the assembly microtubules and the loss of microtubules stability. Possibly, the early changes in tubulin expression could correspond to compensatory mechanisms against the toxic effects of aminochrome.
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- Andrea Briceño
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Limonares 190, 2561780, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, ICBM, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile. .,Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Santo Tomás, Limonares 190, 2561780, Viña del Mar, Chile.
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Xiong R, Siegel D, Ross D. Quinone-induced protein handling changes: implications for major protein handling systems in quinone-mediated toxicity. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2014; 280:285-95. [PMID: 25151970 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 08/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Para-quinones such as 1,4-Benzoquinone (BQ) and menadione (MD) and ortho-quinones including the oxidation products of catecholamines, are derived from xenobiotics as well as endogenous molecules. The effects of quinones on major protein handling systems in cells; the 20/26S proteasome, the ER stress response, autophagy, chaperone proteins and aggresome formation, have not been investigated in a systematic manner. Both BQ and aminochrome (AC) inhibited proteasomal activity and activated the ER stress response and autophagy in rat dopaminergic N27 cells. AC also induced aggresome formation while MD had little effect on any protein handling systems in N27 cells. The effect of NQO1 on quinone induced protein handling changes and toxicity was examined using N27 cells stably transfected with NQO1 to generate an isogenic NQO1-overexpressing line. NQO1 protected against BQ-induced apoptosis but led to a potentiation of AC- and MD-induced apoptosis. Modulation of quinone-induced apoptosis in N27 and NQO1-overexpressing cells correlated only with changes in the ER stress response and not with changes in other protein handling systems. These data suggested that NQO1 modulated the ER stress response to potentiate toxicity of AC and MD, but protected against BQ toxicity. We further demonstrated that NQO1 mediated reduction to unstable hydroquinones and subsequent redox cycling was important for the activation of the ER stress response and toxicity for both AC and MD. In summary, our data demonstrate that quinone-specific changes in protein handling are evident in N27 cells and the induction of the ER stress response is associated with quinone-mediated toxicity.
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- Rui Xiong
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Ccxampus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Ccxampus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Ccxampus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Huenchuguala S, Muñoz P, Zavala P, Villa M, Cuevas C, Ahumada U, Graumann R, Nore BF, Couve E, Mannervik B, Paris I, Segura-Aguilar J. Glutathione transferase mu 2 protects glioblastoma cells against aminochrome toxicity by preventing autophagy and lysosome dysfunction. Autophagy 2014; 10:618-30. [PMID: 24434817 DOI: 10.4161/auto.27720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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U373MG cells constitutively express glutathione S-transferase mu 2 (GSTM2) and exhibit (3)H-dopamine uptake, which is inhibited by 2 µM of nomifensine and 15 µM of estradiol. We generated a stable cell line (U373MGsiGST6) expressing an siRNA against GSTM2 that resulted in low GSTM2 expression (26% of wild-type U373MG cells). A significant increase in cell death was observed when U373MGsiGST6 cells were incubated with 50 µM purified aminochrome (18-fold increase) compared with wild-type cells. The incubation of U373MGsiGST6 cells with 75 µM aminochrome resulted in the formation of autophagic vacuoles containing undigested cellular components, as determined using transmission electron microscopy. A significant increase in autophagosomes was determined by measuring endogenous LC3-II, a significant decrease in cell death was observed in the presence of bafilomycin A 1, and a significant increase in cell death was observed in the presence of trehalose. A significant increase in LAMP2 immunostaining was observed, a significant decrease in bright red fluorescence of lysosomes with acridine orange was observed, and bafilomycin A 1 pretreatment reduced the loss of lysosome acidity. A significant increase in cell death was observed in the presence of lysosomal protease inhibitors. Aggregation of TUBA/α-tubulin (tubulin, α) and SQSTM1 protein accumulation were also observed. Moreover, a significant increase in the number of lipids droplets was observed compared with U373MG cells with normal expression of GSTM2. These results support the notion that GSTM2 is a protective enzyme against aminochrome toxicity in astrocytes and that aminochrome cell death in U373MGsiGST6 cells involves autophagic-lysosomal dysfunction.
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- Sandro Huenchuguala
- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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- Laboratory of Medicine; Clinical Research Center-Novum; Karolinska Institutet; Sweden; Department of Medical Biochemistry; School of Medicine; Faculty of Medical Sciences; University of Sulaimani; Ministry of Higher Education and Research; Kurdistan Regional Government; Iraq
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- Department of Biology and Environmental sciences; University of Valparaiso; Valparaiso, Chile
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- Department of Neurochemistry; Stockholm University; Stockholm, Sweden
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile; Department of Basic Sciences; Santo Tomas University; Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology; ICBM-Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas; Faculty of Medicine; University of Chile; Santiago, Chile
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Protective effects of nicotine against aminochrome-induced toxicity in substantia nigra derived cells: implications for Parkinson's disease. Neurotox Res 2012; 22:177-80. [PMID: 22528249 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-012-9326-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2011] [Revised: 02/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/31/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Parkinson's disease is a debilitating progressive neurodegenerative disorder that results from the loss of or damage to dopaminergic cells containing neuromelanin in the substantia nigra (SN). The underlying neurodegenerative mechanism(s), however, remain elusive. Aminochrome, the precursor of neuromelanin is an endogenous substance capable of inducing selective neurotoxicity to dopaminergic neurons in SN. Nicotine, on the other hand, may offer protective effects against dopaminergic cell damage induced by various neurotoxins including MPTP and salsolinol. In this study, we sought to determine whether nicotine may also protect against aminochrome-induced toxicity in SN derived RCSN-3 cells. Exposure of RCSN-3 cells to a combination of aminochrome (50 μM) and dicoumarol (50 μM) for 48 h induced approximately 70 % cell death. Pretreatment with nicotine, dose-dependently blocked this toxicity. The effects of nicotine in turn were dose-dependently blocked by mecamylamine, a non-selective nicotinic receptor antagonist. These results suggest involvement of nicotinic receptors in protective effects of nicotine against aminochrome-induced toxicity and provide further evidence for possible therapeutic effects of nicotine or nicotinic agonists in Parkinson's disease.
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Overexpression of VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase protects substantia nigra-derived cells against aminochrome neurotoxicity. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2012; 1822:1125-36. [PMID: 22483869 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2012.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 03/16/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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We tested the hypothesis that both VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase are an important cellular defense against aminochrome-dependent neurotoxicity during dopamine oxidation. A cell line with VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase over-expressed was created. The transfection of RCSN-3 cells with a bicistronic plasmid coding for VMAT-2 fused with GFP-IRES-DT-diaphorase cDNA induced a significant increase in protein expression of VMAT-2 (7-fold; P<0.001) and DT-diaphorase (9-fold; P<0.001), accompanied by a 4- and 5.5-fold significant increase in transport and enzyme activity, respectively. Studies with synaptic vesicles from rat substantia nigra revealed that VMAT-2 uptake of ³H-aminochrome 6.3 ± 0.4nmol/min/mg was similar to dopamine uptake 6.2 ± 0.3nmol/min/mg that which were dependent on ATP. Interestingly, aminochrome uptake was inhibited by 2μM lobeline but not reserpine (1 and 10μM). Incubation of cells overexpressing VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase with 20μM aminochrome resulted in (i) a significant decrease in cell death (6-fold, P<0.001); (ii) normal ultra structure determined by transmission electron microscopy contrasting with a significant increase of autophagosome and a dramatic remodeling of the mitochondrial inner membrane in wild type cells; (iii) normal level of ATP (256 ± 11μM) contrasting with a significant decrease in wild type cells (121±11μM, P<0.001); and (iv) a significant decrease in DNA laddering (21 ± 8pixels, P<0.001) cells in comparison with wild type cells treated with 20μM aminochrome (269 ± 9). These results support our hypothesis that VMAT-2 and DT-diaphorase are an important defense system against aminochrome formed during dopamine oxidation.
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Paris I, Segura-Aguilar J. The role of metal ions in dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s00706-011-0478-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Extracellular dopamine potentiates mn-induced oxidative stress, lifespan reduction, and dopaminergic neurodegeneration in a BLI-3-dependent manner in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genet 2010; 6. [PMID: 20865164 PMCID: PMC2928785 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2010] [Accepted: 07/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD)-mimicking drugs and pesticides, and more recently PD-associated gene mutations, have been studied in cell cultures and mammalian models to decipher the molecular basis of PD. Thus far, a dozen of genes have been identified that are responsible for inherited PD. However they only account for about 8% of PD cases, most of the cases likely involving environmental contributions. Environmental manganese (Mn) exposure represents an established risk factor for PD occurrence, and both PD and Mn-intoxicated patients display a characteristic extrapyramidal syndrome primarily involving dopaminergic (DAergic) neurodegeneration with shared common molecular mechanisms. To better understand the specificity of DAergic neurodegeneration, we studied Mn toxicity in vivo in Caenorhabditis elegans. Combining genetics and biochemical assays, we established that extracellular, and not intracellular, dopamine (DA) is responsible for Mn-induced DAergic neurodegeneration and that this process (1) requires functional DA-reuptake transporter (DAT-1) and (2) is associated with oxidative stress and lifespan reduction. Overexpression of the anti-oxidant transcription factor, SKN-1, affords protection against Mn toxicity, while the DA-dependency of Mn toxicity requires the NADPH dual-oxidase BLI-3. These results suggest that in vivo BLI-3 activity promotes the conversion of extracellular DA into toxic reactive species, which, in turn, can be taken up by DAT-1 in DAergic neurons, thus leading to oxidative stress and cell degeneration.
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Hasegawa T. Tyrosinase-expressing neuronal cell line as in vitro model of Parkinson's disease. Int J Mol Sci 2010; 11:1082-9. [PMID: 20480001 PMCID: PMC2869230 DOI: 10.3390/ijms11031082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 03/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Oxidized metabolites of dopamine known as dopamine quinone derivatives are thought to play a pivotal role in the degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease. Although such quinone derivatives are usually produced via the autoxidation of catecholamines, tyrosinase, which is a key enzyme in melanin biosynthesis via the production of DOPA and subsequent molecules, can potentially accelerate the induction of catecholamine quinone derivatives by its oxidase activity. We have developed neuronal cell lines in which the expression of human tyrosinase was inducible. Overexpression of tyrosinase resulted in increased intracellular dopamine content in association with the formation of melanin pigments in neuronal somata, which eventually causes apoptotic cell death. This cellular model will provide a useful tool for detailed analyses of the neurotoxicity of oxidized catechol metabolites.
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- Takafumi Hasegawa
- Department of Neurology Tohoku University School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
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Paris I, Perez-Pastene C, Cardenas S, Iturriaga-Vasquez P, Iturra P, Muñoz P, Couve E, Caviedes P, Segura-Aguilar J. Aminochrome induces disruption of actin, alpha-, and beta-tubulin cytoskeleton networks in substantia-nigra-derived cell line. Neurotox Res 2010; 18:82-92. [PMID: 20087799 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9148-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In previous studies, we observed that cells treated with aminochrome obtained by oxidizing dopamine with oxidizing agents dramatically changed cell morphology, thus posing the question if such morphological changes were dependent on aminochrome or the oxidizing agents used to produce aminochrome. Therefore, to answer this question, we have now purified aminochrome on a CM-Sepharose 50-100 column and, using NMR studies, we have confirmed that the resulting aminochrome was pure and that it retained its structure. Fluorescence microscopy with calcein-AM and transmission electron microscopy showed that RCSN-3 cells presented an elongated shape that did not change when the cells were incubated with 50 muM aminochrome or 100 muM dicoumarol, an inhibitor of DT-diaphorase. However, the cell were reduced in size and the elongated shape become spherical when the cells where incubated with 50 muM aminochrome in the presence of 100 muM dicoumarol. Under these conditions, actin, alpha-, and beta-tubulin cytoskeleton filament networks became condensed around the cell membrane. Actin aggregates were also observed in cells processes that connected the cells in culture. These results suggest that aminochrome one-electron metabolism induces the disruption of the normal morphology of actin, alpha-, and beta-tubulin in the cytoskeleton, and that DT-diaphorase prevents these effects.
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- Irmgard Paris
- Program of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, ICBM, Independencia1027, Casilla, Santiago, 70000, Chile
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Molecular and neurochemical mechanisms in PD pathogenesis. Neurotox Res 2009; 16:271-9. [PMID: 19526278 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9059-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 04/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Oxidation of dopamine to aminochrome seems to be a normal process leading to aminochrome polymerization to form neuromelanin, since normal individuals have this pigment in their dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The neurons lost in individuals with Parkinson's disease are dopaminergic neurons containing neuromelanin. This raises two questions. First, why are those cells containing neuromelanin lost in this disease? Second, what is the identity of the neurotoxin that induces this cell death? We propose that aminochrome is the agent responsible for the death of dopaminergic neurons containing neuromelanin in individuals with Parkinson's disease. The normal oxidative pathway of dopamine, in which aminochrome polymerizes to form neuromelanin, can be neurotoxic if DT-diaphorase is inhibited under certain conditions. Inhibition of DT-diaphorase allows two neurotoxic reactions to proceed: (i) the formation of aminochrome adducts with alpha-synuclein, which induce and stabilize the formation of neurotoxic protofibrils; and (ii) the one electron reduction of aminochrome to the neurotoxic leukoaminochrome o-semiquinone radical. Therefore, we propose that DT-diaphorase is an important neuroprotective enzyme in dopaminergic neurons containing neuromelanin.
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Paris I, Perez-Pastene C, Couve E, Caviedes P, LeDoux S, Segura-Aguilar J. Copper dopamine complex induces mitochondrial autophagy preceding caspase-independent apoptotic cell death. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:13306-13315. [PMID: 19265190 PMCID: PMC2679430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900323200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Revised: 02/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Parkinsonism is one of the major neurological symptoms in Wilson disease, and young workers who worked in the copper smelting industry also developed Parkinsonism. We have reported the specific neurotoxic action of copper dopamine complex in neurons with dopamine uptake. Copper dopamine complex (100 microm) induces cell death in RCSN-3 cells by disrupting the cellular redox state, as demonstrated by a 1.9-fold increase in oxidized glutathione levels and a 56% cell death inhibition in the presence of 500 microm ascorbic acid; disruption of mitochondrial membrane potential with a spherical shape and well preserved morphology determined by transmission electron microscopy; inhibition (72%, p < 0.001) of phosphatidylserine externalization with 5 microm cyclosporine A; lack of caspase-3 activation; formation of autophagic vacuoles containing mitochondria after 2 h; transfection of cells with green fluorescent protein-light chain 3 plasmid showing that 68% of cells presented autophagosome vacuoles; colocalization of positive staining for green fluorescent protein-light chain 3 and Rhod-2AM, a selective indicator of mitochondrial calcium; and DNA laddering after 12-h incubation. These results suggest that the copper dopamine complex induces mitochondrial autophagy followed by caspase-3-independent apoptotic cell death. However, a different cell death mechanism was observed when 100 microm copper dopamine complex was incubated in the presence of 100 microm dicoumarol, an inhibitor of NAD(P)H quinone:oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.2, also known as DT-diaphorase and NQ01), because a more extensive and rapid cell death was observed. In addition, cyclosporine A had no effect on phosphatidylserine externalization, significant portions of compact chromatin were observed within a vacuolated nuclear membrane, DNA laddering was less pronounced, the mitochondria morphology was more affected, and the number of cells with autophagic vacuoles was a near 4-fold less.
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- Irmgard Paris
- Programme of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Casilla 70000, Santiago 7, Chile; Department of Basic Sciences, Universidad Santo Tomás, 2561780 Viña del Mar, Chile; Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2561156 Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Programme of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Casilla 70000, Santiago 7, Chile
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- Department of Biology, University of Valparaiso, Casilla 5030, Valparaiso, Chile
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- Programme of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Casilla 70000, Santiago 7, Chile
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- Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36608
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- Programme of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Casilla 70000, Santiago 7, Chile.
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RCSN-3 cells are a cloned cell line derived from the substantia nigra of an adult rat. The cell line grows in monolayer and does not require differentiation to express catecholaminergic traits, such as (i) tyrosine hydroxylase; (ii) dopamine release; (iii) dopamine transport; (iv) norepinephrine transport; (v) monoamine oxidase (MAO)-A expression, but not MAO-B; (vi) formation of neuromelanin; (vii) VMAT-2 expression. In addition, this cell line expresses serotonin transporters, divalent metal transporter, DMT1, dopamine receptor 1 mRNA under proliferating conditions, and dopamine receptor 5 mRNA after incubation with dopamine or dicoumarol. Expression of dopamine receptors D(2), D(3) and D(4) mRNA were not detected in proliferating cells or when the cells were treated with dopamine, CuSO(4), dicoumarol or dopamine-copper complex. Angiotensin II receptor mRNA was also found to be expressed, but it underwent down regulation in the presence of aminochrome. Total quinone reductase activity corresponded 94% to DT-diaphorase. The cells also express antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase. This cell line is a suitable in vitro model for studies of dopamine metabolism, since under proliferating conditions the cells express all the pertinent markers.
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Zecca L, Casella L, Albertini A, Bellei C, Zucca FA, Engelen M, Zadlo A, Szewczyk G, Zareba M, Sarna T. Neuromelanin can protect against iron-mediated oxidative damage in system modeling iron overload of brain aging and Parkinson's disease. J Neurochem 2008; 106:1866-75. [PMID: 18624918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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In Parkinson's disease (PD), dopamine neurons containing neuromelanin selectively degenerate. Neuromelanin binds iron and accumulates in aging. Iron accumulates in reactive form during aging, PD, and is involved in neurodegeneration. It is not clear how the interaction of neuromelanin and iron can be protective or toxic by modulating redox processes. Here, we investigated the interaction of neuromelanin from human substantia nigra with iron in the presence of ascorbic acid, dopamine, and hydrogen peroxide. We observed that neuromelanin blocks hydroxyl radical production by Fenton's reaction, in a dose-dependent manner. Neuromelanin also inhibited the iron-mediated oxidation of ascorbic acid, thus sparing this major antioxidant molecule in brain. The protective effect of neuromelanin on ascorbate oxidation occurs even in conditions of iron overload into neuromelanin. The blockade of iron into a stable iron-neuromelanin complex prevents dopamine oxidation, inhibiting the formation of neurotoxic dopamine quinones. The above processes occur intraneuronally in aging and PD, thus showing that neuromelanin is neuroprotective. The iron-neuromelanin complex is completely decomposed by hydrogen peroxide and its degradation rate increases with the amount of iron bound to neuromelanin. This occurs in PD when extraneuronal iron-neuromelanin is phagocytosed by microglia and iron-neuromelanin degradation releases reactive/toxic iron.
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- Luigi Zecca
- Institute of Biomedical Technologies - Italian National Research Council, Milano, Italy.
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Díaz-Véliz G, Paris I, Mora S, Raisman-Vozari R, Segura-Aguilar J. Copper Neurotoxicity in Rat Substantia Nigra and Striatum Is Dependent on DT-Diaphorase Inhibition. Chem Res Toxicol 2008; 21:1180-5. [DOI: 10.1021/tx8001143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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