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Aizenman E, Loring RH, Reynolds IJ, Rosenberg PA. The Redox Biology of Excitotoxic Processes: The NMDA Receptor, TOPA Quinone, and the Oxidative Liberation of Intracellular Zinc. Front Neurosci 2020; 14:778. [PMID: 32792905 PMCID: PMC7393236 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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This special issue of Frontiers in Neuroscience-Neurodegeneration celebrates the 50th anniversary of John Olney's seminal work introducing the concept of excitotoxicity as a mechanism for neuronal cell death. Since that time, fundamental research on the pathophysiological activation of glutamate receptors has played a central role in our understanding of excitotoxic cellular signaling pathways, leading to the discovery of many potential therapeutic targets in the treatment of acute or chronic/progressive neurodegenerative disorders. Importantly, excitotoxic signaling processes have been found repeatedly to be closely intertwined with oxidative cellular cascades. With this in mind, this review looks back at long-standing collaborative efforts by the authors linking cellular redox status and glutamate neurotoxicity, focusing first on the discovery of the redox modulatory site of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor, followed by the study of the oxidative conversion of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA) to the non-NMDA receptor agonist and neurotoxin 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine (TOPA) quinone. Finally, we summarize our work linking oxidative injury to the liberation of zinc from intracellular metal binding proteins, leading to the uncovering of a signaling mechanism connecting excitotoxicity with zinc-activated cell death-signaling cascades.
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- Elias Aizenman
- Department of Neurobiology, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
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- Program in Neuroscience, F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is predominantly idiopathic in origin, and a large body of evidence indicates that gastrointestinal (GI) dysfunctions are a significant comorbid clinical feature; these dysfunctions include dysphagia, nausea, delayed gastric emptying, and severe constipation, all of which occur commonly before the onset of the well-known motor symptoms of PD. Based on a distinct distribution pattern of Lewy bodies (LB) in the enteric nervous system (ENS) and in the preganglionic neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus (DMV), and together with the early onset of GI symptoms, it was suggested that idiopathic PD begins in the ENS and spreads to the central nervous system (CNS), reaching the DMV and the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). These two areas are connected by a recently discovered monosynaptic nigro-vagal pathway, which is dysfunctional in rodent models of PD. An alternative hypothesis downplays the role of LB transport through the vagus nerve and proposes that PD pathology is governed by regional or cell-restricted factors as the leading cause of nigral neuronal degeneration. The purpose of this brief review is to summarize the neuronal electrophysiological findings in the SNpc and DMV in PD.
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- Cecilia Bove
- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine , Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Penn State University College of Medicine , Hershey, Pennsylvania
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Haymond A, Dowdy T, Johny C, Johnson C, Ball H, Dailey A, Schweibenz B, Villarroel K, Young R, Mantooth CJ, Patel T, Bases J, Dowd CS, Couch RD. A high-throughput screening campaign to identify inhibitors of DXP reductoisomerase (IspC) and MEP cytidylyltransferase (IspD). Anal Biochem 2018; 542:63-75. [PMID: 29180070 PMCID: PMC5817008 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The rise of antibacterial resistance among human pathogens represents a problem that could change the landscape of healthcare unless new antibiotics are developed. The methyl erythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway represents an attractive series of targets for novel antibiotic design, considering each enzyme of the pathway is both essential and has no human homologs. Here we describe a pilot scale high-throughput screening (HTS) campaign against the first and second committed steps in the pathway, catalyzed by DXP reductoisomerase (IspC) and MEP cytidylyltransferase (IspD), using compounds present in the commercially available LOPAC1280 library as well as in an in-house natural product extract library. Hit compounds were characterized to deduce their mechanism of inhibition; most function through aggregation. The HTS workflow outlined here is useful for quickly screening a chemical library, while effectively identifying false positive compounds associated with assay constraints and aggregation.
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- Amanda Haymond
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, George Washington University, Washington DC 20052, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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Paul R, Borah A. L-DOPA-induced hyperhomocysteinemia in Parkinson's disease: Elephant in the room. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1860:1989-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Over the past 60 years, a large number of selective neurotoxins were discovered and developed, making it possible to animal-model a broad range of human neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. In this paper, we highlight those neurotoxins that are most commonly used as neuroteratologic agents, to either produce lifelong destruction of neurons of a particular phenotype, or a group of neurons linked by a specific class of transporter proteins (i.e., dopamine transporter) or body of receptors for a specific neurotransmitter (i.e., NMDA class of glutamate receptors). Actions of a range of neurotoxins are described: 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), 6-hydroxydopa, DSP-4, MPTP, methamphetamine, IgG-saporin, domoate, NMDA receptor antagonists, and valproate. Their neuroteratologic features are outlined, as well as those of nerve growth factor, epidermal growth factor, and that of stress. The value of each of these neurotoxins in animal modeling of human neurologic, neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric disorders is discussed in terms of the respective value as well as limitations of the derived animal model. Neuroteratologic agents have proven to be of immense importance for understanding how associated neural systems in human neural disorders may be better targeted by new therapeutic agents.
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- Trevor Archer
- Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Box 500, 430 50, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70577, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA
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Kostrzewa RM. Perinatal Lesioning and Lifelong Effects of the Noradrenergic Neurotoxin 6-Hydroxydopa. Curr Top Behav Neurosci 2015; 29:43-50. [PMID: 26660536 DOI: 10.1007/7854_2015_414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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6-hydroxydopa (6-OHDOPA) was synthesized with the expectation that it would be able to cross the blood-brain barrier to be enzymatically decarboxylated to 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), the newly discovered neurotoxin for noradrenergic and dopaminergic neurons. In part, 6-OHDOPA fulfilled these criteria. When administered experimentally to rodents, 6-OHDOPA destroyed peripheral sympathetic noradrenergic nerves and did exert neurotoxicity to noradrenergic nerves in brain-in large part, from its conversion to 6-OHDA. However, the efficacy of 6-OHDOPA was less than that of 6-OHDA; also, 6-OHDOPA was relatively selective for noradrenergic neurons; near-lethal doses of 6-OHDOPA were required to damage dopaminergic nerves; and ultimately, 6-OHDOPA was found to be an agonist at AMPA receptors, thus accounting for more non-specificity. Nevertheless, 6-OHDOPA was found to be a particularly valuable tool in uncovering processes and mechanisms associated with noradrenergic nerve regeneration and sprouting, particularly when administered to perinatal rodents. Also, 6-OHDOPA was a good tool for selective mapping of noradrenergic nerve tracts in brain, since dopaminergic tracts were unaffected and did not interfere with the histofluorescent methodology used for this purpose in the early 1970s. As an experimental research tool, 6-OHDOPA was valuable in a short time-window, but its utility is largely limited because of newer research technologies that provide better means today for nerve tract mapping, and for experimental approaches engaged toward study of processes and mechanisms attending nerve regeneration. AMPA actions of 6-OHDOPA have not been extensively studied, so this avenue may enliven use of 6-OHDOPA in the future.
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- Richard M Kostrzewa
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70577, Johnson City, TN, 37614, USA.
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Plowman JE, Deb-Choudhury S, Grosvenor AJ, Dyer JM. Protein oxidation: identification and utilisation of molecular markers to differentiate singlet oxygen and hydroxyl radical-mediated oxidative pathways. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 12:1960-7. [PMID: 24057301 DOI: 10.1039/c3pp50182e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of reactive oxidation species (ROS) on tryptophan or tyrosine was investigated by qualitatively determining the major detectable oxidation products generated by hydroxyl radicals, produced by the Fenton process, or singlet oxygen, generated by exposure to green light in the presence of Rose Bengal, on these photosensitive amino acids in synthetic pentapeptides. Based on mass spectrometric analysis it would appear that the hydroxyl radical favours a pathway leading to the formation of tryptophandione-based products from tryptophan. In contrast singlet oxygen attack appears to favour the formation of kynurenine-type products from tryptophan. Specific oxidative products observed proteomically are therefore potentially able to discriminate between predominant ROS-mediated pathways. To validate these findings, a keratin-enriched extract was exposed to UVB light under aqueous conditions. The observation of the conversion of tryptophan to hydroxytryptophan in marker peptides, and the absence of singlet-oxygen specific modifications, suggested that under these conditions oxidative degradation occurred primarily via hydroxyl radical attack. These observations provide the first direct proteomic evidence of the dominant photodegradation pathways in wet wool.
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- Jeffrey E Plowman
- Food & Bio-Based Products, AgResearch, Lincoln Research Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand.
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de Araújo DP, De Sousa CNS, Araújo PVP, Menezes CEDS, Sousa Rodrigues FT, Escudeiro SS, Lima NBC, Patrocínio MCA, Aguiar LMV, Viana GSDB, Vasconcelos SMM. Behavioral and neurochemical effects of alpha-lipoic Acid in the model of Parkinson's disease induced by unilateral stereotaxic injection of 6-ohda in rat. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE : ECAM 2013; 2013:571378. [PMID: 24023579 PMCID: PMC3760123 DOI: 10.1155/2013/571378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/09/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This study aimed to investigate behavioral and neurochemical effects of α -lipoic acid (100 mg/kg or 200 mg/kg) alone or associated with L-DOPA using an animal model of Parkinson's disease induced by stereotaxic injection of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) in rat striatum. Motor behavior was assessed by monitoring body rotations induced by apomorphine, open field test and cylinder test. Oxidative stress was accessed by determination of lipid peroxidation using the TBARS method, concentration of nitrite and evaluation of catalase activity. α -Lipoic acid decreased body rotations induced by apomorphine, as well as caused an improvement in motor performance by increasing locomotor activity in the open field test and use of contralateral paw (in the opposite side of the lesion produced by 6-OHDA) at cylinder test. α -lipoic acid showed antioxidant effects, decreasing lipid peroxidation and nitrite levels and interacting with antioxidant system by decreasing of endogenous catalase activity. Therefore, α -lipoic acid prevented the damage induced by 6-OHDA or by chronic use of L-DOPA in dopaminergic neurons, suggesting that α -lipoic could be a new therapeutic target for Parkinson's disease prevention and treatment.
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- Dayane Pessoa de Araújo
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo 1127, 60431-270 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
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Guatteo E, Yee A, McKearney J, Cucchiaroni ML, Armogida M, Berretta N, Mercuri NB, Lipski J. Dual effects of L-DOPA on nigral dopaminergic neurons. Exp Neurol 2013; 247:582-94. [PMID: 23481547 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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L-DOPA (Levodopa) remains the gold standard for the treatment of motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), despite indications that the drug may have detrimental effects in cell culture. Classically, l-DOPA increases the production of dopamine (DA) in nigral dopaminergic neurons, while paradoxically inhibiting the firing of these neurons due to activation of D2 autoreceptors by extracellularly released DA. Using a combination of electrophysiology and calcium microfluorometry in brain slices, we have identified a novel effect of L-DOPA on dopaminergic neurons when D2 receptors were blocked. Under these conditions, L-DOPA (0.03-3 mM) evoked an excitatory effect consisting of two components. The 'early' component observed during and immediately after application of the drug, was associated with increased firing, membrane depolarization and inward current. This excitatory response was strongly attenuated by CNQX (10 μM), pointing to the involvement of TOPA quinone, an auto-oxidation product of L-DOPA and a potent activator of AMPA/kainate receptors. The 'late' phase of excitation persisted >30 min after brief L-DOPA application and was not mediated by ionotropic glutamate receptors, nor by D1, α1-adrenergic, mGluR1 or GABAB receptors. It was eliminated by carbidopa, demonstrating its dependence on conversion of L-DOPA to DA. Exogenous DA (50 μM) also evoked a glutamate-receptor independent increase in firing and an inward current when D2 receptors were blocked. In voltage-clamped neurons, both L-DOPA and DA produced a long-lasting increase in [Ca(2+)]i which was unaffected by block of ionotropic glutamate receptors. These results demonstrate that L-DOPA has dual, inhibitory and excitatory, effects on nigral dopaminergic neurons, and suggest that the excitation and calcium rise may have long-lasting consequences for the activity and survival of these neurons when the expression or function of D2 receptors is impaired.
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Striatal interaction among dopamine, glutamate and ascorbate. Neuropharmacology 2012; 63:1308-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2012.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Revised: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Skaper SD, Mercanti G, Facci L. Culture and characterization of rat mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 846:91-101. [PMID: 22367804 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-536-7_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Dopaminergic neuronal cell degeneration is the principal characteristic feature of the neuropathology of Parkinson's disease. Cultures of mesencephalic neurons are widely used as a source of dopaminergic neurons for the study of mechanisms implicated in dopaminergic cell death and for the evaluation of potential dopaminergic neuroprotective agents, including neurotrophic factors. This chapter presents a detailed protocol for the preparation of rat mesencephalic cell cultures and their application to evaluating the neuroprotective action of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
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- Stephen D Skaper
- Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
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Lipski J, Nistico R, Berretta N, Guatteo E, Bernardi G, Mercuri NB. L-DOPA: a scapegoat for accelerated neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease? Prog Neurobiol 2011; 94:389-407. [PMID: 21723913 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2011] [Revised: 06/17/2011] [Accepted: 06/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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There is consensus that amelioration of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease is most effective with L-DOPA (levodopa). However, this necessary therapeutic step is biased by an enduring belief that L-DOPA is toxic to the remaining substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons by itself, or by specific metabolites such as dopamine. The concept of L-DOPA toxicity originated from pre-clinical studies conducted mainly in cell culture, demonstrating that L-DOPA or its derivatives damage dopaminergic neurons due to oxidative stress and other mechanisms. However, the in vitro data remain controversial as some studies showed neuroprotective, rather than toxic action of the drug. The relevance of this debate needs to be considered in the context of the studies conducted on animals and in clinical trials that do not provide convincing evidence for L-DOPA toxicity in vivo. This review presents the current views on the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease, focusing on mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative/proteolytic stress, the factors that can be affected by L-DOPA or its metabolites. We then critically discuss the evidence supporting the two opposing views on the effects of L-DOPA in vitro, as well as the animal and human data. We also address the problem of inadequate experimental models used in these studies. L-DOPA remains the symptomatic 'hero' of Parkinson's disease. Whether it contributes to degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons, or is a 'scapegoat' for explaining undesirable or unexpected effects of the treatment, remains a hotly debated topic.
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- Janusz Lipski
- Department of Physiology and Centre for Brain Research, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, 85 Park Rd., Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Stone T. Overview: Excitatory Amino Acids;Current Opinion in Therapeutic Patents June 1992. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2.6.907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Grosvenor AJ, Morton JD, Dyer JM. Profiling of residue-level photo-oxidative damage in peptides. Amino Acids 2009; 39:285-96. [PMID: 20091070 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0440-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Protein and peptide oxidation is a key feature in the progression of a variety of disease states and in the poor performance of protein-based products. The present work demonstrates a mass spectrometry-based approach to profiling degradation at the amino acid residue level. Synthetic peptides containing the photosensitive residues, tryptophan and tyrosine, were used as models for protein-bound residue photodegradation. Electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) was utilised to characterise and provide relative quantitative information on the formation of photoproducts localised to specific residues, including the characterisation of low abundance photomodifications not previously reported, including W + 4O modification, hydroxy-bis-tryptophandione and topaquinone. Other photoproducts observed were consistent with the formation of tyrosine-derived dihydroxyphenylalanine (dopa), trihydroxyphenylalanine, dopa-quinone and nitrotyrosine, and tryptophan-derived hydroxytryptophan, dihydroxytryptophan/N-formylkynurenine, kynurenine, hydroxyformylkynurenine, tryptophandiones, tetrahydro-beta-carboline and nitrotryptophan. This approach combined product identification and abundance tracking to generate a photodegradation profile of the model system. The profile of products formed yields information on formative mechanisms. Profiling of product formation offers new routes to identify damage markers for use in tracking and controlling oxidative damage to polypeptides.
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- Anita J Grosvenor
- Growth and Development Section, Lincoln Research Centre, AgResearch, Lincoln, New Zealand
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Khorchid A, Fragoso G, Shore G, Almazan G. Catecholamine-induced oligodendrocyte cell death in culture is developmentally regulated and involves free radical generation and differential activation of caspase-3. Glia 2002; 40:283-99. [PMID: 12420309 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Oligodendrocyte cultures were used to study the toxic effects of catecholamines. Our results showed that catecholamine-induced toxicity was dependent on the dose of dopamine or norepinephrine used and on the developmental stage of the cultures, with oligodendrocyte progenitors being more vulnerable. A role for oxidative stress and apoptosis on the mechanism of action of catecholamines on oligodendrocyte cell death was next assessed. Catecholamines caused a reduction in intracellular glutathione levels, an accumulation in reactive oxygen species and in heme oxygenase-1, the 32 kDa stress-induced protein. All these changes were prevented by N-acetyl-L-cysteine, a thiocompound with antioxidant activity and a precursor of glutathione, and were more pronounced in progenitors than mature cells, which could contribute to their higher susceptibility. Apoptotic cell death, as assessed by activation of caspase-9 and -3 and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (a substrate of caspase-3), was only observed in oligodendrocyte progenitors. Pretreatment with zVAD, a general caspase inhibitor, prevented activation of caspase-9 and -3, DNA fragmentation, and decreased progenitors cell death. Furthermore, the expression levels of procaspase-3 and the ratio of the proapoptotic protein bax to antiapoptotic protein bcl-xl were several folds higher in immature than mature oligodendrocytes. Taken together, these results strongly suggest that the catecholamine-induced cytotoxicity in oligodendrocytes is developmentally regulated, mediated by oxidative stress, and have characteristics of apoptosis in progenitor cells.
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- Amani Khorchid
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Huntington's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder, the cause of which is unknown. Excitotoxicity, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress are all likely to contribute to the striatal cell death that occurs in this disorder. There are accumulating data indicating that under specific circumstances, dopamine, which occurs in high concentrations in the basal ganglia, might be neurotoxic. In this article, the current models used to study Huntington's disease are reviewed and the recent findings that implicate dopamine in the pathophysiology of this progressive disorder are discussed. Although many questions remain unanswered, the dopaminergic system could contribute to striatal vulnerability in Huntington's disease and provide a novel avenue for the development of new therapies.
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- R J Jakel
- MSTP Program, University of Wisconsin Medical Center, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Kostrzewa RM. Selective neurotoxins, chemical tools to probe the mind: the first thirty years and beyond. Neurotox Res 1999; 1:3-25. [PMID: 12835111 DOI: 10.1007/bf03033336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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For centuries, starting with the advent of the microscope, cytotoxins have been known to non-selectively destroy nerves and other tissue cells. However, neurotoxins restricted in effect to one kind of neuron are an invention of the 20th century. One might reasonably trace the origins of this field to 1960 when the Nobel Laureates, R. Levi- Montalcini and S Cohen, showed that an antibody to nerve growth factor effectively prevented development of sympathetic nerves in the absence of overt changes in dorsal root ganglia and other neural and non-neural tissues. The year 1967 marks discovery of 6-hydroxydopamine, the first of dozens of chemically-selective neurotoxins. As stated by the physiologist W.B. Cannon, neural function can be deduced by denoting absence-deficits. A wealth of knowledge in neuroscience has been realized through use of neurotoxins. In the 21st century we foresee neurotoxins for virtually all neurochemically-identifiable or receptor-specific neurons, acting at/via functional proteins or characteristic DNA sites. These tools will provide us with a better means to probe the mind and thereby lead to a fuller understanding of the intricate roles of identifiable neuronal systems in integrative neuroscience.
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- R M Kostrzewa
- Department of Pharmacology, Quillen College of Medicine and Neuroscience Consortium of Northeast Tennessee, East Tennessee State University, PO Box 70577, Johnson City, TN 37614, USA.
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Kostrzewa RM, Brus R. Destruction of catecholamine-containing neurons by 6-hydroxydopa, an endogenous amine oxidase cofactor. Amino Acids 1999; 14:175-9. [PMID: 9871458 DOI: 10.1007/bf01345259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The amino acid, 6-hydroxydopa (6-OHDOPA), found at the active site of amine oxidases, exists as a keto-enol. Exogenously administered 6-OHDOPA is an excitotoxin like beta-N-oxalylamino-L-alanine (BOAA) and beta-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA), acting at the non-N-methyl-D-aspartate (non-NMDA) alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor. BMAA and BOAA are causal factors of neurolathyrism in humans. Much exogenously administered 6-OHDOPA is biotransformed by aminoacid decarboxylase (AADC) to the highly potent and catecholamine-(CA) selective neurotoxin, 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA). 6-OHDOPA destroys locus coeruleus noradrenergic perikarya and produces associated denervation of brain by norepinephrine-(NE) containing fibers. Opiopeptides and opioids enhance neurotoxic effects of 6-OHDOPA on noradrenergic nerves, by a naloxone-reversible process. An understanding of mechanisms underlying neurotoxic effects of 6-OHDOPA can be helpful in defining actions of known and newfound amino acids and for investigating their potential neurotoxic properties.
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- R M Kostrzewa
- Department of Pharmacology, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, USA
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The origin and fate of some tyrosine secondary metabolites within specialized eukaryotic cells are discussed in the light of our knowledge of the plasma environment to which they are exposed throughout their lifetime. Attention is focused on ar-dihydroxy and -trihydroxy derivatives and the corresponding quinoidal counterparts, as well as on the enzymic activities involved in the formation and degradation of these potentially toxic molecules. Some physiopathological and pharmacological implications of the above-mentioned topics are considered, taking into account the well known toxicity of reactive intermediates in molecular oxygen reduction, as well as the reactivity of both semiquinonic and quinonic products of catecholamine oxidation.
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- A Rescigno
- Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Università di Cagliari, Italy
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Romano C, Chen Q, Olney JW. The intact isolated (ex vivo) retina as a model system for the study of excitotoxicity. Prog Retin Eye Res 1998; 17:465-83. [PMID: 9777647 DOI: 10.1016/s1350-9462(98)00008-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Excitotoxicity is defined as a mode of neural cell death triggered by overactivation of receptors for the amino acid transmitter glutamate. There is considerable evidence that excitotoxicity is responsible for cell death in several neuropathological states, including some retinal diseases. The isolated retina, particularly from chick embryos, has been used extensively as an experimental system to characterize this process. This paper summarizes the use of isolated retina as a model system for studies of excitotoxicity from a theoretical and methodological point of view, and reviews results obtained from studies utilizing this system.
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- C Romano
- Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Interactions between dopamine and glutamate play prominent roles in memory, addiction, and schizophrenia. Several lines of evidence have suggested that the ventral midbrain dopamine neurons that give rise to the major CNS dopaminergic projections may also be glutamatergic. To examine this possibility, we double immunostained ventral midbrain sections from rat and monkey for the dopamine-synthetic enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase and for glutamate; we found that most dopamine neurons immunostained for glutamate, both in rat and monkey. We then used postnatal cell culture to examine individual dopamine neurons. Again, most dopamine neurons immunostained for glutamate; they were also immunoreactive for phosphate-activated glutaminase, the major source of neurotransmitter glutamate. Inhibition of glutaminase reduced glutamate staining. In single-cell microculture, dopamine neurons gave rise to varicosities immunoreactive for both tyrosine hydroxylase and glutamate and others immunoreactive mainly for glutamate, which were found near the cell body. At the ultrastructural level, dopamine neurons formed occasional dopaminergic varicosities with symmetric synaptic specializations, but they more commonly formed nondopaminergic varicosities with asymmetric synaptic specializations. Stimulation of individual dopamine neurons evoked a fast glutamatergic autaptic EPSC that showed presynaptic inhibition caused by concomitant dopamine release. Thus, dopamine neurons may exert rapid synaptic actions via their glutamatergic synapses and slower modulatory actions via their dopaminergic synapses. Together with evidence for glutamate cotransmission in serotonergic raphe neurons and noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons, the present results suggest that glutamatergic cotransmission may be the rule for central monoaminergic neurons.
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Sulzer D, Joyce MP, Lin L, Geldwert D, Haber SN, Hattori T, Rayport S. Dopamine neurons make glutamatergic synapses in vitro. J Neurosci 1998; 18:4588-602. [PMID: 9614234 PMCID: PMC6792695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Interactions between dopamine and glutamate play prominent roles in memory, addiction, and schizophrenia. Several lines of evidence have suggested that the ventral midbrain dopamine neurons that give rise to the major CNS dopaminergic projections may also be glutamatergic. To examine this possibility, we double immunostained ventral midbrain sections from rat and monkey for the dopamine-synthetic enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase and for glutamate; we found that most dopamine neurons immunostained for glutamate, both in rat and monkey. We then used postnatal cell culture to examine individual dopamine neurons. Again, most dopamine neurons immunostained for glutamate; they were also immunoreactive for phosphate-activated glutaminase, the major source of neurotransmitter glutamate. Inhibition of glutaminase reduced glutamate staining. In single-cell microculture, dopamine neurons gave rise to varicosities immunoreactive for both tyrosine hydroxylase and glutamate and others immunoreactive mainly for glutamate, which were found near the cell body. At the ultrastructural level, dopamine neurons formed occasional dopaminergic varicosities with symmetric synaptic specializations, but they more commonly formed nondopaminergic varicosities with asymmetric synaptic specializations. Stimulation of individual dopamine neurons evoked a fast glutamatergic autaptic EPSC that showed presynaptic inhibition caused by concomitant dopamine release. Thus, dopamine neurons may exert rapid synaptic actions via their glutamatergic synapses and slower modulatory actions via their dopaminergic synapses. Together with evidence for glutamate cotransmission in serotonergic raphe neurons and noradrenergic locus coeruleus neurons, the present results suggest that glutamatergic cotransmission may be the rule for central monoaminergic neurons.
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- D Sulzer
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Klinman JP. Mechanisms Whereby Mononuclear Copper Proteins Functionalize Organic Substrates. Chem Rev 1996; 96:2541-2562. [PMID: 11848836 DOI: 10.1021/cr950047g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 645] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Judith P. Klinman
- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Ball EF, Shaw PJ, Ince PG, Johnson M. The distribution of excitatory amino acid receptors in the normal human midbrain and basal ganglia with implications for Parkinson's disease: a quantitative autoradiographic study using [3H]MK-801, [3H]glycine, [3H]CNQX and [3H]kainate. Brain Res 1994; 658:209-18. [PMID: 7834343 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(09)90028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Quantitative receptor autoradiography using [3H]MK-801, [3H]glycine, [3H]CNQX and [3H]kainate was employed to determine the distribution and density of excitatory amino acid (EAA) binding sites in the midbrain and basal ganglia of the normal human nervous system. Detailed knowledge of the anatomy and subtype specificity of glutamate receptors is important both in understanding the normal physiology of basal ganglia neurotransmission and the pathophysiological changes occurring in diseases affecting the basal ganglia such as Parkinson's disease (PD). In PD, glutamate receptor activation may contribute to cell death of dopaminergic neurones in the substantia nigra. In addition, perturbation of glutamate neurotransmission resulting from dopamine depletion in the basal ganglia is likely to contribute to the clinical manifestations of motor dysfunction. The distribution and density of ligand binding representing N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA), AMPA (2-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid) and kainate receptors has a heterogeneous distribution in the human midbrain and basal ganglia. In the substantia nigra relatively high densities of [3H]MK-801 and strychnine-insensitive [3H]glycine binding sites representing NMDA receptors were present, whereas only moderate densities of [3H]CNQX and [3H]kainate binding sites were present, compared to other regions. In both the medial globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus, binding sites representing NMDA, AMPA and kainate receptors were all present at low density. These findings suggest that the clinical usefulness of modifying glutamatergic neurotransmission in these basal ganglia nuclei may be limited by the relatively low density of EAA binding sites present.
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- E F Ball
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Royal Victoria Infirmary, UK
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Ossowska K. The role of excitatory amino acids in experimental models of Parkinson's disease. JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION. PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA SECTION 1994; 8:39-71. [PMID: 7534462 DOI: 10.1007/bf02250917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The aim of this article was to review the recent literature on the role of excitatory amino acids in Parkinson's disease and in animal equivalents of parkinsonian symptoms. Effects of NMDA and AMPA antagonists on the reserpine-induced akinesia, catalepsy and rigidity, on the neuroleptic-induced catalepsy, on the turning behaviour of 6-OHDA-lesioned rats, as well as on the parkinsonian symptoms evoked by MPTP in monkeys were analysed. Moreover, the role of NMDA antagonists in Parkinson's disease was discussed. Data concerning the protective influence of these drugs on degenerative properties of methamphetamine, MPTP and 6-OHDOPA were also presented. On the basis of the above findings, the following conclusions may be drawn: (1) disturbances in the glutamatergic transmission in various brain structures seem to play a significant role in the development of symptoms of Parkinson's disease; (2) the NMDA-receptor blocking component may make a substantial contribution to the therapeutic effect of antiparkinsonian drugs; a similar contribution of AMPA-receptor blocking component has not been sufficiently documented, so far; (3) compounds blocking NMDA receptors may possibly prevent the development of Parkinson's disease; this presumption needs, however further studies; (4) side effects of NMDA receptor antagonists may be a limiting factor in the use of these compounds in humans.
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- K Ossowska
- Department of Neuro-Psychopharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków
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Skaper SD, Fadda E, Facci L, Manev H. A semisynthetic glycosphingolipid (LIGA20) reduces 2,4, 5-trihydroxyphenylalanine neurotoxicity in primary neuronal cultures. Eur J Pharmacol 1993; 243:91-3. [PMID: 8253129 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(93)90173-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The semisynthetic glycosphingolipid derivative II3Neu5-AcGgOse4-2-d-erythro-1,3-dihydroxy-2-chloro-acetamid e-4-trans- octadacene (LIGA20) attenuated injury induced by the excitotoxic L-dopa metabolite 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine (TOPA) in cultures of rat cerebellar granule cells when presented simultaneously with TOPA (EC50; 9 microM LIGA20). The natural glycosphingolipid ganglioside GM1 up to 200 microM was not neuroprotective as cotreatment, although pretreatment of cells for 2 h was efficacious. This greater potency and speed of LIGA20 action extended to limiting TOPA-induced death of cultured mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. These data suggest that LIGA20 may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of disorders associated with excitotoxic processes.
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- S D Skaper
- Fidia Research Laboratories, Abano Terme, Italy
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Fusco M, Vantini G, Schiavo N, Zanotti A, Zanoni R, Facci L, Skaper SD. Gangliosides and neurotrophic factors in neurodegenerative diseases: from experimental findings to clinical perspectives. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1993; 695:314-7. [PMID: 8239303 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb23074.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A large body of experimental data suggests that neurotrophic molecules and/or substances that facilitate their action could be pharmaceutical agents for neurodegenerative pathologies. In particular, it has been demonstrated that nerve growth factor (NGF) exerts a physiological role for forebrain cholinergic neurons, while brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) seems to play a relevant role in rescuing dopaminergic neurons following damage. In addition, gangliosides are reported to potentiate neurotrophic factor effects in vitro as well as in vivo. In this study we examined the effects of the monosialoganglioside GM1 in different experimental models. The responsiveness of forebrain cholinergic neurons following NGF +/- GM1 was evaluated by assessing choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity in hippocampus, septal area and striatum of behaviorally impaired 24-month-old rats. NGF was intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) infused for 2 weeks while GM1 was given systemically for 3 weeks, starting from the beginning of NGF infusion. Moreover, the possible protective effects of GM1 were assessed following exposure of cultured cerebellar granule cells and dopaminergic mesencephalic neurons to different doses of 6-OH-DOPA, a metabolite of the dopamine pathway which has excitotoxic properties and has been hypothesized to participate in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. GM1 treatment to aged rats was seen to potentiate the NGF-induced increase of ChAT activity in the striatum ipsilateral to the NGF infusion. Moreover, in the striatum contralateral to the NGF infusion, GM1 increased ChAT activity above the control values, whereas NGF treatment alone did not affect enzymatic activity. GM1 treatment of cerebellar granule cells and mesencephalic neurons counteracted the dose- and time-dependent neurotoxicity of 6-OH-DOPA. These data support the notion that GM1 might prove useful in treating those pathological conditions where trophic factor deficits and/or excitotoxin-related toxicity play an important role.
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- M Fusco
- Fidia Research Laboratories, Abano Terme (PD), Italy
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Newcomer TA, Palmer AM, Rosenberg PA, Aizenman E. Nonenzymatic conversion of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine to 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine and 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine quinone in physiological solutions. J Neurochem 1993; 61:911-20. [PMID: 8360690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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2,4,5-Trihydroxyphenylalanine (TOPA) oxidizes in solution to form a quinone derivative that is a non-N-methyl-D-aspartate agonist and neurotoxin. Although pathways have been postulated for the formation of both TOPA and TOPA quinone from closely related catecholamines, the generation of these compounds has not been conclusively demonstrated by analytical techniques. Reverse-phase HPLC with a dual electrode coulometric detector was used to analyze TOPA containing solutions in an effort to rigorously characterize the behavior of this substance under physiological conditions. Electrode potential, buffer system, and methanol concentration were varied to obtain optimal conditions to selectively detect and quantify TOPA and TOPA quinone from closely related catecholamines. TOPA was shown to rapidly autoxidize to TOPA quinone by a process dependent on pH. TOPA was the dominant species at acidic pHs (below 5-6), whereas TOPA quinone was dominant at physiological pHs. This conversion was reversible upon acidification. In addition, we found that 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine can autoxidize to form both TOPA and TOPA quinone under physiological conditions. This partial conversion (0.5%) is time dependent and can be substantially decreased (0.2%) in acidic conditions (pH < or = 3). These results suggest that some of the excitatory and excitotoxic properties that some investigators have attributed to DOPA may actually be due to its conversion to TOPA and TOPA quinone.
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- T A Newcomer
- Department of Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261
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The integrity of dopaminergic, noradrenergic and serotonergic neurons in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease is reviewed. Loss of dopaminergic innervation of the neostriatum is a prominent age-related change, which corresponds with the age-related loss of dopaminergic cell bodies from the substantia nigra. This change is regionally specific, since dopaminergic innervation of the neocortex and the neostriatum are not affected. Although there is an age-related loss of noradrenergic cell bodies from the locus coeruleus, most studies indicate normal concentrations of noradrenaline in target areas. There is also evidence for reduced serotonergic innervation of the neocortex and, less convincingly, the neostriatum. Alzheimer's disease is associated with more pronounced noradrenergic and serotonergic denervation but, unlike normal aging, dopaminergic innervation of neostriatum is intact; although dopamine neurons are probably dysfunctional in this region. Studies relating neuronal markers to the symptomatology of Alzheimer's disease indicate that dysfunction of monoamine neurons is more closely linked to non-cognitive than to cognitive changes in behavior. In addition, monoaminergic therapies have been successful in ameliorating affective and psychotic behaviors along with sleep disturbances in both Alzheimer's disease and senescence. It seems likely that monoaminergic therapies (developed as we learn more about alterations in dopamine, noradrenaline and serotonin) will continue to be necessary to treat such behavioral disturbances.
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- A M Palmer
- Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute, PA
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Skaper SD, Negro A, Facci L, Dal Toso R. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor selectively rescues mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons from 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine-induced injury. J Neurosci Res 1993; 34:478-87. [PMID: 8097267 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490340413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) supports the survival of sensory neurons as well as retinal ganglion cells, basal forebrain cholinergic neurons, and mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons in vitro. Here we examined the ability of BDNF to confer protection on cultured dopaminergic neurons against the neurotoxic effects of 6-hydroxyDOPA (TOPA or 2,4,5-trihydroxyphenylalanine), a metabolite of the dopamine pathway suggested to participate in the pathology of Parkinson's disease. Cells prepared from embryonic day 14-15 rat mesencephalon were maintained with 10-50 ng/ml BDNF for 7 days prior to addition of TOPA (10-30 microM) for 24 hr. In BDNF-treated cultures, the extensive loss (> 90%) of tyrosine hydroxylase immunopositive cells was virtually (< 10%) eliminated, while the equally drastic loss (> 90%) of the overall cell population was limited to only a 25-30% recovery. Furthermore, the monosialoganglioside GM1 (1-10 microM), although inactive alone, acted synergistically with subthreshold amounts of BDNF to rescue tyrosine hydroxylase-positive cells against TOPA neurotoxicity. These results add impetus to exploring the therapeutic potential of gangliosides and BDNF in Parkinson's disease.
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- S D Skaper
- Fidia Research Laboratories, Fidia S.p.A., Abano Terme, Italy
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Kotha S, Kuki A. Synthesis of a New Rigid Quinone-Amino Acid and Diels-Alder Extension to Higher Quinones. CHEM LETT 1993. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.1993.299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- J J Volpe
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115
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