Swiss mice were given 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 25 mg/kg/day, for 5 consecutive days and killed at different days after MPTP discontinuance. Decreases in striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity and levels of dopamine and its metabolites were observed 1 day after MPTP discontinuance. Ascorbic acid and glutamate levels had increased, dehydroascorbic acid and GSH decreased, whereas catabolites of high-energy phosphates (inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) were unchanged. In addition, gliosis was observed in both striatum and substantia nigra compacta (SNc). Sections of SNc showed some terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells. Neurochemical parameters of dopaminergic activity showed a trend toward recovery 3 days after MPTP discontinuance. At this time point, TUNEL-positive cells were detected in SNc; some of them showed nuclei with neuronal morphology. A late (days 6-11) increase in striatal dopamine oxidative metabolism, ascorbic acid oxidative status, and catabolites of high-energy phosphates were observed concomitant with nigral neuron and nigrostriatal glial cell apoptotic death, as revealed by TUNEL, acridine orange, and Hoechst staining, and transmission electron microscopy. These data suggest that MPTP-induced activation/apoptotic death of glial cells plays a key role in the sequential linkage of neurochemical and cellular events leading to dopaminergic nigral neuron apoptotic death.

The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine induces apoptosis in mouse nigro-striatal glia. Relevance to nigral neuronal death and striatal neurochemical changes / Serra, Pier Andrea; Sciola, Gian Luigi; Delogu, Mr; Spano, Alessandra; Monaco, G; Miele, E; Rocchitta, Gaia Giovanna Maria; Miele, M; Migheli, Rossana; Desole, Maria Speranza. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - 277:37(2002), pp. 34451-34461.

The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine induces apoptosis in mouse nigro-striatal glia. Relevance to nigral neuronal death and striatal neurochemical changes

SERRA, Pier Andrea;SCIOLA, Gian Luigi;SPANO, Alessandra;ROCCHITTA, Gaia Giovanna Maria;MIGHELI, Rossana;DESOLE, Maria Speranza
2002-01-01

Abstract

Swiss mice were given 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 25 mg/kg/day, for 5 consecutive days and killed at different days after MPTP discontinuance. Decreases in striatal tyrosine hydroxylase activity and levels of dopamine and its metabolites were observed 1 day after MPTP discontinuance. Ascorbic acid and glutamate levels had increased, dehydroascorbic acid and GSH decreased, whereas catabolites of high-energy phosphates (inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, and uric acid) were unchanged. In addition, gliosis was observed in both striatum and substantia nigra compacta (SNc). Sections of SNc showed some terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated 2'-deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells. Neurochemical parameters of dopaminergic activity showed a trend toward recovery 3 days after MPTP discontinuance. At this time point, TUNEL-positive cells were detected in SNc; some of them showed nuclei with neuronal morphology. A late (days 6-11) increase in striatal dopamine oxidative metabolism, ascorbic acid oxidative status, and catabolites of high-energy phosphates were observed concomitant with nigral neuron and nigrostriatal glial cell apoptotic death, as revealed by TUNEL, acridine orange, and Hoechst staining, and transmission electron microscopy. These data suggest that MPTP-induced activation/apoptotic death of glial cells plays a key role in the sequential linkage of neurochemical and cellular events leading to dopaminergic nigral neuron apoptotic death.
2002
The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine induces apoptosis in mouse nigro-striatal glia. Relevance to nigral neuronal death and striatal neurochemical changes / Serra, Pier Andrea; Sciola, Gian Luigi; Delogu, Mr; Spano, Alessandra; Monaco, G; Miele, E; Rocchitta, Gaia Giovanna Maria; Miele, M; Migheli, Rossana; Desole, Maria Speranza. - In: THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-9258. - 277:37(2002), pp. 34451-34461.
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