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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 15, 1999, 19(4):1284-1293
Distinct Mechanisms Underlie Neurotoxin-Mediated Cell Death in
Cultured Dopaminergic Neurons
Julie
Lotharius1,
Laura
L.
Dugan2, and
Karen L.
O'Malley1
1 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and
2 Center for the Study of Nervous System Injury, Washington
University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Oxidative stress is thought to contribute to dopaminergic cell
death in Parkinson's disease (PD). The neurotoxin
6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA), which is easily oxidized to reactive
oxygen species (ROS), appears to induce neuronal death by a free
radical-mediated mechanism, whereas the involvement of free radicals in
N-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)
toxicity is less clear. Using free radical-sensitive fluorophores and
vital dyes with post hoc identification of tyrosine
hydroxylase-positive neurons, we monitored markers of apoptosis and the
production of ROS in dopaminergic neurons treated with either 6-OHDA or
MPP+. Annexin-V staining suggested that 6-OHDA but
not MPP+-mediated cell death was apoptotic. In
accordance with this assignment, the general caspase inhibitor
Boc-(Asp)-fluoromethylketone only blocked 6-OHDA neurotoxicity. Both
toxins exhibited an early, sustained rise in ROS, although only 6-OHDA
induced a collapse in mitochondrial membrane potential temporally
related to the increase in ROS. Recently, derivatives of
buckminsterfullerene (C60) molecules have been shown
to act as potent antioxidants in several models of oxidative stress
(). Significant, dose-dependent levels of protection
were also seen in these in vitro models of PD using the
C3 carboxyfullerene derivative. Specifically, C3 was fully protective in the 6-OHDA paradigm, whereas it
only partially rescued dopaminergic neurons from
MPP+-induced cell death. In either model, it was
more effective than glial-derived neurotrophic factor. These data
suggest that cell death in response to 6-OHDA and
MPP+ may progress through different mechanisms,
which can be partially or entirely saved by carboxyfullerenes.
Key words:
dihydrorhodamine; dihydroethidium; rhodamine 123; neuroprotection; MPTP; mesencephalic
Copyright © 1999 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/99/1941284-10$05.00/0
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