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Ability to delay neuropathological events associated with astrocytic MAO-B increase in a Parkinsonian mouse model: implications for early intervention on disease progression.
Siddiqui, Almas; Mallajosyula, Jyothi K; Rane, Anand; Andersen, Julie K.
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  • Siddiqui A; Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, CA 94945, USA.
Neurobiol Dis ; 40(2): 444-8, 2010 Nov.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20655384
We previously demonstrated that elevation of astrocytic monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) levels in a doxycycline (dox)-inducible transgenic mouse model following 14 days of dox induction results in several neuropathologic features similar to those observed in the Parkinsonian midbrain (Mallajosyula et al., 2008). These include a specific, selective and progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra (SN), selective decreases in mitochondrial complex I (CI) activity and increased oxidative stress. Here, we report that the temporal sequence of events following MAO-B elevation initially involves increased oxidative stress followed by CI inhibition and finally neurodegeneration. Furthermore, dox removal (DR) at days 3 and 5 of MAO-B induction was sufficient to arrest further increases in oxidative stress as well as subsequent neurodegenerative events. In order to assess the contribution of MAO-B-induced oxidative stress to later events, we compared the impact of DR which reverses the MAO-B increase with treatment of animals with the lipophilic antioxidant compound EUK-189. EUK-189 was found to be as effective as DR in halting downstream CI inhibition and also significantly attenuated SN DA cell loss as a result of astrocytic MAO-B induction. This suggests that MAO-B-mediated ROS contributes to neuropathology associated with this model and that antioxidant treatment can arrest further progression of dopaminergic cell death. This has implications for early intervention therapies.
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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Parkinson Disease / Substantia Nigra / Astrocytes / Oxidative Stress / Monoamine Oxidase / Nerve Degeneration Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Neurobiol Dis Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Parkinson Disease / Substantia Nigra / Astrocytes / Oxidative Stress / Monoamine Oxidase / Nerve Degeneration Type of study: Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Neurobiol Dis Journal subject: NEUROLOGIA Year: 2010 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States