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2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Initiating and preventing factors in neurodegeneration underlying Parkinson's disease

Research Project

Project/Area Number 12672205
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 応用薬理学・医療系薬学
Research InstitutionAsahikawa Medical College

Principal Investigator

MATSUBARA Kazuo  Asahikawa Med. College, Department of Hospital Pharmacy & Pharmacology, 医学部, 教授 (20127533)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SHIMIZU Keiko  Asahikawa Med. College, Department of Legal Medicine, 医学部, 助教授 (90312462)
Project Period (FY) 2000 – 2002
KeywordsParkinson's disease / Paraquat / Organotypic slice cultures / Dopamine receptor agonist / Excitotoxic pathway / Nitrogen oxide / Etiology
Research Abstract

Paraquat (PQ) is a herbicide to possibly induce Parkinson's disease (PD), since a strong correlation has been found between the incidence of the disease and the amount of paraquat used. In this study, we examined PQ toxicity in rat organotypic midbrain slice cultures. PQ dose dependently reduced the number of dopaminergic neurons in cultured slices. Since this damage was prevented by GBR-12909, the dopamine transporter could be an initial step of the PQ induced dopaminergic neurotoxicity. The sequential treatments with lower PQ and MPP^+ doses, where each dose alone was not lethal, markedly killed dopamine neurons, suggesting that the exposure of a lower dose of PQ could lead to the vulnerability of dopaminergic neurons. This cell death was prevented by the inhibitors of NMDA, nitric oxide synthase (NOS), cycloheximide and caspase cascade. Neurons expressing NOS were identified inside and around the regions where dopamine neurons were packed. The cell death induced by the sequential treatments with PQ and MPP^+ was also rescued by L-deprenyl and dopamine D2/3 agonists. These results strongly support that the constant exposure to low levels of PQ would lead to the vulnerability of dopaminergic neurons in the nigrostriatal system by the excitotoxic pathway, and might potentiate neurodegeneration caused by the exposure of other substances and aging.

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All Publications (8 results)

  • [Publications] K Matsubara et al.: "N-Methylation underlying Parkinson's disease"Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 24. 593-598 (2002)

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  • [Publications] K Shimizu, K Matsubara et al.: "Paraquat induces long-lasting dopamine overfolow through the excitotoxic pathway in the striatum of freely moving rats"Brain Research. (印刷中). (2003)

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  • [Publications] K Shimizu, K Matsubara et al.: "Paraquat leads to dopaminergic neural vulnerability in organotypic midbrain culture"Neuroscience Research. (印刷中). (2003)

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  • [Publications] A.Storch, K Matsubara et al.: "Selective dopaminergic neurotoxicity of isoquinoline derivatives related to Parkinson's disease : Studies using heterologous expression systems of the dopamine transporter?"Biochemical Pharmacology. 163. 909-920 (2002)

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  • [Publications] K. Matsubara, K. Aoyama, M. Suno, T. Awaya: "N-Methylation underlying Parkinson's disease"Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 24. 593-598 (2002)

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  • [Publications] K. Shimizu, K. Matsubara, K. Ohtaki, S. Fujimaru, O. Saito, H. Shiono: "Paraquat induces long-lasting toxicity to striatal dopaminergic terminals through the excitotoxic pathway"Brain Research. (in press). (2003)

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  • [Publications] Keiko Shimizu, Kazuo Matsubara, Ko-ichi Ohtaki, Hiroshi Shiono: "Paraquat leads to dopaminergic neural vulnerability in organotypic midbrain culture"Neuroscience Research. (in press). (2003)

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  • [Publications] A. Storcha, S. Otta, Y-I. Hwanga, R. Ortmannb, A. Heinb, S. Frenzelb, K. Matsubarac, M. A. Collins, S. Ohta, H-U. Wolff, J. Schwarzg: "Selective dopaminergic neurotoxicity of isoquinoline derivatives related to Parkinson's disease: Studies using heterologous expression systems of the dopamine transporter"Biochemical Pharmacology. 163. 909-920 (2002)

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Published: 2004-04-14  

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