کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3056720 1186575 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A dopamine receptor antagonist L-745,870 suppresses microglia activation in spinal cord and mitigates the progression in ALS model mice
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی عصب شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A dopamine receptor antagonist L-745,870 suppresses microglia activation in spinal cord and mitigates the progression in ALS model mice
چکیده انگلیسی

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by a selective loss of motor neurons in the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. It has been shown that oxidative stress plays a pivotal role in the progression of this motor neuron loss. We have previously reported that L-745,870, a dopamine D4 receptor antagonist, selectively inhibits oxidative stress-induced cell death in vitro and exerts a potent neuroprotective effect against ischemia-induced neural cell damage in gerbil. To investigate the efficacy of L-745,870 in the treatment of ALS, we here conducted a chronic administration of L-745,870 to transgenic mice expressing a mutated form of human superoxide dismutase gene (SOD1H46R); a mouse model of familial ALS, and assessed whether the mice benefit from this treatment. The pre-onset administration of L-745,870 significantly delayed the onset of motor deficits, slowed the disease progression, and extended a life span in transgenic mice. These animals showed a delayed loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord concomitant with a reduced level of microglial activation at a late symptomatic stage. Further, the post-onset administration of L-745,870 to the SOD1H46R transgenic mice remarkably slowed the disease progression and extended their life spans. Taken together, our findings in a rodent model of ALS may have implication that L-745,870 is a possible novel therapeutic means to the treatment of ALS.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Experimental Neurology - Volume 211, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 378–386
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