Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10903916 | Experimental Cell Research | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Parkinson׳s disease (PD), among the most common neurodegenerative diseases worldwide for which there is no cure, is characterized as progressive dopaminergic neuron loss in the substantia nigra through an unknown mechanism. Administering 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) causes neuronal cell death and Parkinsonism in humans. Commonly used in animal models of PD, MPTP can metabolize to 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+); however, the detailed mechanism through which MPP+ causes neuronal cell death remains undetermined. Previous reports have indicated those knockout mice with Bcl-2 associated protein X (Bax) or caspase-2, two mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization inducers, are resistant to MPTP administration, suggesting that mitochondria are involved in MPP+-triggered apoptosis. Our previous study showed that MPP+-triggered apoptosis can be distinguished from spontaneous apoptosis of primary cortical neurons. In the present study, we verified the involvement of mitochondria in MPP+-induced and spontaneous apoptosis in cortical neurons through confocal microscope analysis. We demonstrated that caspase-2 activation is specific to MPP+-induced apoptosis and occurs before Bax translocation to the mitochondria. Caspase-2 activation is one of the few early molecular events identified in PD models.
Keywords
1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridineJnkSMACBcl-2 associated protein XDAPIMPTP1-methyl-4-phenylpyridiniumPCD4′-6-diamidino-2-phenylindoleMPP+mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilizationAIFBaxParkinson׳s diseaseApoptosisSecond mitochondria-derived activator of caspaseapoptosis inducing factorMOMPMitochondriaPrimary cortical neuronsCaspase-2
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Authors
Hsin-I Hu, Hsin-Hou Chang, Der-Shan Sun,