Inhibitory effects of antiparkinsonian drugs and caspase inhibitors in a parkinsonian flatworm model.
Inhibitory effects of antiparkinsonian drugs and caspase inhibitors in a parkinsonian flatworm model.
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抗帕金森病药物和半胱天冬酶抑制剂在帕金森病扁虫模型中的抑制作用。
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Kenji Watanabe
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作者:
Y. Kitamura;M. Inden;H. Sanada;K. Takata;T. Taniguchi;S. Shimohama;H. Orii;M. Mochii;K. Agata;Kenji Watanabe
It has been known that rotenone and 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+), a metabolite of MPTP), which inhibit mitochondrial complex I, are useful tools for parkinsonian models in vertebrates such as primates and rodents. Planarian, an invertebrate flatworm, has a high potential for regeneration, and dopamine plays a key role in its behavior. In the present study, we examined a cloned planarian, the GI strain from Dugesia japonica. Planarians that were treated with rotenone or MPTP underwent autolysis and individual death in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. In addition, these effects induced by rotenone or MPTP were inhibited by several antiparkinsonian drugs and caspase inhibitors. These results suggest that the degeneration of planarian dopaminergic system induced by rotenone or MPTP may be mediated through caspase-like activation.
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Masliah, E;Rockenstein, E;Mucke, L
通讯作者:
Mucke, L