Neurotoxicity of free-radical-mediated serotonin neurotoxin in cultured embryonic chick brain neurons.
Neurotoxicity of free-radical-mediated serotonin neurotoxin in cultured embryonic chick brain neurons.
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自由基介导的血清素神经毒素对培养的胚胎鸡脑神经元的神经毒性。
DOI:
10.1016/0014-2999(96)00059-3
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Volicer,L
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作者:
Chen,JC;Fine,RE;Squicciarini,J;Volicer,L
Exposure of serotonin (5-HT) to oxygen-derived free-radical-generating system, xanthine oxidase-hypoxanthine or to a Fenton reaction results in the formation of the neurotoxin, tryptamine-4,5-dione. In cultured embryonic chick brain neurons, incubation of tryptamine-4,5-dione or its ethyl carbonate derivative resulted in a dose-dependent neurotoxicity (1–100 μM). The addition of sulfhydryl compound, glutathione at 2 or 10 μM significantly enhanced the toxicity induced by 10 μM tryptamine-4,5-dione. On the contrary, glutathione at 10 μM decreased the neurotoxic effect caused by 10 μM 5,6- and 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine in the cultured neurons. The toxicity resulted from 5,6- and 5,7-dihydroxytryptamine could be fully prevented by a 5-HT uptake inhibitor, fluoxetine. However, the toxicity caused by tryptamine-4,5-dione and glutathione conjugate could not be blocked by fluoxetine (10 or 100 μM) or by a glutathione transferase inhibitor, boric acid/serine. The results indicate a different molecular mechanism among 5-HT derived neurotoxins and suggest that tryptamine-4,5-dione and/or its glutathione conjugate would cause neuronal damage, if they are formed in vivo.