A2A adenosine receptor antagonists protect the striatum against rotenone-induced neurotoxicity
A2A adenosine receptor antagonists protect the striatum against rotenone-induced neurotoxicity
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DOI:
10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.01.010
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发表时间:
2009-05-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
Calabresi, Paolo
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作者:
Belcastro, Vincenzo;Tozzi, Alessandro;Calabresi, Paolo
Adenosine A2A receptor has emerged as an attractive non-dopaminergic target in the experimental pharmacological therapy for Parkinson's disease (PD). Moreover, it has been postulated that A2A adenosine receptor antagonists exert neuroprotective effects in experimental models of PD and progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Interestingly, in both these pathological conditions a deficit of mitochondrial complex I has been found. Thus, utilizing extracellular and intracellular recordings from corticostriatal brain slices, we have tested the possible neuroprotective action of two A2A receptor antagonists, STI535 and ZM241385, on the irreversible electrophysiological effects induced by the acute application of rotenone, a pesticide acting as a selective inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I activity. Both these antagonists reduced the rotenone-induced loss of corticostriatal field potential amplitude as well as the membrane depolarization caused by this toxin on striatal spiny neurons. The use of A2A receptor antagonists might represent a promising neurciprotective strategy in basal ganglia disorders involving a deficit of mitochondrial complex I activity. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.