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Transgenic murine dopaminergic neurons expressing human Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase exhibit increased density in culture, but no resistance to methylphenylpyridinium-induced degeneration.

Abstract：

:Primary dopaminergic neuronal cultures with increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity were established for studying the role of superoxide anion (O2-) in 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+)-induced degeneration of dopamine (DA) neurons. Mean SOD activity in cultures prepared from transgenic (human) Cu/Zn SOD (hSOD1) mice was 2.46-2.60 times greater than in cultures prepared from nontransgenic control mice. After 1 and 2 weeks in culture, the mean density of DA neurons [number of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-ir) cells per visual field] was significantly higher in cultures prepared from transgenic mice compared with those prepared from nontransgenic control mice (4.55-5.63 TH-ir neurons per field in hSOD1 cultures vs. 2.66-2.8 TH-ir neurons per field in control cultures). However, uptake of [3H]DA relative to uptake of [3H]GABA was only slightly greater in hSOD1 cultures than in normal cultures (14.1 nmol of DA/100 nmol of GABA vs. 12.1 nmol of DA/100 nmol of GABA). Resistance to MPP+ toxicity was not significantly different from that in normal cultures when based on density of surviving TH-ir cell bodies (EC50 = 0.54 microM in hSOD1 and EC50 = 0.37 microM in normal cultures). A more sensitive measure of DA neuron integrity and function ([3H]DA uptake) also failed to demonstrate increased resistance of hSOD1 cultures to the toxin (EC50 = 73.7 nM in hSOD1 and EC50 = 86.2 nM in controls). These results do not support the hypothesis that neurotoxicity of the active metabolite of MPTP, MPP+, is mediated by generation of O2- in the cytoplasm. Nevertheless, mesencephalic cultures with increased hSOD1 activity appear to survive better than normal control cultures in the oxidatively stressful environment of cell culture incubators, and such mesencephalic cells may be useful for cell grafting studies in animal models of Parkinson's disease.

journal_name

J Neurochem

journal_title

Journal of neurochemistry

authors

Sanchez-Ramos JR,Song S,Facca A,Basit A,Epstein CJ

doi

10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68010058.x

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-01-01 00:00:00

pages

58-67

issue

eissn

0022-3042

issn

1471-4159

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Transgenic murine dopaminergic neurons expressing human Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase exhibit increased density in culture, but no resistance to methylphenylpyridinium-induced degeneration.