Abstract:
AIM:The aim of the present study was to assess and compare the effect of 17β-estradiol and two different selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), tamoxifen and raloxifene, as well as a selective estrogen receptor alpha agonist, propyl-pyrazole-triol (PPT) and a selective estrogen receptor beta agonist, diarylpropionitrile (DPN), on behavioral and biochemical alterations in 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced nigral dopaminergic cell death in rats. MAIN METHODS:80 female Wister rats were used. Animals were divided into eight equal groups: Group I; Sham operated, Group II; subjected to ovariectomy (OVX), Group III; OVX rats received striatal injection of 6-OHDA, Groups IV-VIII; OVX rats received striatal injection of 6-OHDA and were injected daily with 17β-estradiol, tamoxifen, raloxifene, PPT and DPN respectively for 5days before 6-OHDA and continued for further 2weeks. KEY FINDINGS:Results showed that striatal injection of 6-OHDA produced significant behavioral alteration suggestive of PD, together with significant decrease in striatal dopamine, homovanillic acid (HVA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl acetic acid (DOPAC) concentrations. 6-OHDA-induced nigral dopaminergic cell death was characterized by oxidative stress, evidenced by significant decrease in striatal glutathione peroxidase activity, as well as apoptosis, evidenced by significant increase in nigral caspase-3 activity. Treatment with 17β-estradiol, raloxifene, PPT, but neither tamoxifen nor DPN, resulted in significant amelioration of the behavioral and biochemical alterations induced by 6-OHDA. SIGNIFICANCE:These findings suggest that estrogen and some SERMs having estrogenic agonist activity in the brain, like raloxifene, might exert beneficial effect in PD.
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Life Scijournal_title
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Baraka AM,Korish AA,Soliman GA,Kamal Hdoi
10.1016/j.lfs.2011.03.010subject
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2011-05-09 00:00:00pages
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