Dysfunction of the Fusion of Pre-Synaptic Plasma Membranes and Synaptic Vesicles Caused by Oxidative Stress, and its Prevention by Vitamin E

Autor: Hirokatsu Takatsu, Koji Fukui, Shiro Urano, Masaya Arai, Mitsunari Saito
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 24:759-766
ISSN: 1875-8908
1387-2877
DOI: 10.3233/jad-2011-101785
Popis: To define whether hyperoxia induces the dysfunction of membrane fusion between synaptic vesicles with pre-synaptic plasma membranes in the nerve terminals, and whether vitamin E prevents this abnormal event, we investigated the influence of hyperoxia on the fusion ability of isolated synaptic vesicles and the inside-out type pre-synaptic plasma membrane vesicles from rat brain using the fluorescence tracing method. The membrane fusion ability of both membranes from rats subjected to hyperoxia was markedly decreased compared with the membranes from a normal rat. Rats subjected to hyperoxia in the form of oxidative stress showed significant increases in the levels of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), conjugated dienes, and protein carbonyl moieties in both synaptic vesicles and pre-synaptic plasma membranes. When rats were supplemented with vitamin E, these abnormalities were inhibited even when rats were subjected to hyperoxia.
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