Hypochlorite converts cysteinyl-dopamine into a cytotoxic product: A possible factor in Parkinson's Disease

Autor: Meredith M. Njus, Ashraf H. Saleh, Karen A. Beningo, David Njus, Karam Asmaro, Nihar J. Mehta, David J. Hermiz
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 101:44-52
ISSN: 0891-5849
Popis: The dopamine oxidation product cysteinyl-dopamine has attracted attention as a contributor to the death of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. Treatment of cysteinyl-dopamine with hypochlorite yields an even more cytotoxic product. This product has potent redox-cycling activity and initiates production of superoxide in PC12 cells. Taurine, which scavenges hypochlorite, protects PC12 cells from cysteinyl-dopamine but not from the hypochlorite product, suggesting that the product, not cysteinyl-dopamine itself, is toxic. Furthermore, rotenone, which enhances expression of the hypochlorite-producing enzyme myeloperoxidase, increases the cytotoxicity of cysteinyl-dopamine but not of the hypochlorite product. This suggests that dopamine oxidation to cysteinyl-dopamine followed by hypochlorite-dependent conversion to a cytotoxic redox-cycling product leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress and may contribute to the death of dopaminergic neurons.
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