Publication: Reactive oxygen species production and MAPK activation are implicated in tetrahydrobiopterin-induced SH-SY5Y cell death
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2009-01-16
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03043940
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Neuroscience Letters. Vol.449, No.3 (2009), 178-182
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Vasutakarn Chongthammakun, Yupin Sanvarinda, Sukumal Chongthammakun Reactive oxygen species production and MAPK activation are implicated in tetrahydrobiopterin-induced SH-SY5Y cell death. Neuroscience Letters. Vol.449, No.3 (2009), 178-182. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.106 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/28307
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Reactive oxygen species production and MAPK activation are implicated in tetrahydrobiopterin-induced SH-SY5Y cell death
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Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), an obligatory cofactor for dopamine (DA) synthesis, has been shown to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) upon its autoxidation and induce selective dopaminergic cell death in many in vivo and in vitro models of Parkinson's disease (PD). The precise molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal death upon BH4 exposure, however, have not yet been well elucidated. The present study aims to examine the intracellular ROS production and the signal transduction pathways underlying the toxic effects of BH4 on human dopaminergic SH-SY5Y cells. The results show that BH4 treatment at concentrations ranging from 50 μM to 400 μM induces neuronal death in a dose-dependent manner. In concomitant with the elevation of intracellular ROS formation, BH4-induced activation of MAPK, p38 and ERK1/2 in SH-SY5Y cells is attenuated by pretreatment with MAPK inhibitors, SB203580 or PD98059. These data indicate that MAPK activation and oxidative stress are involved in BH4-induced dopaminergic cell death, possibly through the autoxidation of BH4 and subsequent ROS production. © 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.