Dopamine Release Suppression Dependent on an Increase of Intracellular
Ca2+ Contributed to Rotenone-induced Neurotoxicity in PC12
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Authors: | Yan Sai Junfeng Chen Feng Ye Yuanpeng Zhao Zhongmin Zou Jia Cao Zhaojun Dong |
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Institution: | 1. Institute of Toxicology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China;2. Institute of Kidney Research, Southeast University, NanJing 21102, China |
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Abstract: | Rotenone is an inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I that produces a model of Parkinson’s
disease (PD), in which neurons undergo dopamine release dysfunction and other features. In
neurons, exocytosis is one of the processes associated with dopamine release and is
dependent on Ca2+ dynamic changes of the cell. In the present study, we have
investigated the exocytosis of dopamine and the involvement of Ca2+ in dopamine
release in PC12 cells administrated with rotenone. Results demonstrated that rotenone led
to an elevation of intracellular Ca2+ through Ca2+ influx by opening
of the voltage-gated Ca2+ channel and influenced the soluble N-ethylmaleimide
attachment protein receptor (SNARE) proteins expression (including syntaxin,
vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) and synaptosome-associated
protein 25 (SNAP-25)); pretreatment with a blocker of L-type voltage-activated
Ca2+ channels (nifedipine) decreased the intracellular dopamine levels and
ROS formation, increased the cell viability and enhanced the neurite outgrowth and
exocytosis of synaptic vesicles. These results indicated that the involvement of
intracellular Ca2+ was one of the factors resulting in suppression of dopamine
release suppression in PC12 cells intoxicated with rotenone, which was associated with the
rotenone-induced dopamine neurotoxicity. |
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Keywords: | rotenone PC12 cells Ca2+ dopamine release neurotoxicity |
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