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Glutathione depletion in neurodegenerative disorders: Cell death mechanisms and neuroprotection, exacerbation of manganese neurotoxicity, and the role in glutathione regeneration pathway.

机译:谷胱甘肽在神经退行性疾病中的耗竭:细胞死亡机制和神经保护作用,锰神经毒性的恶化以及在谷胱甘肽再生途径中的作用。

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Glutathione (GSH) (gamma-glutamyl cysteinyl glycine) is an antioxidant biosynthesisized in cells and is vital in maintaining the cellular redox environment. Depletion in GSH levels is reported in neurodegenerative disorders including Parkinson's disease. GSH depletion could lead to cellular oxidative stress and ultimately cell death. Regeneration of reduced GSH is an important aspect of GSH metabolism which needs reducing equivalent of NADPH and could control the availability of GSH to neutralize reactive oxygen species. GSH also helps in the cellular defense against xenobiotics such as toxic metals and thus depletion of GSH may enhance neurotoxicity of manganese. Molecular mechanisms of cell death induced by GSH depletion are not fully understood. Moreover, despite numerous research reports on GSH, the potential use of GSH in the pharmacotherapy of neurodegenerative disorders has not yet been achieved. Thus, we attempted to decipher the process of GSH depletion-induced cell death. Our results show that mitochondrial GSH plays a regulatory role in mitochondria-mediated apoptosis process induced by GSH depletion. We also confirmed the neuroprotective potential of astrocytes in a GSH depletion paradigm. Moreover, our research suggests that GSH depletion could be one of the mechanisms underlying Mn neurotoxicity. We also studied developmental changes and sexual dimorphism of activities of the enzymes of GSH regeneration pathway. Our research clearly contributes to an improved understanding of the role of GSH depletion in etiology of neurodegenerative disorders and could be helpful in developing potential pharmacotherapy for such diseases.
机译:谷胱甘肽(GSH)(γ-谷氨酰胺基半胱氨酸甘氨酸)是一种在细胞中生物合成的抗氧化剂,对维持细胞氧化还原环境至关重要。据报道,包括帕金森氏症在内的神经退行性疾病中GSH含量减少。 GSH耗竭可能导致细胞氧化应激并最终导致细胞死亡。还原型GSH的再生是GSH代谢的重要方面,它需要减少NADPH的当量,并可以控制GSH的可用性以中和活性氧。谷胱甘肽还有助于抵抗诸如毒素之类的异种生物的细胞防御,因此,谷胱甘肽的耗尽可能会增强锰的神经毒性。 GSH耗竭诱导的细胞死亡的分子机制尚未完全了解。此外,尽管有大量关于GSH的研究报告,但尚未实现GSH在神经退行性疾病的药物治疗中的潜在用途。因此,我们试图破译GSH耗竭诱导的细胞死亡的过程。我们的结果表明,线粒体GSH在由GSH耗竭诱导的线粒体介导的细胞凋亡过程中起调节作用。我们还证实了GSH耗竭范式中星形胶质细胞的神经保护潜力。此外,我们的研究表明GSH耗竭可能是Mn神经毒性的潜在机制之一。我们还研究了GSH再生途径酶活性的发育变化和性二态性。我们的研究显然有助于增进对GSH耗竭在神经退行性疾病病因中的作用的了解,并可能有助于开发此类疾病的潜在药物疗法。

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  • 作者

    Dukhande, Vikas Vasudeo.;

  • 作者单位

    Idaho State University.;

  • 授予单位 Idaho State University.;
  • 学科 Health Sciences Pharmacology.;Biology Neuroscience.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2009
  • 页码 131 p.
  • 总页数 131
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 宗教史、宗教地理;
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