Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity

Promethazine (PMZ) is an FDA-approved antihistaminergic drug that was identified as a potentially neuroprotective compound in the NINDS screening program. PMZ accumulates in brain mitochondria in vivo and inhibits Ca2+-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) in rat liver mitochondri...

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Main Authors: Carine Cleren, Anatoly A. Starkov, Noel Y. Calingasan, Beverly J. Lorenzo, Junya Chen, M. Flint Beal
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2005-12-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996105001397
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spelling doaj-569e78ed730e42e9a81a69f5bcf789322021-03-20T04:51:27ZengElsevierNeurobiology of Disease1095-953X2005-12-01203701708Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicityCarine Cleren0Anatoly A. Starkov1Noel Y. Calingasan2Beverly J. Lorenzo3Junya Chen4M. Flint Beal5Corresponding author. Fax: +1 212 746 8276.; Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USADepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USADepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USADepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USADepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USADepartment of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 525 East 68th Street, Room A-501, New York, NY 10021, USAPromethazine (PMZ) is an FDA-approved antihistaminergic drug that was identified as a potentially neuroprotective compound in the NINDS screening program. PMZ accumulates in brain mitochondria in vivo and inhibits Ca2+-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) in rat liver mitochondria in vitro. We hypothesized that PMZ may have a protective effect in a mitochondrial toxin model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Mice treated with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) sustained a significant loss of dopaminergic neurons within the SNpc that was strongly attenuated by PMZ treatment. However, neither striatal MPP+ concentrations nor MPTP-induced inhibition of mitochondrial complex I were affected by PMZ treatment. In isolated mouse brain mitochondria, PMZ partially prevented and reversed MPP+-induced depolarization of membrane potential and inhibited the Ca2+-induced PTP in brain mitochondria. The sum of data indicates that PMZ is a strong neuroprotective agent capable of protecting dopaminergic neurons against MPTP toxicity in vivo.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996105001397PromethazineMPTPMPP+ParkinsonNeuroprotectionMitochondria
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author Carine Cleren
Anatoly A. Starkov
Noel Y. Calingasan
Beverly J. Lorenzo
Junya Chen
M. Flint Beal
spellingShingle Carine Cleren
Anatoly A. Starkov
Noel Y. Calingasan
Beverly J. Lorenzo
Junya Chen
M. Flint Beal
Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
Neurobiology of Disease
Promethazine
MPTP
MPP+
Parkinson
Neuroprotection
Mitochondria
author_facet Carine Cleren
Anatoly A. Starkov
Noel Y. Calingasan
Beverly J. Lorenzo
Junya Chen
M. Flint Beal
author_sort Carine Cleren
title Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
title_short Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
title_full Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
title_fullStr Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
title_full_unstemmed Promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
title_sort promethazine protects against 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine neurotoxicity
publisher Elsevier
series Neurobiology of Disease
issn 1095-953X
publishDate 2005-12-01
description Promethazine (PMZ) is an FDA-approved antihistaminergic drug that was identified as a potentially neuroprotective compound in the NINDS screening program. PMZ accumulates in brain mitochondria in vivo and inhibits Ca2+-induced mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP) in rat liver mitochondria in vitro. We hypothesized that PMZ may have a protective effect in a mitochondrial toxin model of Parkinson's disease (PD). Mice treated with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) sustained a significant loss of dopaminergic neurons within the SNpc that was strongly attenuated by PMZ treatment. However, neither striatal MPP+ concentrations nor MPTP-induced inhibition of mitochondrial complex I were affected by PMZ treatment. In isolated mouse brain mitochondria, PMZ partially prevented and reversed MPP+-induced depolarization of membrane potential and inhibited the Ca2+-induced PTP in brain mitochondria. The sum of data indicates that PMZ is a strong neuroprotective agent capable of protecting dopaminergic neurons against MPTP toxicity in vivo.
topic Promethazine
MPTP
MPP+
Parkinson
Neuroprotection
Mitochondria
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996105001397
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