title: Spontaneous recovery of MPTP-damaged catecholamine systems in goldfish brain areas.
abstract: In goldfish, 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) administered for 3 consecutive days (10 mg/kg), produced a marked decrease in dopamine (DA) and noradrenaline (NA) levels in telencephalon, diencephalon and medulla oblongata, without affecting the serotonin (5-HT) content. Furthermore the neurotoxin decreased either [3H]DA high affinity uptake or K(+)-stimulated DA release from synaptosomal (P2) preparations, with concomitant up-regulation of D2 postsynaptic receptors as well. No significant changes of choline acetyltransferase and glutamic acid decarboxylase activity or [3H]glutamate uptake were observed. Moreover the pretreatment with deprenyl (1 mg/kg) or mazindol (10 mg/kg) but not with clorgyline (5 mg/kg) prevented catecholamine depletion. Added in vitro to synaptosomal preparations both MPTP and more potently MPP+, in a concentration-dependent manner, inhibited [3H]DA uptake. Time course study revealed that MPTP-induced alteration of neurochemical parameters in goldfish brain areas were almost completely reversed within 6 weeks, suggesting that catecholamine systems in goldfish brain show a remarkable power of recovery after MPTP lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Poli
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gandolfi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucchi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barnabei
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006054:Goldfish / Q000378:metabolism*; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D015655:1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine