title: In vivo effect of MPTP on monoamine oxidase activity in mouse striatum.
abstract: Striatal monoamine oxidase (MAO)-B, but not MAO-A, activity decreased in mice at 2 and 10 days and was back to control values at 20 and 30 days after systemic administration of N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Striatal dopaminergic (DA) depletions were maximal at 2 days and were only partially reversed at 30 days post-treatment. In rats, unilateral kainic acid lesions increased MAO-B but not MAO-A activity probably due to reactive gliosis, but MPTP did not affect DA levels in control and kainic acid-lesioned striata. Findings support the importance of MAO-B in the toxicity of MPTP and suggest that resistance of rat DA neurons to the neurotoxin is probably not due to species differences in MAO-B activity.
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D000818:Animals; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000032:analysis / Q000201:enzymology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000032:analysis; D007608:Kainic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D002795:Choline O-Acetyltransferase; D007608:Kainic Acid; D004298:Dopamine