title: High dose selegiline augments striatal ubiquinol in mouse: an indication of decreased oxidative stress or of interference with mitochondrial respiration? A pilot study.
abstract: The effects of unspecific doses of the irreversible monoamine oxidase inhibitor selegiline on alpha-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherolquinone, ubiquinol and ubiquinone were studied in frontal cortex, hippocampus and striatum of male C57BL/6 mice 4 h and 96 h after a single or six injections of selegiline (100 mg/kg body weight, i.p.), respectively. Inhibition of monoamine oxidase was confirmed by activity measurements of its isoforms A and B in brain stem nuclei and striatum as well as by determination of striatal levels of dopamine and its major metabolites 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid and homovanillic acid. In general, levels of alpha-tocopherol were not altered and levels of alpha-tocopherolquinone were below the detection limit. However, 96 h following selegiline, levels of ubiquinols 9 and 10 were significantly increased, whereas levels of ubiquinones 9 and 10 concomitantly decreased in the striatum. Concentrations of ubiquinols and ubiquinones in frontal cortex and hippocampus were unchanged 96 h following selegiline. These data suggest that selegiline affects the striatal redox ratio of ubiquinol to ubiquinone which is important for cellular antioxidant defense and mitochondrial electron transfer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dirr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Rausch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Riederer
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012642:Selegiline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D014451:Ubiquinone; D012642:Selegiline; C003741:ubiquinol; D006719:Homovanillic Acid