title: Dopamine induces apoptosis in cultured rat striatal neurons; possible mechanism of D2-dopamine receptor neuron loss during aging.
abstract: We examined D2-dopamine receptor containing neurons in cultures of neonatal rat striatum for apoptosis following dopamine treatment. Exposure to cultures to micromolar concentrations of dopamine resulted in 60-70% killing of D2-dopamine receptor neurons within 24 hr. We also utilized a double labeling procedure to determine that treatment with dopamine induced apoptosis in D2-dopamine receptor containing neurons. These results suggest that loss of D2-dopamine receptor containing neurons during aging could be due to an apoptotic effect of dopamine.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Physiology and Genetics Section, NIA/NIH, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinkai
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mathias
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Roth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004298:Dopamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D065127:Dopamine D2 Receptor Antagonists; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D004298:Dopamine