title: Expression of metallothionein-III mRNA and its regulation by levodopa in the basal ganglia of hemi-parkinsonian rats.
abstract: In the brain, metallothionein (MT)-III exhibits a free radical scavenging activity. Here we examined the expression of MT-III mRNA in the basal ganglia of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-lesioned hemi-parkinsonian rats and its regulation by levodopa. The level of MT-III mRNA was significantly decreased in the striatum of 6-OHDA-lesioned side. Levodopa treatment significantly increased the expression of striatal MT-III mRNA in the non-lesioned side, but showed no significant effect in the 6-OHDA-lesioned side. These results suggest that the regulation of MT-III mRNA may be related to the progressive degeneration in parkinsonism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sogawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asanuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000378:metabolism*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D007980:Levodopa / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016627:Oxidopamine; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007980:Levodopa; D016627:Oxidopamine