title: Potent regulation of microglia-derived oxidative stress and dopaminergic neuron survival: substance P vs. dynorphin.
abstract: Unregulated microglial activation has been implicated as a pivotal factor contributing to Parkinson's disease. Using mesencephalic neuron-glia cultures, we address the novel possibility that peptides endogenous to the substantia nigra (SN), substance P and dynorphin (10(-13)-10(-14) M), are opposing mediators of microglial activation and consequent DA neurotoxicity. Here, we identify that substance P (10(-13)-10(-14) M) is selectively toxic to DA neurons in a microglia-dependent manner. Mechanistically, substance P (10(-13)-10(-14) M) activated microglial NADPH oxidase to produce extracellular superoxide and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Neuron-glia cultures from mice lacking a functional NADPH oxidase complex (PHOX-/-) were insensitive to substance P (10(-13)-10(-14) M) -induced loss of DA neuron function. Mixed glia cultures from (PHOX-/-) mice failed to show a significant increase in intracellular ROS in response to substance P compared with control cultures (PHOX+/+). Further, dynorphin (10(-14) M) inhibited substance P (10(-13) M) -induced loss of [3H] DA uptake. Here we demonstrate a tightly regulated mechanism governing microglia-derived oxidative stress, where the neuropeptide balance of dynorphin and substance P is critical to DA neuron survival.
authors.affiliation: Neuropharmacology Section, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Chemistry, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA. Block@niehs.nih.gov
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Block
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004399:Dynorphins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013373:Substance P / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D013373:Substance P; D004399:Dynorphins; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D004298:Dopamine