title: Synergistic dopaminergic neurotoxicity of manganese and lipopolysaccharide: differential involvement of microglia and astroglia.
abstract: Overexposure to manganese is known to cause damage to basal ganglial neurons and the development of movement abnormalities. Activation of microglia and astrocytes has increasingly been associated with the pathogenesis of a variety of neurological disorders. We have recently shown that microglial activation facilitates manganese chloride (MnCl2, 10-300 microM)-induced preferential degeneration of dopamine (DA) neurons. In this study, we report that combinations of MnCl2 (1-30 microM) and endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 0.5-2 ng/mL), at minimally effective concentrations when used alone, induced synergistic and preferential damage to DA neurons in rat primary neuron-glia cultures. Mechanistically, MnCl2 significantly potentiated LPS-induced release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta in microglia, but not in astroglia. MnCl2 and LPS were more effective in inducing the formation of reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide in microglia than in astroglia. Furthermore, MnCl2 and LPS-induced free radical generation, cytokine release, and DA neurotoxicity was significantly attenuated by pre-treatment with potential anti-inflammatory agents minocycline and naloxone. These results demonstrate that the combination of manganese overexposure and neuroinflammation is preferentially deleterious to DA neurons. Moreover, these findings not only shed light on the understanding of manganese neurotoxicity but may also bear relevance to the potentially multifactorial etiology of Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Kyle M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Lokuta
authors.forename: Deanne E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000633:toxicity*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004357:Drug Synergism; D053583:Interleukin-1beta / Q000378:metabolism; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000633:toxicity*; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D017628:Microglia / Q000187:drug effects*; D008911:Minocycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D009270:Naloxone / Q000494:pharmacology; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014316:Tritium / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D053583:Interleukin-1beta; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009498:Neurotoxins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D014316:Tritium; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009270:Naloxone; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D008911:Minocycline; C025340:manganese chloride; D004298:Dopamine