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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 516, Issue 1, Pages 57-61Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.03.055
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Lithium; MPTP; Dopaminergic neurons; Oxidative stress; Lipid peroxidation
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Lithium has been successfully employed therapeutically for treatment of bipolar depressive illness; however, its mechanism of action is poorly understood. Recently, it has been demonstrated by us that lithium can prevent 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) dopaminergic neurotoxicity in mice. From analyzing the pattern of protection in various parameters, we suggest that lithium protects against MPTP-induced depletion of striatal dopamine (DA) by preventing free radical-induced inactivation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate limiting enzyme in dopamine synthesis. Possible neuroprotective effect of lithium against H2O2-induced cell death was assessed in human neuroblastoma; SH-SY5Y cell line. Pretreatment with LiCl (2 mM and 4 mM) for 7 days protected against H2O2 neurotoxicity in a dose-dependent manner. However, this protection could not be achieved through short-term incubation with LiCl. In agreement; we found that lithium lacks immediate antioxidant activity using the in vitro lipid peroxidation essay indicating that not acute but chronic treatment with lithium allows cells to deal better with oxidative stress. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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