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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Volume 74, Issue 6, Pages 917-927Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10810
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oxidative stress; peroxynitrite; glutathione; gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester; mitochondria
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- NIA NIH HHS [AG-05119, AG-10836] Funding Source: Medline
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Mitochondria under oxidative stress are thought to play a key role in various neurodegenerative disorders by directing neurons to cell death. Protection by antioxidants against oxidative stress to mitochondria may prove to be beneficial in delaying onset or progression of these diseases. We have investigated the ability of gamma-glutamylcysteine ethyl ester (GCEE) to upregulate mitochondrial glutathione (GSH) in vivo or in vitro and protect against subsequent in vitro peroxynitrite (ONOO-) damage. Mitochondria pretreated in vitro with GCEE were protected against oxidative damage induced by peroxynitrite, as assessed by mitochondrial swelling, changes in mitochondrial membrane potential, 3-nitrotyrosine formation, protein carbonyl formation, and cytochrome c release. Loss of mitochondrial function in neuronal cell cultures by the oxidants 2,2,'Azobis(2-amidino-propane)dihydrochloride (AAPH) and ONOO- was ameliorated by treatment with GCEE. In vivo studies showed that mitochondria isolated from animals injected intraperitoneally with GCEE were protected partially against oxidative modifications induced by ONOO-. Taken together, these results suggest that GCEE may be effective in increasing mitochondrial GSH and may be prove to have therapeutic relevance in neurodegenerative disorders associated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction. (C) 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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