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NEUROREPORT
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages 343-346Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200002070-00024
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dopamine; estradiol; mice; MPTP; Parkinson's disease; progesterone; raloxifene; steroids
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The activity of steroids was studied in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) lesioned retired breeder C57BL/6 male mice as a model of Parkinson's disease. Steroids were injected daily for 5 days before MPTP (4 injections, 15 mg/kg i.p., at 2 h intervals) and hormonal treatment continued for 5 more days. Mice that received 17 beta-estradiol or progesterone or raloxifene (a selective estrogen receptor modulator) and MPTP had striatal concentrations of dopamine (DA) and its metabolites dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA) similar to those in control animals, whereas mice that received MPTP alone or with 17 alpha-estradiol (the isomer with weak estrogenic activity) had an extensive decrease of DA and its metabolites. These results suggest stereospecific prevention of MPTP-induced dopamine loss by 17 beta-estradiol, which is also observed with progesterone and raloxifene. NeuroReport 11:343-346 (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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