Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY
Volume 100, Issue 5, Pages 1375-1386Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04327.x
Keywords
celecoxib; lipopolysaccharide; Parkinson's disease; pioglitazone
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS044157, R21NS046426, R01NS048191] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R01AG017963] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [AG017963] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS048191, NS044157, NS046426] Funding Source: Medline
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Evidence suggests that chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress play significant and perhaps synergistic roles in Parkinson's disease (PD), where the primary pathology is significant loss of the dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The use of anti-inflammatory drugs for PD treatment has been proposed, and inhibition of cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) or activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-gamma) yields neuroprotection in MPTP-induced PD. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces inflammation-driven dopaminergic neurodegeneration. We tested the hypothesis that celecoxib (Celebrex, COX-2 inhibitor) or pioglitazone (Actos, PPAR-gamma agonist) will reduce the LPS-induced inflammatory response, spare mitochondrial bioenergetics, and improve nigral dopaminergic neuronal survival. Rats were treated with vehicle, celecoxib, or pioglitazone and were intrastriatally injected with LPS. Inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, decreased dopamine, and nigral dopaminergic neuronal loss were observed post-LPS. Celecoxib and pioglitazone provided neuroprotective properties by decreasing inflammation and restoring mitochondrial function. Pioglitazone also attenuated oxidative stress and partially restored striatal dopamine as well as demonstrated dopaminergic neuroprotection and reduced nigral microglial activation. In summary, intrastriatal LPS served as a model for inflammation-induced dopaminergic neurodegeneration, anti-inflammatory drugs provided protective properties, and pioglitazone or celecoxib may have therapeutic potential for the treatment of neuro-inflammation and PD.
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