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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
卷 272, 期 1, 页码 18-22出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2732
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apomorphine; dopamine agonist; NGF; GDNF; BDNF; astrocytes; Parkinson's disease; neuroprotection
Apomorphine, a D-1/D-2 dopamine agonist, is an antiparkinsonian drug. me examined the effects of apomorphine on synthesis of neurotrophic factors in cultured mouse astrocytes. After 24 h incubation with apomorphine, NGF and GDNF contents in the culture medium increased to 122-fold and 1.8-fold of the control, respectively; whereas the BDNF content did not change significantly. In Northern blot analysis, expression of NGF mRNA in astrocytes reached the maximum level at 6 h after addition of the drug. By semiquantitative RT-PCR analysis, the GDNF transcript level was found to reach 2.8-fold of the control level at 15 h. These results suggest that apomorphine may exert neuroprotective effects by stimulation of NGF and GDNF synthesis in astrocytes. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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