PMID- 10762085 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000511 LR - 20191210 IS - 0197-0186 (Print) IS - 0197-0186 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 6 DP - 2000 May TI - Effect of 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium on glutathione in rat pheochromocytoma PC 12 cells. PG - 489-97 AB - We investigated the effect of the selective dopaminergic neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) on glutathione redox status and the generation of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) in rat pheochromocytoma PC 12 cells in vitro. Treatment with MPP+ (250 microM) led to a 63% increase of reduced glutathione (GSH) after 24 h, while a 10-fold higher concentration of MPP+ (2.5 mM) depleted cellular GSH to 12.5% of control levels within that time. Similarly, the complex I-inhibitor rotenone induced a time-dependent loss of GSH at 1 and 10 microM, whereas treatment with lower concentrations of rotenone (0.1, 0.01 microM) increased cellular GSH. Both MPP+ and rotenone increased cellular levels of oxidised glutathione (GSSG) and the higher concentrations of both compounds led to an elevated ratio of oxidised glutathione (GSSG) vs total glutathione (GSH + GSSG) indicating a shift in cellular redox balance. MPP+ or rotenone did not induce the generation of ROI or significant elevation of intracellular levels of thiobabituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) for up to 48 h. Our data suggest that MPP+ has differential effects on glutathione homeostasis depending on the degree of complex I-inhibition and that inhibition of complex I is not sufficient to generate ROI in this paradigm. FAU - Seyfried, J AU - Seyfried J AD - Department of Neurology, University of Tubingen, Germany. jan.seyfried@uni-tuebingen.de FAU - Soldner, F AU - Soldner F FAU - Kunz, W S AU - Kunz WS FAU - Schulz, J B AU - Schulz JB FAU - Klockgether, T AU - Klockgether T FAU - Kovar, K A AU - Kovar KA FAU - Wullner, U AU - Wullner U LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Neurochem Int JT - Neurochemistry international JID - 8006959 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agents) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 03L9OT429T (Rotenone) RN - 9P21XSP91P (1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) RN - EC 1.6.- (NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases) RN - EC 7.1.1.2 (Electron Transport Complex I) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) RN - ULW86O013H (Glutathione Disulfide) SB - IM MH - 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine/*pharmacology MH - Animals MH - Dopamine Agents/*pharmacology MH - Electron Transport Complex I MH - Glutathione/*metabolism MH - Glutathione Disulfide/metabolism MH - NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases/antagonists & inhibitors MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - PC12 Cells MH - Rats MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Rotenone/pharmacology EDAT- 2000/04/13 09:00 MHDA- 2000/05/16 09:00 CRDT- 2000/04/13 09:00 PHST- 2000/04/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/05/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/04/13 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0197-0186(99)00156-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00156-4 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Int. 2000 May;36(6):489-97. doi: 10.1016/s0197-0186(99)00156-4.