PMID- 11719268 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020207 LR - 20220331 IS - 0361-9230 (Print) IS - 0361-9230 (Linking) VI - 56 IP - 3-4 DP - 2001 Oct-Nov 1 TI - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor inhibits apoptosis and dopamine-induced free radical production in striatal neurons but does not prevent cell death. PG - 331-5 AB - In hereditary Huntington's disease, a triplet repeat disease, there is extensive loss of striatal neurons. It has been shown that brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protects striatal neurons against a variety of insults. We confirmed that BDNF enhances survival and DARPP-32 expression in primary striatal cultures derived from postnatal mice. Furthermore, BDNF inhibited intracellular oxyradical stress triggered by dopamine, and partially blocked basal and dopamine-induced apoptosis. Nevertheless, BDNF failed to rescue striatal neurons from dopamine-induced cell death. Therefore, BDNF inhibits free radical and apoptotic pathways in medium spiny neurons, but does so downstream from the point of commitment to cell death. FAU - Petersen A, A AU - Petersen A A AD - Section for Neuronal Survival, Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. FAU - Larsen, K E AU - Larsen KE FAU - Behr, G G AU - Behr GG FAU - Romero, N AU - Romero N FAU - Przedborski, S AU - Przedborski S FAU - Brundin, P AU - Brundin P FAU - Sulzer, D AU - Sulzer D LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Brain Res Bull JT - Brain research bulletin JID - 7605818 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Free Radicals) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Autophagy MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*pharmacology MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Corpus Striatum/*cytology MH - Dopamine/*pharmacology MH - Dopamine and cAMP-Regulated Phosphoprotein 32 MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Free Radicals/metabolism MH - Huntington Disease/genetics/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - *Nerve Tissue Proteins MH - Neurons/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Oxidative Stress/physiology MH - Phosphoproteins/pharmacology MH - Trinucleotide Repeats EDAT- 2001/11/24 10:00 MHDA- 2002/02/08 10:01 CRDT- 2001/11/24 10:00 PHST- 2001/11/24 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/02/08 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/11/24 10:00 [entrez] AID - S0361923001005809 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00580-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res Bull. 2001 Oct-Nov 1;56(3-4):331-5. doi: 10.1016/s0361-9230(01)00580-9.