PMID- 23645222 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140206 LR - 20211021 IS - 1573-6903 (Electronic) IS - 0364-3190 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 8 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Rotenone could activate microglia through NFkappaB associated pathway. PG - 1553-60 LID - 10.1007/s11064-013-1055-7 [doi] AB - Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease, and its etiology remains obscure. Increasing evidence has suggested an important role for environmental factors such as exposure to pesticides in increasing the risk of developing PD and inflammation is the early incident during the process of PD. In this study, we measure the pro-inflammatory cytokines by enzyme-linked immunosorbnent assay and RT-PCR methods; analyze the reactive oxygen species by DCFH-DA; detected nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) translocation by western blot and immunofluorescence methods; and analyze the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase and protein level of Nurr1 by western blot. Results showed that rotenone could induce tumor neurosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) release from BV-2 cells, enhance TNFalpha and IL-1beta mRNA levels in substantia nigra lesioned by rotenone; also, rotenone could increase the phosphorylation of inhibitor of kappaB (IkappaB), extracellular regulated protein kinase , c-Jun N-terminal kinase, p38 MAP kinases and promote p65 subunit of NFkappaB translocation to nuclear; at the same time, rotenone could decrease the protein level of Nurr1 in nuclear. So, rotenone exerted toxicity through activating microglia, and its mechanism might be associated with NFkappaB signal pathway. FAU - Yuan, Yu-he AU - Yuan YH AD - State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Functions of Natural Medicines, Beijing Key Laboratory of New Drug Mechanisms and Pharmacological Evaluation Study, Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Xiannongtan Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing, 100050, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Jian-dong AU - Sun JD FAU - Wu, Miao-miao AU - Wu MM FAU - Hu, Jin-feng AU - Hu JF FAU - Peng, Shan-ying AU - Peng SY FAU - Chen, Nai-Hong AU - Chen NH LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130507 PL - United States TA - Neurochem Res JT - Neurochemical research JID - 7613461 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 03L9OT429T (Rotenone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Blotting, Western MH - DNA Primers MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Microglia/*drug effects/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Rotenone/*pharmacology EDAT- 2013/05/07 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/07 06:00 CRDT- 2013/05/07 06:00 PHST- 2013/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/04/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/03/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/07 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s11064-013-1055-7 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurochem Res. 2013 Aug;38(8):1553-60. doi: 10.1007/s11064-013-1055-7. Epub 2013 May 7.