PMID- 23896526 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140515 LR - 20130930 IS - 1872-7972 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3940 (Linking) VI - 552 DP - 2013 Sep 27 TI - Single or combined treatment with L-DOPA and quinpirole differentially modulate expression and phosphorylation of key regulatory kinases in neuroblastoma cells. PG - 168-73 LID - S0304-3940(13)00669-1 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.023 [doi] AB - In the past decades, the clinical use of dopamine agonists has expanded from adjunct therapy in patients with a deteriorating response to L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) to monotherapy for the treatment of early PD. Dopamine agonists provide their antiparkinsonian benefit through stimulation of brain postsynaptic type 2 dopamine receptors that exert their effect through classical cAMP-dependent mechanisms, as well as cAMP-independent cellular signaling cascades, including the Akt/glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) pathway. Alterations of Akt/GSK3 have been observed and may contribute to the neurodegenerative processes and the development of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. The effects L-DOPA and quinpirole, a dopamine agonist, on the two key regulatory kinases, Akt and GSK3, were evaluated in neuroblastoma cell line. L-DOPA and dopamine agonist dose-dependently and differentially modulated Akt and GSK3 expression and phosphorylation when added alone or combined. The combined treatment inverted or potentiated the modulatory properties of the single compound. The drug- and concentration-dependent balance of dopamine receptor stimulation over auto-oxidation may distinctively modulate GSK3 isoforms and Akt. Our results indicate that particular attention must be given to drug concentration and combination when multiple therapies are applied for the clinical treatment of PD patients. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Fuzzati-Armentero, Marie Therese AU - Fuzzati-Armentero MT AD - Laboratory of Functional Neurochemistry, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, via Mondino 2, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: marie.armentero@mondino.it. FAU - Ghezzi, Cristina AU - Ghezzi C FAU - Nistico, Robert AU - Nistico R FAU - Oda, Adriano AU - Oda A FAU - Blandini, Fabio AU - Blandini F LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130726 PL - Ireland TA - Neurosci Lett JT - Neuroscience letters JID - 7600130 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agonists) RN - 20OP60125T (Quinpirole) RN - 46627O600J (Levodopa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.26 (glycogen synthase kinase 3 alpha) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dopamine Agonists/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Drug Interactions MH - Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Levodopa/*pharmacology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Quinpirole/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - 3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide OT - Akt OT - DA OT - DR OT - Dopamine agonists OT - GSK3 OT - L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine OT - MTT OT - Neurodegeneration OT - PD OT - Parkinson's disease OT - SH-SY5Y cells OT - SNc OT - dopamine OT - dopamine receptor OT - glycogen synthase kinase 3 OT - l-DOPA OT - substantia nigra pars compacta EDAT- 2013/07/31 06:00 MHDA- 2014/05/16 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/31 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/07/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/05/16 06:00 [medline] AID - S0304-3940(13)00669-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.023 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurosci Lett. 2013 Sep 27;552:168-73. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.07.023. Epub 2013 Jul 26.