PMID- 25666033 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160101 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-7064 (Electronic) IS - 0028-3908 (Linking) VI - 93 DP - 2015 Jun TI - Contribution of dopamine to mitochondrial complex I inhibition and dopaminergic deficits caused by methylenedioxymethamphetamine in mice. PG - 124-33 LID - S0028-3908(15)00041-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.01.025 [doi] AB - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) causes a persistent loss of dopaminergic cell bodies in the substantia nigra of mice. Current evidence indicates that MDMA-induced neurotoxicity is mediated by oxidative stress probably due to the inhibition of mitochondrial complex I activity. In this study we investigated the contribution of dopamine (DA) to such effects. For this, we modulated the dopaminergic system of mice at the synthesis, uptake or metabolism levels. Striatal mitochondrial complex I activity was decreased 1 h after MDMA; an effect not observed in the striatum of DA depleted mice or in the hippocampus, a dopamine spare region. The DA precursor, L-dopa, caused a significant reduction of mitochondrial complex I activity by itself and exacerbated the dopaminergic deficits when combined with systemic MDMA. By contrast, no damage was observed when L-dopa was combined with intrastriatal injections of MDMA. On the other hand, dopamine uptake blockade using GBR 12909, inhibited both, the acute inhibition of complex I activity and the long-term dopaminergic toxicity caused by MDMA. Moreover, the inhibition of DA metabolism with the monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor, pargyline, afforded a significant protection against MDMA-induced complex I inhibition and neurotoxicity. Taken together, these findings point to the formation of hydrogen peroxide subsequent to DA metabolism by MAO, rather than a direct DA-mediated mitochondrial complex I inhibition, and the contribution of a peripheral metabolite of MDMA, as the key steps in the chain of biochemical events leading to DA neurotoxicity caused by MDMA in mice. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Barros-Minones, L AU - Barros-Minones L AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. FAU - Goni-Allo, B AU - Goni-Allo B AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. FAU - Suquia, V AU - Suquia V AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. FAU - Beitia, G AU - Beitia G AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. FAU - Aguirre, N AU - Aguirre N AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. FAU - Puerta, E AU - Puerta E AD - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Spain. Electronic address: epuerta@alumni.unav.es. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150207 PL - England TA - Neuropharmacology JT - Neuropharmacology JID - 0236217 RN - 0 (Dopamine Agents) RN - 0 (Hallucinogens) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 102-32-9 (3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid) RN - 46627O600J (Levodopa) RN - 658-48-0 (alpha-Methyltyrosine) RN - 67469-57-2 (1-(2-(diphenylmethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-phenyl-2-propenyl)piperazine) RN - EC 1.14.16.2 (Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase) RN - EC 4.2.1.3 (Aconitate Hydratase) RN - EC 7.1.1.2 (Electron Transport Complex I) RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) RN - VTD58H1Z2X (Dopamine) RN - X77S6GMS36 (Homovanillic Acid) SB - IM MH - 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid/metabolism MH - Aconitate Hydratase/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Body Temperature/drug effects MH - Corpus Striatum/drug effects/metabolism MH - Dopamine/*deficiency MH - Dopamine Agents/pharmacology MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Electron Transport Complex I/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Hallucinogens/*pharmacology MH - Homovanillic Acid/metabolism MH - Levodopa/pharmacology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase/metabolism MH - alpha-Methyltyrosine/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Complex I OT - Dopamine OT - MDMA OT - Mitochondria OT - Oxidative stress EDAT- 2015/02/11 06:00 MHDA- 2016/01/02 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/11 06:00 PHST- 2014/07/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/01/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/02/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/01/02 06:00 [medline] AID - S0028-3908(15)00041-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.01.025 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neuropharmacology. 2015 Jun;93:124-33. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.01.025. Epub 2015 Feb 7.