PMID- 32186374 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210702 LR - 20210702 IS - 1520-5010 (Electronic) IS - 0893-228X (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 4 DP - 2020 Apr 20 TI - Lysosomal Dysfunction and Autophagy Blockade Contribute to MDMA-Induced Neurotoxicity in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells. PG - 903-914 LID - 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00437 [doi] AB - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a psychostimulant with high abuse potential and severe neurotoxicity. According to our previous study, MDMA promotes autophagosome accumulation and contributes to cell death in cultured cortical and serotonergic neurons. However, the detailed mechanism underlying autophagy dysfunction remains unclear. Lysosomes play an important role in autophagic degradation. The present study aimed to examine the role of lysosomal function in autophagic flux in neuronal cultures exposed to MDMA. We showed that MDMA induced enlarged vesicles that accumulate in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. In addition, we demonstrated that MDMA stimulated dynamin-dependent but clathrin-independent endocytosis, which might contribute to vacuole expansion. Morphological and Western blot analyses revealed that MDMA induced lysosomal swelling, whereas the activity of the lysosomal hydrolytic enzymes cathepsin B and cathepsin D was decreased in SH-SY5Y and cultured cortical neurons, which might lead to autophagosome accumulation and autophagic degradation blockage. Intriguingly, inactivation of cathepsins B and D led to cell death and autophagy-lysosomal dysregulation, which mimicked MDMA-induced neurotoxicity. Consequently, impairment of lysosomal proteolysis and blockage of autophagy degradation contributed to MDMA-induced neurotoxicity in neuronal cultures. FAU - Li, I-Hsun AU - Li IH AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei 114, Taiwan. AD - School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan. FAU - Shih, Jui-Hu AU - Shih JH AD - Department of Pharmacy Practice, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei 114, Taiwan. AD - School of Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan. FAU - Yeh, Ting-Yin AU - Yeh TY AD - Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Hung-Che AU - Lin HC AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Ming-Hua AU - Chen MH AD - Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan 325, Taiwan. AD - Department of Neurology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Huang, Yuahn-Sieh AU - Huang YS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3527-6421 AD - Department of Biology and Anatomy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20200327 PL - United States TA - Chem Res Toxicol JT - Chemical research in toxicology JID - 8807448 RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) SB - IM MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Humans MH - Lysosomes/*drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*toxicity MH - Neuroblastoma/*pathology MH - Neurons/*drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2020/03/19 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/03 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/19 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/19 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00437 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Chem Res Toxicol. 2020 Apr 20;33(4):903-914. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00437. Epub 2020 Mar 27.