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Effects of dopamine and L‐DOPA on survival of PC12 cells
Author(s) -
Koshimura Kunio,
Tanaka Junko,
Murakami Yoshio,
Kato Yuzuru
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4547(20001001)62:1<112::aid-jnr12>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - nomifensine , dopamine , sulpiride , pargyline , dopaminergic , chemistry , endocrinology , pharmacology , medicine , biology , monoamine oxidase , biochemistry , enzyme
The effects of dopamine and L‐DOPA on survival were examined in differentiated PC12 cells. Addition of dopamine to the culture medium at 3–30 μM prevented cell death induced by depletion of serum and nerve growth factor (NGF). At 100 μM, dopamine induced cell death. The cell‐protective effect of dopamine was not affected by nomifensine, an inhibitor of dopamine uptake, or pargyline, an inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, suggesting that dopamine is working outside the cell. The cell‐protective effect of dopamine was blunted by SCH‐23390, a D 1 antagonist, but not sulpiride, a D 2 antagonist, indicating that the cell protective effect of dopamine is mediated by D 1 receptors in PC12 cells. L‐DOPA also protected PC12 cells from cell death induced by depletion of serum and NGF at low concentrations and showed toxicity at high concentration. The effect of L‐DOPA was unchanged after inhibition of conversion of L‐DOPA to dopamine by m‐hydroxybenzylhydrazine (NSD‐1015), an inhibitor of DOPA decarboxylase, suggesting that L‐DOPA itself is working for cell protection. Intracellular Ca 2+ concentration and mitogen‐activated protein (MAP) kinase activity were increased by both dopamine and L‐DOPA. The effects of dopamine and L‐DOPA on cell survival were blunted by nicardipine, a Ca 2+ channel blocker, and PD‐98059, an inhibitor of MAP kinase kinase (MEK). These results taken together raised the possibility that dopamine and L‐DOPA protect PC12 cells from cell death at low concentrations by activating MAP kinase activity via elevation of intracellular Ca 2+ concentration. J. Neurosci. Res. 62:112–119, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.