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Iron‐Melanin Interaction and Lipid Peroxidation: Implications for Parkinson's Disease
Author(s) -
BenShachar Dorit,
Riederer P.,
Youdim M. B. H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1991.tb06358.x
Subject(s) - lipid peroxidation , parkinson's disease , melanin , neuroscience , disease , chemistry , medicine , biochemistry , oxidative stress , psychology
: The vulnerability of substantia mgral (SN) melaninized dopamine neurons to neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease and the selective increases of iron and basal lipid peroxidation in SN indicate that iron‐melanin interaction could be crucial to the pathogenesis of this disease. The present study describes, for the first time, the identification and characterization of a high‐affinity ( K D = 13 n M ) and a lower affinity ( K D = 200 n M ) binding site for iron on dopamine melanin. The binding of iron to melanin is dependent on pH and the concentration of melanin Iron dictators, U74500A, desferrioxamme, and to less extent 1,10‐phenanthroline and chlorpromazine, but not the Parkinson‐inducing neurotoxin, 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐tetrahydropyridine, can inhibit the binding of iron to melanin and iron‐induced lipid peroxidation. Although melanin atone diminishes basal lipid peroxidation in rat cortical homogenates, it can also potentiate that initiated by iron, a reaction inhibited by desferrioxamine. In the absence of an identifiable exogenous or endogenous neurotoxin in idiopathic Parkinson's disease, iron‐melanin interaction in pars compacta of SN may be a strong candidate for the cytotoxic component of oxygen radical‐induced neurodegeneration of meianinized dopamine neurons.

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