RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Increased Divalent Metal Transporter 1 Expression Might Be Associated with the Neurotoxicity of <span class="sc">l</span>-DOPA
JF Molecular Pharmacology
JO Mol Pharmacol
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 968
OP 974
DO 10.1124/mol.105.017756
VO 69
IS 3
A1 Yan-Zhong Chang
A1 Ya Ke
A1 Jun-Rong Du
A1 Georges M. Halpern
A1 Kwok-Ping Ho
A1 Li Zhu
A1 Xiao-Song Gu
A1 You-Jia Xu
A1 Qin Wang
A1 Lian-Zhi Li
A1 Chen-Yuen Wang
A1 Zhong-Ming Qian
YR 2006
UL http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/69/3/968.abstract
AB Based on the available data, we speculated that changes in brain iron metabolism induced by l-DOPA might be associated with the neurotoxicity of l-DOPA. To investigate this possibility, the effects of l-DOPA on the expression of iron influx proteins [transferrin receptor (TfR) and divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1)], iron efflux protein (ferroportin 1), and iron uptake in C6 glioma cells were determined in this study using Northern blot and Western blot analysis and the calcein method. The findings showed that treatment of C6 cells with different concentrations of l-DOPA (0-100 μM) did not affect the expression of mRNA and protein of TfR and DMT1 with iron-responsive element (+IRE) and protein of ferroportin 1. However, a significant increase in the expression of DMT1(-IRE) mRNA and protein was found in cells treated, respectively, with 10 and 30 μM l-DOPA (mRNA) and 1, 5, 10 and 30 μM l-DOPA (protein). The increase in DMT(-IRE) protein induced by l-DOPA treatment was in parallel with the increase in DMT(-IRE) mRNA. The levels of DMT1(-IRE) mRNA and protein peaked in the cells treated with 10 μM l-DOPA and then decreased progressively with increasing concentrations of l-DOPA. Further study demonstrated that treatment of the cells with 10 μM l-DOPA induced a significant increase in ferrous uptake by C6 glioma cells. The findings suggested that the increased DMT1(-IRE) expression might be partly associated with the neurotoxicity of l-DOPA. Clinical relevance of the findings needs to be investigated further.