Dopamine Thioethers in Neurodegeneration

Authors: Sidell, K.R.; Amarnath, V.; Montine, T.J.

Source: Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 1, Number 6, 1 December 2001 , pp. 519-527(9)

Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers

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Abstract:

Dopamine oxidation is proposed to be a significant contributor to mesostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration, although the mechanisms are not fully resolved. Recent results from in vitro and in vivo models have suggested that some products from mercapturic acid pathway (MAP) metabolism of oxidized dopamine (DA) may contribute to dopaminergic neurodegeneration, and that at least one product of this pathway, 5-S-cysteinyldopamine (Cys-DA), is elevated in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Here we review recent findings on MAP enzymes and their products in rodent brain and in diseased regions of brain from patients with mesostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration. We also review the current data and our recent findings on the neurobiological activity of MAP metabolites of oxidized DA. We conclude that human striatum has limited enzymatic capacity for mercapturate formation, that levels of MAP products of oxidized DA are significantly elevated in PD patients with advanced dopaminergic neurodegeneration but not in patients with less severe degeneration, and that Cys-DA interferes with trafficking of DA in vitro and in vivo. These results indicate that Cys-DA may interfere with DA trafficking in patients with advanced dopaminergic neurodegeneration.

Keywords: Dopamine Thioethers; Cysteine S-conjugate N-acetyltransferase; Glutamyltranspeptidase; Glutathione-S-transferase; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026013394705

Publication date: 2001-12-01