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Kadoguchi, Naoto The University of Tokushima
Okabe, Shinji The University of Tokushima
Yamamura, Yukio The University of Tokushima
Shono, Misaki The University of Tokushima
Fukano, Tatsuya The University of Tokushima
Tanabe, Akie The University of Tokushima
Yokoyama, Hironori The University of Tokushima
Keywords
1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)
Parkinson’s disease
Mirtazapine
Noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA)
Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT)
Dopamine
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Journal Article
Description
Background: Mirtazapine, a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant (NaSSA), shows multiple pharmacological actions such as inhibiting presynaptic α2 noradrenaline receptor (NAR) and selectively activating 5-hydroxytriptamine (5-HT) 1A receptor (5-HT1AR). Mirtazapine was also reported to increase dopamine release in the cortical neurons with 5-HT dependent manner. To examine whether mirtazapine has a therapeutic potency in Parkinson’s disease (PD), we examined this compound in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated mice model of PD.
Results: Male C57BL/6 mice were subjected to MPTP treatment to establish a PD model. Mirtazapine was administered once a day for 3 days after MPTP treatment. MPTP-induced motor dysfunction, assessed by beam-walking and rota-rod tests, was significantly improved by administration of mirtazapine. Biochemical examinations by high performance liquid chromatography and western blot analysis suggested mirtazapine facilitated utilization of dopamine by increasing turnover and protein expression of transporters, without affecting on neurodegenerative process by MPTP. These therapeutic effects of mirtazapine were reduced by administration of WAY100635, an inhibitor for 5HT1AR, or of clonidine, a selective agonist for α2-NAR, or of prazosin, an inhibitor for α1-NAR, respectively.
Conclusion: Our results showed mirtazapine had a therapeutic potency against PD in a mouse model. Because PD patients sometimes show depression together, it will be a useful drug for a future PD treatment.
Journal Title
BMC Neuroscience
ISSN
14712202
NCID
AA12035336
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Springer Nature|BioMed Central
Volume
15
Start Page
79
Published Date
2014-06-25
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© 2014 Kadoguchi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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