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dc.contributor.authorCarbone, M.*
dc.contributor.authorDuty, S.*
dc.contributor.authorRattray, Marcus*
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-23T16:28:40Z
dc.date.available2016-02-23T16:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2012-04
dc.identifier.citationCarbone M, Duty S and Rattray M (2012) Riluzole neuroprotection in a parkinson’s disease model involves suppression of reactive astrocytosis but not GLT-1 regulation. BMC Neuroscience, 13: 38.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/7807
dc.descriptionYes
dc.description.abstractBackground: Riluzole is a neuroprotective drug used in the treatment of motor neurone disease. Recent evidence suggests that riluzole can up-regulate the expression and activity of the astrocyte glutamate transporter, GLT-1. Given that regulation of glutamate transport is predicted to be neuroprotective in Parkinson’s disease, we tested the effect of riluzole in parkinsonian rats which had received a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine injection into the median forebrain bundle. Results: Rats were treated with intraperitoneal riluzole (4 mg/kg or 8 mg/kg), 1 hour before the lesion then once daily for seven days. Riluzole produced a modest but significant attenuation of dopamine neurone degeneration, assessed by suppression of amphetamine-induced rotations, preservation of tyrosine hydroxylase positive neuronal cell bodies in the substantia nigra pars compacta and attenuation of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase protein loss. Seven days after 6-hydroxydopamine lesion, reactive astrocytosis was observed in the striatum, as determined by increases in expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein, however the glutamate transporter, GLT-1, which is also expressed in astrocytes was not regulated by the lesion. Conclusions: The results confirm that riluzole is a neuroprotective agent in a rodent model of parkinson’s disease. Riluzole administration did not regulate GLT-1 levels but significantly reduced GFAP levels, in the lesioned striatum. Riluzole suppression of reactive astrocytosis is an intriguing finding which might contribute to the neuroprotective effects of this drug.
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights© 2012 Carbone et al. Published Open Access by BioMed Central. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
dc.subjectRiluzole
dc.subjectEAAT2
dc.subjectGLT-1
dc.subjectNeuroprotection
dc.subjectParkinson’s Disease
dc.subjectGFAP
dc.subjectGlial cell
dc.subject6-hydroxydopamine
dc.titleRiluzole neuroprotection in a parkinson’s disease model involves suppression of reactive astrocytosis but not GLT-1 regulation.
dc.status.refereedYes
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.versionPublished version
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2202-13-38
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dc.openaccess.statusopenAccess


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