Protective effects of a polysaccharide fromSpirulina platensis on dopaminergic neurons in an MPTP-induced Parkinson’s disease model in C57BL/6J mice
Fang Zhang
Jian Lu
Ji-guo Zhang
Jun-xia Xie
摘要：The present study aimed to determine whether a polysaccharide obtained fromSpirulina platensis shows protective effects on dopaminergic neurons. A Parkinson’s disease model was established through the intraperitoneal injection of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyr-idine (MPTP) in C57BL/6J mice. Prior to the MPTP injection, some mice were pretreated with intraperitoneal injections of a polysaccharide derived fromSpirulina platensis once daily for 10 days. The results showed that the immunoreactive staining and mRNA expression of the dopa-mine transporter and tyrosine hydroxylase, the rate-limiting enzyme in dopamine synthesis, in the substantia nigra, were signiifcantly increased in mice pretreated with 800 mg/kg of the poly-saccharide compared with those in MPTP-treated mice. The activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in the serum and midbrain were also increased signiifcantly in mice injected with MPTP after pretreatment with the polysaccharide fromSpirulina platensis. By con-trast, the activity of monoamine oxidase B in serum and midbrain maintained unchanged. These experimental ifndings indicate that the polysaccharide obtained fromSpirulina platensis plays a protective role against the MPTP-induced loss of dopaminergic neurons in C57BL/6J mice, and that the antioxidative properties of this polysaccharide likely underlie its neuroprotective effect.
机标关键词：dopaminergic neuronsintraperitoneal injectionneuroprotective effectglutathione peroxidasetyrosine hydroxylasesuperoxide dismutaseprotective effectsmonoamine oxidase
资助基金：This study was financially supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China, (No. ZR2011HQ008, ZR2011HM044)
论文发表日期：2015-01-01
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
页数：6( 308-313 )
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