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ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 150, 期 12, 页码 5539-5548出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0640
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [AG-08538]
- American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA)
- Roger Duvoisin Award
- NIH [NS050401-05A1, F32NS061417-01]
Aged men have a greater incidence of Parkinson's disease (PD) than women. PD is a neurodegenerative condition associated with the loss of dopamine neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. This study examined the neurotoxic effects of androgens in a dopaminergic cell line (N27 cells) and the downstream signaling pathways activated by androgens. Treatment of N27 cells with testosterone- and dihydrotestosterone-induced mitochondrial dysfunction, protein kinase C (PKC)-delta cleavage, and apoptosis in dopaminergic neuronal cells. Inhibition of caspase-3 prevented the cleavage of PKC delta from the full-length element to the catalytic fragment and apoptosis in N27 cells, suggesting that androgen-induced apoptosis is mediated by caspase-3-dependent activation of PKC delta. Androgen-induced apoptosis may be specific to dopamine neurons as evidenced by a lack of testosterone-induced apoptosis in GnRH neurons. These results support a neurotoxic consequence of testosterone on dopaminergic neurons and may provide insight into the gender bias found in PD. (Endocrinology 150: 5539-5548, 2009)
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