Mitochondrial dysfunction and caspase activation in rat cortical neurons treated with cocaine or amphetamine

Brain Research
Teresa Cunha-OliveiraCatarina R de Oliveira

Abstract

Drug abuse is associated with brain dysfunction and neurodegeneration, and various recreational drugs induce apoptotic cell death. This study examined the role of the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in psychostimulant-induced neuronal dysfunction. Using primary neuronal cultures, we observed that amphetamine (IC50=1.40 mM) was more potent than cocaine (IC50=4.30 mM) in inducing cell toxicity. Apoptotic cell death was further evaluated using cocaine and amphetamine concentrations that moderately decreased cell reduction capacity but did not affect plasma membrane integrity. Compared to cocaine, amphetamine highly decreased the mitochondrial membrane potential, as determined using the fluorescent probe rhodamine-123, whereas both drugs decreased mitochondrial cytochrome c. In contrast to amphetamine, cocaine cytotoxicity was partly mediated through effects on the electron transport chain, since cocaine toxicity was ameliorated in mitochondrial DNA-depleted cells lacking mitochondrially encoded electron transport chain subunits. Cocaine and amphetamine induced activation of caspases-2, -3 and -9 but did not affect activity of caspases-6 or -8. In addition, amphetamine, but not cocaine, was associated with the appearance of evident...Continue Reading

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