Toxicity of dieldrin for dopaminergic neurons in mesencephalic cultures

Experimental Neurology
J R Sanchez-RamosS Song

Abstract

Dieldrin can be retained for decades in lipid-rich tissue and has been measured in some postmortem PD brains. Dieldrin has been reported to deplete brain monoamines in several species and has been shown to inhibit mitochondrial respiration. To further investigate the possibility that it may be involved in the pathogenesis of parkinsonism, its toxicity for dopaminergic (DA) neurons was assessed in a mesencephalic cell culture model. Primary neuronal cultures of mesencephalic neurons were prepared from fetal rats or fetal mice, grown for 1 week and incubated with Dieldrin (0.01-100 microM) for 24 or 48 h. Toxicity for DA neurons was determined by measuring density of surviving tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactive (TH-ir) cells. Toxicity for gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-ergic neurons was determined by measuring survival of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD)-ir neurons. General, nonselective cytotoxicity was determined by counting cells visualized by phase contrast microscopy or by DAPI-stained cells with fluorescence microscopy. Dieldrin exposure for 24 h resulted in a dose-dependent decrease in survival of TH-IR cells (DA neurons) with a 50% decrease (EC50) produced by 12 microM in rat mesencephalic cultures. Dieldrin also produced a...Continue Reading

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