Alpha-synuclein overexpression and aggregation exacerbates impairment of mitochondrial functions by augmenting oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma cells

MS Parihar, A Parihar, M Fujita, M Hashimoto… - The international journal …, 2009 - Elsevier
Overexpression of alpha-synuclein and oxidative stress has been implicated in the neuronal
cell death in Parkinson's disease. Alpha-synuclein associates with mitochondria and …

Possible involvement of both mitochondria-and endoplasmic reticulum-dependent caspase pathways in rotenone-induced apoptosis in human neuroblastoma SH …

Y Kitamura, M Inden, A Miyamura, J Kakimura… - Neuroscience …, 2002 - Elsevier
Recently, it has been shown that rotenone, a specific inhibitor of mitochondrial complex I, is
a useful tool in animal models of Parkinson's disease, but the mechanism of rotenone …

α-Synuclein up-regulation and aggregation during MPP+-induced apoptosis in neuroblastoma cells: intermediacy of transferrin receptor iron and hydrogen peroxide

SV Kalivendi, S Cunningham, S Kotamraju… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) is a neurotoxin that causes Parkinson's disease in
experimental animals and humans. Despite the fact that intracellular iron was shown to be …

Cyclosporine A and MnTMPyP alleviate α-synuclein expression and aggregation in cypermethrin-induced Parkinsonism

S Agrawal, A Dixit, A Singh, P Tripathi, D Singh… - Molecular …, 2015 - Springer
Cypermethrin induces the mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative damage to the
nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons leading to Parkinsonism in rats. Despite α-synuclein …

Effect of centrophenoxine against rotenone-induced oxidative stress in an animal model of Parkinson's disease

R Verma, B Nehru - Neurochemistry international, 2009 - Elsevier
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the etiology of Parkinson's disease (PD). The
important biochemical features of PD, being profound deficit in dopamine (DA) content …

The ceruloplasmin and hydrogen peroxide system induces α-synuclein aggregation in vitro

KS Kim, SY Choi, HY Kwon, MH Won, TC Kang… - Biochimie, 2002 - Elsevier
α-Synuclein is a key component of Lewy bodies in the brain of patients with Parkinson's
disease (PD) and recent studies suggest that oxidative stress reactions might contribute to …

α‐synuclein‐induced mitochondrial dysfunction in isolated preparation and intact cells: Implications in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease

A Bir, O Sen, S Anand, VK Khemka… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This study has shown that purified recombinant human α‐synuclein (20 μM) causes
membrane depolarization and loss of phosphorylation capacity of isolated purified rat brain …

Activation of multiple molecular mechanisms for apoptosis in human malignant glioblastoma T98G and U87MG cells treated with sulforaphane

S Karmakar, MS Weinberg, NL Banik, SJ Patel, SK Ray - Neuroscience, 2006 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma is the most malignant and prevalent brain tumor that still remains incurable.
Recent studies reported anti-cancer effect of the broccoli-derived compound sulforaphane …

Acetylcorynoline attenuates dopaminergic neuron degeneration and α-synuclein aggregation in animal models of Parkinson's disease

RH Fu, YC Wang, CS Chen, RT Tsai, SP Liu… - …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disease,
impairs motor skills and cognitive function. To date, the drugs used for PD treatment provide …

Mitochondrial association of alpha-synuclein causes oxidative stress

MS Parihar, A Parihar, M Fujita, M Hashimoto… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2008 - Springer
α-Synuclein is a neuron-specific protein that contributes to the pathology of Parkinson's
disease via mitochondria-related mechanisms. The present study investigated possible …