Low dose (-)deprenyl is cytoprotective: it maintains mitochondrial membrane potential and eliminates oxygen radicals.

Life Sci

National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, National Stroke Center, Department of Vascular Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest H-1021 Hungary.

Published: December 2005

Hypoxia leads to a collapse in mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Deltapsi(M)), a fall in the ATP/ADP ratio, and finally cell death. Since (-)deprenyl directly modulates Deltapsi(M) and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by altering the respiratory function of mitochondria, we were interested in the dose-response relations of these effects. The changes in JC-1 red/green signal ratios {mitochondrial transmembrane potential}, and the changes in the cerium staining (intracellular ROS) in hypoxic and normoxic PC12 cell cultures were measured following 1 h of Argon hypoxia and 24 h of re-oxygenation in the absence and in the presence of various concentrations of (-)deprenyl. Deltapsi(M) shifted to lower values following hypoxia/re-oxygenation and all cells had decreased and uniform Deltapsi(M) levels. The amount of ROS increased. Following 24 h of treatment with various concentrations of (-)deprenyl during the re-oxygenation period, survival increased, the Deltapsi(M) shift caused by oxygen deprivation was reversed and the peroxy radical levels decreased except for at 10(-3) M.

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