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INTRODUCTION<br />

the drug users was further confirmed by the development <strong>of</strong> symptoms very similar to<br />

PD follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>jection <strong>of</strong> MPTP <strong>in</strong> an animal model (Burns et al. 1983).<br />

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Studies showed that MPTP readily crosses the blood-bra<strong>in</strong> barrier (BBB) and is<br />

oxidized by MAO-B <strong>in</strong> astrocytes with<strong>in</strong> glia to a pyrid<strong>in</strong>ium derivative, MPP + (1-<br />

methyl-4-phenyl pyrid<strong>in</strong>ium ion) (Ransom et al. 1987). MPP + is then selectively taken<br />

up by the DAergic cells and accumulated <strong>in</strong> nigrostriatal neurons (Chiba et al. 1985).<br />

After enter<strong>in</strong>g the mitochondria by the passive cationic gradient, MPP + <strong>in</strong>hibits the<br />

NADH-dehydrogenase at complex I <strong>in</strong> the respiratory cha<strong>in</strong> prevent<strong>in</strong>g ATP synthesis<br />

and lead<strong>in</strong>g to reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and cell death <strong>in</strong> DAergic<br />

neurons (Chiba et al. 1984, Heikkila et al. 1985, Nicklas et al. 1985, Vyas et al. 1986,<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ger and Ramsay 1990) (Figure 15). Studies showed that pre-treatment <strong>of</strong> animals<br />

with two selective MAO-B <strong>in</strong>hibitors (deprenyl or pargyl<strong>in</strong>e), blocked MPTP toxicity<br />

most likely by block<strong>in</strong>g MPTP oxidation to MPP + (Heikkila et al. 1984, Langston et al.<br />

1984, Markey et al. 1984).<br />

Figure 15: MPTP metabolism (Dauer and Przedborski 2003)

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