Sato S, Gobbel G T, Honkaniemi J, Li Y, Kondo T, Murakami K, Sato M, Copin J C, Chan P H
Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0651, USA.
Brain Res. 1997 Jan 16;745(1-2):343-7. doi: 10.1016/s0006-8993(96)01231-0.
The present study investigated the mechanism of cellular degeneration within the striatum following administration of the mitochondrial toxin, 3-nitropropionic (3-NP) acid. Internucleosomal fragmentation typical of apoptosis was present in the DNA of cells from the striatum of 3-NP-treated rats. DNA fragmentation was also evident in this region by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end labeling. The data suggest that striatal cells die by apoptosis following administration of 3-NP.
本研究调查了线粒体毒素3-硝基丙酸(3-NP)给药后纹状体内细胞变性的机制。3-NP处理的大鼠纹状体细胞的DNA中存在典型的凋亡核小体间断裂。通过末端脱氧核苷酸转移酶介导的dUTP生物素缺口末端标记,该区域的DNA断裂也很明显。数据表明,给予3-NP后纹状体细胞通过凋亡死亡。