Iron Metabolism in Parkinson’s Disease

• Guofen Gao ^[1] ; Lin-Hao You ^[1] ; Yan-Zhong Chang ^[1]
  1. [1] Hebei Normal University

     Hebei Normal University

     China

     
• Localización: Oxidative stress and redox signalling in parkinson's disease / Rodrigo Franco (ed. lit.), Jonathan A. Doorn (ed. lit.), Jean-Christophe Rochet (ed. lit.), 2017, ISBN 9781782621881, págs. 255-276
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • In the central nervous system, iron is involved in many biologically important processes such as oxygen transport and storage, electron transport, energy metabolism, and antioxidant and DNA synthesis. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Extensive research has reported that iron is heavily accumulated in the dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra (SN) of PD patients. Changes in the expression of key iron transporters have also been observed in PD patients. Excessive iron accumulation can induce neuronal damage through reactive oxygen species production, which can cause oxidative stress increased membrane lipid peroxidation, DNA damage and protein oxidation and misfolding. This chapter provides a review about brain iron metabolism in PD, the role of iron transporters expression and function on brain iron homeostasis and distribution of intracellular iron. This knowledge will be of benefit to novel therapeutic targets for PD.