Abstract
There is significant evidence that the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Friedreich's ataxia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, may involve the generation of reactive oxygen species and mitochondrial dysfunction. Here, we review the evidence for a disturbance of glutathione homeostasis that may either lead to or result from oxidative stress in neurodegenerative disorders. Glutathione is an important intracellular antioxidant that protects against a variety of different antioxidant species. An important role for glutathione was proposed for the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease, because a decrease in total glutathione concentrations in the substantia nigra has been observed in preclinical stages, at a time at which other biochemical changes are not yet detectable. Because glutathione does not cross the blood–brain barrier other treatment options to increase brain concentrations of glutathione including glutathione analogs, mimetics or precursors are discussed.
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Created | 22 years, 5 months ago (March 11, 2003, 7:52 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 10 months ago (Oct. 15, 2023, 10:16 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 5 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:26 a.m.) |
Issued | 25 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 2000) |
Published | 25 years, 1 month ago (Aug. 1, 2000) |
Published Online | 23 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 25, 2001) |
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@article{Schulz_2000, title={Glutathione, oxidative stress and neurodegeneration}, volume={267}, ISSN={1432-1033}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01595.x}, DOI={10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01595.x}, number={16}, journal={European Journal of Biochemistry}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Schulz, Jörg B. and Lindenau, Jörg and Seyfried, Jan and Dichgans, Johannes}, year={2000}, month=aug, pages={4904–4911} }