Central nervous system uptake of intranasal glutathione in Parkinson’s disease

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Glutathione (GSH) is depleted early in the course of Parkinson’s disease (PD), and deficiency has been shown to perpetuate oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, impaired autophagy, and cell death. GSH repletion has been proposed as a therapeutic intervention. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether intranasally administered reduced GSH, (in)GSH, is capable of augmenting central nervous system GSH concentrations, as determined by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in 15 participants with mid-stage PD. After baseline GSH measurement, 200 mg (in)GSH was self-administered inside the scanner without repositioning, then serial GSH levels were obtained over ~1 h. Statistical significance was determined by one-way repeated measures analysis of variance. Overall, (in)GSH increased brain GSH relative to baseline (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic><0.001). There was no increase in GSH 8 min after administration, although it was significantly higher than baseline at all of the remaining time points (<jats:italic>P</jats:italic><0.01). This study is the first to demonstrate that intranasal administration of GSH elevates brain GSH levels. This increase persists at least 1 h in subjects with PD. Further dose–response and steady-state administration studies will be required to optimize the dosing schedule for future trials to evaluate therapeutic efficacy.</jats:p>

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  • npj Parkinson's Disease

    npj Parkinson's Disease 2 (1), 16002-, 2016-02-25

    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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