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Nicotine and Parkinson's disease: implications for therapy

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Quik, Maryka, O'Leary, Kathryn, Tanner, Caroline M.·2008·Movement Disorders

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Accumulating evidence suggests that nicotine, a drug that stimulates nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, may be of therapeutic value in Parkinson's disease. Beneficial effects may be several-fold. One of these is a protective action against nigrostriatal damage. This possibility stems from the results of epidemiological studies that consistently demonstrate an inverse correlation between tobacco use and Parkinson's disease. This reduced incidence of Parkinson's disease has been attributed to the nicotine in tobacco products, at least in part, based on experimental work showing a protective effect of nicotine against toxic insults. Second, several studies suggest a symptomatic effect of nicotine in Parkinson's disease, although effects are small and somewhat variable. Third, recent data in nonhuman primates show that nicotine attenuates levodopa-induced dyskinesias, a debilitating side effect that develops in the majority of patients on levodopa therapy. Collectively, these observations suggest that nicotine or CNS selective nicotinic receptor ligands hold promise for Parkinson's disease therapy to reduce disease progression, improve symptoms, and/or decrease levodopa-induced dyskinesias.

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  • Prior work from the authors' laboratory indicates that nicotine lowers L-DOPA-induced AIMs across multiple parkinsonian animal models.

    “Recent studies from our laboratory show that nicotine treatment reduces L-DOPA-induced AIMs in several different parkinsonian animal models (Quik et al., 2008).”
  • α4β2* nAChRs in the striatum are 80% localized postsynaptically on GABAergic neurons where they modulate GABA release and 20% presynaptically on dopaminergic terminals involved in regulating dopamine release.

    “In addition, they are present in the striatum, with 80% localized postsynaptically on GABAergic neurons where they modulate GABA release and 20% presynaptically on dopaminergic terminals that are involved in regulating dopamine release (Grady et al., 2007;Quik et al., 2008).”
  • α6β2* nAChRs localized to catecholaminergic neurons may also be relevant for the observed effects of nicotine on L-DOPA-induced AIMs.

    “The ␣6␤2* nAChRs localized to catecholaminergic neurons may also be of relevance for the observed effects of nicotine on L-DOPA-induced AIMs (Grady et al., 2007;Quik et al., 2008).”

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Authors
Quik, M., O'Leary, K., & Tanner, C. M.
Affiliations
Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Quik, Maryka
Venue
Movement Disorders
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2008-08-05
Volume
23
Issue
12
Pages
1641-1652
ISSN
  • 0885-3185 (ISSN-L)
  • 1531-8257
OpenAlex
W2038311990
Cited by
154
References
137
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Movement Disorders (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS 34886, R01NS047162, NS42091, NS40467, R01NS034886, R01NS059910, R01NS040467, R01NS042091)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (U54ES012077, ES 012077)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
Keywords
nicotine, Parkinson's disease, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, tobacco use, levodopa-induced dyskinesia, symptomatic treatment, disease progression
MeSH terms
Animals, Antiparkinson Agents, Humans, Nicotine, Parkinson Disease

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