Deficits in dopaminergic transmission precede neuron loss and dysfunction in a new Parkinson model
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Significance: Elevated expression of the presynaptic protein α-synuclein underlies familial and sporadic Parkinson disease (PD). However, our understanding of how increases in α-synuclein levels drive the sequence of events leading to PD is incomplete. Here, we apply a multidisciplinary longitudinal analysis to a new α-synuclein transgenic mouse model. We show that early-stage decreases in dopamine release and vesicle reclustering precede late-stage changes in neuronal firing properties, measured by in vivo recordings from vulnerable neurons. Accumulated deficits in dopamine neurotransmission and altered neuronal firing are associated with cell death and motor abnormalities, in the absence of protein aggregation in the substantia nigra. These findings have important implications for developing therapies.
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Synaptic dysfunction and loss might be one of the earliest pathological mechanisms in the course of neurodegeneration.
“Synaptic dysfunction and loss might be one of the earliest pathological mechanisms in the course of neurodegeneration (Gong and Lippa 2010; Janezic et al. 2013; Lui et al. 2016; Marttinen et al. 2015; Masliah et al. 2001; Selkoe 2002).”
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- Authors
- Janezic, S., Threlfell, S., Dodson, P. D., Dowie, M. J., Taylor, T. N., Potgieter, D., Parkkinen, L., Senior, S. L., Anwar, S., Ryan, B., Deltheil, T., Kosillo, P., Cioroch, M., Wagner, K., Ansorge, O., Bannerman, D. M., Bolam, J. P., Magill, P. J., Cragg, S. J., & Wade-Martins, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
- Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre
- ORCID
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2013-09-30
- Volume
- 110
- Issue
- 42
- Pages
- E4016-25
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC3801069
- OpenAlex
- W1996194036
- Cited by
- 344
- References
- 30
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- 15.86
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- journal article
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- en
- Open access
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- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (GR072324MA, GR073141MA, 084655, 087736, 090532/Z/09/Z)
- Parkinson's UK (G-1003, G-0803, G-1103, J-0901, G-0801)
- Medical Research Council (MR/J004324/1, MR/L022656/1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
- Keywords
- Parkinson's disease, alpha-synuclein, substantia nigra pars compacta, nigrostriatal neurons, dopaminergic terminals, striatum, vesicle distribution, neuronal firing, juxtacellular recording, transgenic mouse model, protein aggregation, motor impairment
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Animals, Corpus Striatum, Humans, Synaptic Transmission, Substantia Nigra, Parkinsonian Disorders, Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial, Mice, alpha-Synuclein, Dopaminergic Neurons
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