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Wadsworth HA, Warnecke AMP, Barlow JC, Robinson JK, Steimle E, Ronström JW, Williams PE, Galbraith CJ, Baldridge J, Jakowec MW, Davies DL, Yorgason JT. Ivermectin increases striatal cholinergic activity to facilitate dopamine terminal function. Cell Biosci 2024; 14:50. [PMID: 38632622 PMCID: PMC11025261 DOI: 10.1186/s13578-024-01228-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Ivermectin (IVM) is a commonly prescribed antiparasitic treatment with pharmacological effects on invertebrate glutamate ion channels resulting in paralysis and death of invertebrates. However, it can also act as a modulator of some vertebrate ion channels and has shown promise in facilitating L-DOPA treatment in preclinical models of Parkinson's disease. The pharmacological effects of IVM on dopamine terminal function were tested, focusing on the role of two of IVM's potential targets: purinergic P2X4 and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Ivermectin enhanced electrochemical detection of dorsal striatum dopamine release. Although striatal P2X4 receptors were observed, IVM effects on dopamine release were not blocked by P2X4 receptor inactivation. In contrast, IVM attenuated nicotine effects on dopamine release, and antagonizing nicotinic receptors prevented IVM effects on dopamine release. IVM also enhanced striatal cholinergic interneuron firing. L-DOPA enhances dopamine release by increasing vesicular content. L-DOPA and IVM co-application further enhanced release but resulted in a reduction in the ratio between high and low frequency stimulations, suggesting that IVM is enhancing release largely through changes in terminal excitability and not vesicular content. Thus, IVM is increasing striatal dopamine release through enhanced cholinergic activity on dopamine terminals.
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- Hillary A Wadsworth
- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Physiology, and Neuroscience Program, Brigham Young University, 4005 LSB, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
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Kim SJ, Miller B, Hartel NG, Ramirez R, Braniff RG, Leelaprachakul N, Huang A, Wang Y, Arpawong TE, Crimmins EM, Wang P, Sun X, Liu C, Levy D, Yen K, Petzinger GM, Graham NA, Jakowec MW, Cohen P. A naturally occurring variant of SHLP2 is a protective factor in Parkinson's disease. Mol Psychiatry 2024; 29:505-517. [PMID: 38167865 PMCID: PMC11116102 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02344-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024]
Abstract
Mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNPs) have been associated with a reduced risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), yet the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. In this study, we investigate the functional role of a PD-associated mtSNP that impacts the mitochondrial-derived peptide (MDP) Small Humanin-like Peptide 2 (SHLP2). We identify m.2158 T > C, a mtSNP associated with reduced PD risk, within the small open reading frame encoding SHLP2. This mtSNP results in an alternative form of SHLP2 (lysine 4 replaced with arginine; K4R). Using targeted mass spectrometry, we detect specific tryptic fragments of SHLP2 in neuronal cells and demonstrate its binding to mitochondrial complex 1. Notably, we observe that the K4R variant, associated with reduced PD risk, exhibits increased stability compared to WT SHLP2. Additionally, both WT and K4R SHLP2 show enhanced protection against mitochondrial dysfunction in in vitro experiments and confer protection against a PD-inducing toxin, a mitochondrial complex 1 inhibitor, in a mouse model. This study sheds light on the functional consequences of the m.2158 T > C mtSNP on SHLP2 and provides insights into the potential mechanisms by which this mtSNP may reduce the risk of PD.
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- Su-Jeong Kim
- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Environmental Toxicology Program, Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Bangkok, 10210, Thailand
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Population Sciences Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Population Sciences Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston University's and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Boston University's and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute's Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Wang Z, Donahue EK, Guo Y, Renteln M, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW, Holschneider DP. Exercise alters cortico-basal ganglia network metabolic connectivity: a mesoscopic level analysis informed by anatomic parcellation defined in the mouse brain connectome. Brain Struct Funct 2023; 228:1865-1884. [PMID: 37306809 PMCID: PMC10516800 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-023-02659-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
The basal ganglia are important modulators of the cognitive and motor benefits of exercise. However, the neural networks underlying these benefits remain poorly understood. Our study systematically analyzed exercise-associated changes in metabolic connectivity in the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network during the performance of a new motor task, with regions-of-interest defined based on mesoscopic domains recently defined in the mouse brain structural connectome. Mice were trained on a motorized treadmill for six weeks or remained sedentary (control), thereafter undergoing [14C]-2-deoxyglucose metabolic brain mapping during wheel walking. Regional cerebral glucose uptake (rCGU) was analyzed in 3-dimensional brains reconstructed from autoradiographic brain sections using statistical parametric mapping. Metabolic connectivity was assessed by calculating inter-regional correlation of rCGU cross-sectionally across subjects within a group. Compared to controls, exercised animals showed broad decreases in rCGU in motor areas, but increases in limbic areas, as well as the visual and association cortices. In addition, exercised animals showed (i) increased positive metabolic connectivity within and between the motor cortex and caudoputamen (CP), (ii) newly emerged negative connectivity of the substantia nigra pars reticulata with the globus pallidus externus, and CP, and (iii) reduced connectivity of the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Increased metabolic connectivity in the motor circuit in the absence of increases in rCGU strongly suggests greater network efficiency, which is also supported by the reduced involvement of PFC-mediated cognitive control during the performance of a new motor task. Our study delineates exercise-associated changes in functional circuitry at the subregional level and provides a framework for understanding the effects of exercise on functions of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network.
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- Zhuo Wang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 400, MC9037, Los Angeles, California 90089-9037 USA
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- Graduate Program in Neurosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 400, MC9037, Los Angeles, California 90089-9037 USA
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- Present Address: Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
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- Graduate Program in Neurosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
- Present Address: Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
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- Graduate Program in Neurosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
- Present Address: Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, KAM 400, MC9037, Los Angeles, California 90089-9037 USA
- Graduate Program in Neurosciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
- Present Address: Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California USA
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Donahue EK, Venkadesh S, Bui V, Tuazon AC, Wang RK, Haase D, Foreman RP, Duran JJ, Petkus A, Wing D, Higgins M, Holschneider DP, Bayram E, Litvan I, Jakowec MW, Van Horn JD, Schiehser DM, Petzinger GM. Physical activity intensity is associated with cognition and functional connectivity in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2022; 104:7-14. [PMID: 36191358 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2022.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive impairment is common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and often leads to dementia, with no effective treatment. Aging studies suggest that physical activity (PA) intensity has a positive impact on cognition and enhanced functional connectivity may underlie these benefits. However, less is known in PD. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between PA intensity, cognitive performance, and resting state functional connectivity in PD and whether PA intensity influences the relationship between functional connectivity and cognitive performance. METHODS 96 individuals with mild-moderate PD completed a comprehensive neuropsychological battery. Intensity of PA was objectively captured over a seven-day period using a wearable device (ActiGraph). Time spent in light and moderate intensity PA was determined based on standardized actigraphy cut points. Resting-state fMRI was assessed in a subset of 50 individuals to examine brain-wide functional connectivity. RESULTS Moderate intensity PA (MIPA), but not light PA, was associated with better global cognition, visuospatial function, memory, and executive function. Individuals who met the WHO recommendation of ≥150 min/week of MIPA demonstrated better global cognition, executive function, and visuospatial function. Resting-state functional connectivity associated with MIPA included a combination of brainstem, hippocampus, and regions in the frontal, cingulate, and parietal cortices, which showed higher connectivity across the brain in those achieving the WHO MIPA recommendation. Meeting this recommendation positively moderated the associations between identified functional connectivity and global cognition, visuospatial function, and language. CONCLUSION Encouraging MIPA, particularly the WHO recommendation of ≥150 min of MIPA/week, may represent an important prescription for PD cognition.
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- Erin K Donahue
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0811, USA
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- Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0811, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA; Department of Psychiatry & the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Parkinson and Other Movement Disorder Center, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, California, 92092-0886, USA
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- Parkinson and Other Movement Disorder Center, Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, California, 92092-0886, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA; School of Data Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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Donahue EK, Bui V, Foreman RP, Duran JJ, Venkadesh S, Choupan J, Van Horn JD, Alger JR, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM, O'Neill J. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy shows associations between neurometabolite levels and perivascular space volume in Parkinson's disease: a pilot and feasibility study. Neuroreport 2022; 33:291-296. [PMID: 35594442 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Higher volume fraction of perivascular space (PVS) has recently been reported in Parkinson's disease (PD) and related disorders. Both elevated PVS and altered levels of neurometabolites, assayed by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), are suspected indicators of neuroinflammation, but no published reports have concurrently examined PVS and MRS neurometabolites. METHODS In an exploratory pilot study, we acquired multivoxel 3-T MRS using a semi-Localization by Adiabatic SElective Refocusing (sLASER) pulse-sequence (repetition time/echo time = 2810/60 ms, voxels 10 × 10 × 10 mm3) from a 2D slab sampling bilateral frontal white matter (FWM) and anterior middle cingulate cortex (aMCC). PVS maps obtained from high-resolution (0.8 × 0.8 × 0.8 mm3) T1-weighted MRI were co-registered with MRS. In each MRS voxel, PVS volume and neurometabolite levels were measured. RESULTS Linear regression accounting for age, sex, and BMI found greater PVS volume for higher levels of choline-containing compounds (Cho; P = 0.047) in FWM and lower PVS volume for higher levels of N-acetyl compounds (NAA; P = 0.012) in aMCC. Since (putatively) higher Cho is associated with inflammation while NAA has anti-inflammatory properties, these observations add to evidence that higher PVS load is a sign of inflammation. Additionally, lower Montreal Cognitive Assessment scores were associated with lower NAA in aMCC (P = 0.002), suggesting that local neuronal dysfunction and inflammation contribute to cognitive impairment in PD. CONCLUSION These exploratory findings indicate that co-analysis of PVS and MRS is feasible and may help elucidate the cellular and metabolic substrates of glymphatic and inflammatory processes in PD.
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- Erin K Donahue
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Laboratory of NeuroImaging, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
- School of Data Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles
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- Division of Child Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Zhuo W, Lundquist AJ, Donahue EK, Guo Y, Phillips D, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW, Holschneider DP. A mind in motion: Exercise improves cognitive flexibility, impulsivity and alters dopamine receptor gene expression in a Parkinsonian rat model. Current Research in Neurobiology 2022; 3:100039. [DOI: 10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Garbin A, Díaz J, Bui V, Morrison J, Fisher BE, Palacios C, Estrada-Darley I, Haase D, Wing D, Amezcua L, Jakowec MW, Kaplan C, Petzinger G. Promoting Physical Activity in a Spanish-Speaking Latina Population of Low Socioeconomic Status With Chronic Neurological Disorders: Proof-of-Concept Study. JMIR Form Res 2022; 6:e34312. [PMID: 35442197 PMCID: PMC9069293 DOI: 10.2196/34312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Revised: 01/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Physical activity (PA) is known to improve quality of life (QoL) as well as reduce mortality and disease progression in individuals with chronic neurological disorders. However, Latina women are less likely to participate in recommended levels of PA due to common socioeconomic barriers, including limited resources and access to exercise programs. Therefore, we developed a community-based intervention with activity monitoring and behavioral coaching to target these barriers and facilitate sustained participation in an exercise program promoting PA. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and efficacy of a community-based intervention to promote PA through self-monitoring via a Fitbit and behavioral coaching among Latina participants with chronic neurological disorders. METHODS We conducted a proof-of-concept study among 21 Spanish-speaking Latina participants recruited from the Los Angeles County and University of Southern California (LAC+USC) neurology clinic; participants enrolled in the 16-week intervention at The Wellness Center at The Historic General Hospital in Los Angeles. Demographic data were assessed at baseline. Feasibility was defined by participant attrition and Fitbit adherence. PA promotion was determined by examining change in time spent performing moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) over the 16-week period. The effect of behavioral coaching was assessed by quantifying the difference in MVPA on days when coaching occurred versus on days without coaching. Change in psychometric measures (baseline vs postintervention) and medical center visits (16 weeks preintervention vs during the intervention) were also examined. RESULTS Participants were of low socioeconomic status and acculturation. A total of 19 out of 21 (90%) participants completed the study (attrition 10%), with high Fitbit wear adherence (mean 90.31%, SD 10.12%). Time performing MVPA gradually increased by a mean of 0.16 (SD 0.23) minutes per day (P<.001), which was equivalent to an increase of approximately 18 minutes in MVPA over the course of the 16-week study period. Behavioral coaching enhanced intervention effectiveness as evidenced by a higher time spent on MVPA on days when coaching occurred via phone (37 min/day, P=.02) and in person (45.5 min/day, P=.01) relative to days without coaching (24 min/day). Participants improved their illness perception (effect size g=0.30) and self-rated QoL (effect size g=0.32). Additionally, a reduction in the number of medical center visits was observed (effect size r=0.44), and this reduction was associated with a positive change in step count during the study period (P.=04). CONCLUSIONS Self-monitoring with behavioral coaching is a feasible community-based intervention for PA promotion among Latina women of low socioeconomic status with chronic neurological conditions. PA is known to be important for brain health in neurological conditions but remains relatively unexplored in minority populations. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04820153; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04820153.
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- Alexander Garbin
- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, United States
- Physical Therapy Program, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Primary Care Internal Medicine, The Wellness Center, Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Exercise and Physical Activity Resource Center, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Jarrahi B, McEwen SC, Holschneider DP, Schiehser DM, Petkus AJ, Gomez ME, Van Horn JD, Filoteo V, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM. The Effects of Cardiorespiratory and Motor Skill Fitness on Intrinsic Functional Connectivity of Neural Networks in Individuals with Parkinson's Disease. Brain Plast 2021; 7:77-95. [PMID: 34868875 PMCID: PMC8609487 DOI: 10.3233/bpl-200115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: Studies in aging older adults have shown the positive association between cognition and exercise related fitness, particularly cardiorespiratory fitness. These reports have also demonstrated the association of high cardiorespiratory fitness, as well as other types of fitness, on the reversal of age-related decline in neural network connectivity, highlighting the potential role of fitness on age- and disease-related brain changes. While the clinical benefits of exercise are well-documented in Parkinson’s disease (PD), the extent to which cardiorespiratory fitness (assessed by estimated VO2max testing) or motor skill fitness (assessed by the Physical Performance Test (PPT)) affects neural network connectivity in PD remains to be investigated. The purpose of this study was to explore the hypothesis that higher fitness level is associated with an increase in the intrinsic network connectivity of cognitive networks commonly affected in PD. Methods: In this cross-sectional resting state fMRI, we used a multivariate statistical approach based on high-dimensional independent component analysis (ICA) to investigate the association between two independent fitness metrics (estimated VO2max and PPT) and resting state network connectivity. Results: We found that increased estimated VO2max was associated with increased within network connectivity in cognitive networks known to be impaired in PD, including those sub-serving memory and executive function. There was a similar trend for high levels of PPT to be associated with increased within network connectivity in distinct resting state networks. The between functional network connectivity analysis revealed that cardiorespiratory fitness was associated with increased functional connectivity between somatosensory motor network and several cognitive networks sub-serving memory, attention, and executive function. Conclusion: This study provides important empirical data supporting the potential association between two forms of fitness and multiple resting state networks impacting PD cognition. Linking fitness to circuit specific modulation of resting state network connectivity will help establish a neural basis for the positive effects of fitness and specific exercise modalities and provide a foundation to identify underlying mechanisms to promote repair.
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- Behnaz Jarrahi
- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Pacific Brain Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Santa Monica, CA, USA.,Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics, Providence Saint John's Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, San Pablo St., Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Research & Psychology Services, VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Tibor Rubin Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychology and School of Data Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Research & Psychology Services, VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Lundquist AJ, Llewellyn GN, Kishi SH, Jakowec NA, Cannon PM, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW. Knockdown of Astrocytic Monocarboxylate Transporter 4 in the Motor Cortex Leads to Loss of Dendritic Spines and a Deficit in Motor Learning. Mol Neurobiol 2021; 59:1002-1017. [PMID: 34822124 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02651-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs) shuttle molecules, including L-lactate, involved in metabolism and cell signaling of the central nervous system. Astrocyte-specific MCT4 is a key component of the astrocyte-neuron lactate shuttle (ANLS) and is important for neuroplasticity and learning of the hippocampus. However, the importance of astrocyte-specific MCT4 in neuroplasticity of the M1 primary motor cortex remains unknown. In this study, we investigated astrocyte-specific MCT4 in motor learning and neuroplasticity of the M1 primary motor cortex using a cell-type specific shRNA knockdown of MCT4. Knockdown of astrocyte-specific MCT4 resulted in impaired motor performance and learning on the accelerating rotarod. In addition, MCT4 knockdown was associated with a reduction of neuronal dendritic spine density and spine width and decreased protein expression of PSD95, Arc, and cFos. Using near-infrared-conjugated 2-deoxyglucose uptake as a surrogate marker for neuronal activity, MCT4 knockdown was also associated with decreased neuronal activity in the M1 primary motor cortex and associated motor regions including the dorsal striatum and ventral thalamus. Our study supports a potential role for astrocyte-specific MCT4 and the ANLS in the neuroplasticity of the M1 primary motor cortex. Targeting MCT4 may serve to enhance neuroplasticity and motor repair in several neurological disorders, including Parkinson's disease and stroke.
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- Adam J Lundquist
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. .,Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St, MCA-241, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St, MCA-241, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St, MCA-241, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St, MCA-241, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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Chung YC, Fisher BE, Finley JM, Kim A, Petkus AJ, Schiehser DM, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM. Cognition and motor learning in a Parkinson's disease cohort: importance of recall in episodic memory. Neuroreport 2021; 32:1153-1160. [PMID: 34334776 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Abstract
Impaired motor learning in individuals with Parkinson's disease is often attributed to deficits in executive function, which serves as an important cognitive process supporting motor learning. However, less is known about the role of other cognitive domains and its association with motor learning in Parkinson's disease. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between motor learning and multiple domains of cognitive performance in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Twenty-nine participants with Parkinson's disease received comprehensive neuropsychological testing, followed by practice of a bimanual finger sequence task. A retention test of the finger sequence task was completed 24 h later. Hierarchical linear regressions were used to examine the associations between motor learning (acquisition rate and retention) and cognitive performance in five specific cognitive domains, while controlling for age, sex, and years of Parkinson's disease diagnosis. We found that a higher acquisition rate was associated with better episodic memory, specifically better recall in visual episodic memory, in individuals with Parkinson's disease. No significant associations were observed between retention and cognitive performance in any domains. The association between motor acquisition and episodic memory indicates an increased dependency on episodic memory as a potential compensatory cognitive strategy used by individuals with Parkinson's disease during motor learning.
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Psychology and Research Services, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), San Diego, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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Petkus AJ, Jarrahi B, Holschneider DP, Gomez ME, Filoteo JV, Schiehser DM, Fisher BE, Van Horn JD, Jakowec MW, McEwen SC, Petzinger G. Thalamic volume mediates associations between cardiorespiratory fitness (VO 2max) and cognition in Parkinson's disease. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2021; 86:19-26. [PMID: 33819900 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cognitive deficits occur in Parkinson's disease (PD). Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with better cognitive performance in aging especially in executive function (EF) and memory. The association between CRF and cognitive performance is understudied in people with PD. Brain structures underlying associations also remains unknown. This cross-sectional study examined the associations between CRF and cognitive performance in PD. We also examined associations between CRF and brain structures impacted in PD. Mediation analysis were conducted to examine whether brain structures impacted in PD mediate putative associations between CRF and cognitive performance. METHODS Individuals with PD (N = 33) underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CRF evaluation (estimated VO2max), and neuropsychological assessment. Composite cognitive scores of episodic memory, EF, attention, language, and visuospatial functioning were generated. Structural equation models were constructed to examine whether MRI volume estimates (thalamus and pallidum) mediated associations between CRF and cognitive performance (adjusting for age, education, PD disease duration, sex, MDS-UPDRS motor score, and total intracranial volume). RESULTS Higher CRF was associated with better episodic memory (Standardized β = 0.391; p = 0.008), EF (Standardized β = 0.324; p = 0.025), and visuospatial performance (Standardized β = 0.570; p = 0.005). Higher CRF was associated with larger thalamic (Standardized β = 0.722; p = 0.004) and pallidum (Standardized β = 0.635; p = 0.004) volumes. Thalamic volume mediated the association between higher CRF and better EF (Indirect effect = 0.309) and episodic memory (Indirect effect = 0.209) performance (p < 0.05). The pallidum did not significantly mediate associations between CRF and cognitive outcomes. CONCLUSION The thalamus plays an important role in the association between CRF and both EF and episodic memory in PD.
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- Andrew J Petkus
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo St., HCC-2, Suite 3000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo St., HCC-2, Suite 3000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA; Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St., Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Tibor Rubin Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, 90822, USA
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- Psychology and Research Services, Veterans Administration San Diego Health Care System, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Psychology and Research Services, Veterans Administration San Diego Health Care System, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA; Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Psychology and School of Data Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo St., HCC-2, Suite 3000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Translational Neurosciences and Neurotherapeutics, Saint John's Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA, 90404, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, 1520 San Pablo St., HCC-2, Suite 3000, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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Lundquist AJ, Gallagher TJ, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW. Exogenous l-lactate promotes astrocyte plasticity but is not sufficient for enhancing striatal synaptogenesis or motor behavior in mice. J Neurosci Res 2021; 99:1433-1447. [PMID: 33629362 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
l-Lactate is an energetic and signaling molecule that may be produced through astrocyte-specific aerobic glycolysis and is elevated in striatal muscle during intensive exercise. l-Lactate has been shown to promote neurotrophic gene expression through astrocytes within the hippocampus, however, its role in neuroplasticity within the striatum remains unknown. This study sought to investigate the role of peripheral sources of l-lactate in promoting astrocyte-specific gene expression and morphology as well as its role in neuroplasticity within the striatum of healthy animals. Using in vitro primary astrocyte cell culture, administration of l-lactate increased the expression of the neurotrophic factors Bdnf, Gdnf, Cntf, and the immediate early gene cFos. l-Lactate's promotion of neurotrophic factor expression was mediated through the lactate receptor HCAR1 since application of the HCAR1 agonist 3,5-DHBA also increased expression of Bdnf in primary astrocytes. Similar to our previous report demonstrating exercise-induced changes in astrocytic structure within the striatum, l-lactate administration to healthy mice led to increased astrocyte morphological complexity as well as astrocyte-specific neurotrophic expression within the striatum. Our study failed to demonstrate an effect of peripheral l-lactate on synaptogenesis or motor behavior. Insufficient levels and/or inadequate delivery of l-lactate through regional cerebral blood flow within the striatum may account for the lack of these benefits. Taken together, these novel findings suggest a potential framework that links peripheral l-lactate production within muscle and intensive exercise with neuroplasticity of specific brain regions through astrocytic function.
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- Adam J Lundquist
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Donahue EK, Murdos A, Jakowec MW, Sheikh-Bahaei N, Toga AW, Petzinger GM, Sepehrband F. Global and Regional Changes in Perivascular Space in Idiopathic and Familial Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord 2021; 36:1126-1136. [PMID: 33470460 DOI: 10.1002/mds.28473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The glymphatic system, including the perivascular space (PVS), plays a critical role in brain homeostasis. Although mounting evidence from Alzheimer's disease has supported the potential role of PVS in neurodegenerative disorders, its contribution in Parkinson's disease (PD) has not been fully elucidated. Although idiopathic (IPD) and familial PD (FPD) share similar pathophysiology in terms of protein aggregation, the differential impact of PVS on PD subtypes remains unknown. Our objective was to examine the differences in PVS volume fraction in IPD and FPD compared to healthy controls (HCs) and nonmanifest carriers (NMCs). METHODS A total of 470 individuals were analyzed from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative database, including (1) IPD (n = 179), (2) FPD (LRRK2 [leucine-rich repeat kinase 2], glucocerebrosidase, or α-synuclein) (n = 67), (3) NMC (n = 101), and (4) HCs (n = 84). Total PVS volume fraction (%) was compared using parcellation and quantitation within greater white matter volume at global and regional levels in all cortical and subcortical white matter. RESULTS There was a significant increase in global and regional PVS volume fraction in PD versus non-PD, particularly in FPD versus NMC and LRRK2 FPD versus NMC. Regionally, FPD and NMC differed in the medial orbitofrontal region, as did LRRK2 FPD versus NMC. Non-PD and PD differed in the medial orbitofrontal region and the banks of the superior temporal regions. IPD and FPD differed in the cuneus and lateral occipital regions. CONCLUSIONS Our findings support the role of PVS in PD and highlight a potentially significant contribution of PVS to the pathophysiology of FPD, particularly LRRK2. © 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.
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- Erin K Donahue
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Warnecke AMP, Kang MS, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. The macrocyclic lactones ivermectin and moxidectin show differential effects on rotational behavior in the 6-hydroxydopamine mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Behav Brain Res 2020; 393:112804. [PMID: 32668263 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2020.112804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor and cognitive deficits, the result of dopamine (DA)-depletion within the basal ganglia. Currently, DA replacement therapy in the form of Sinemet (L-DOPA plus Carbidopa) provides symptomatic motor benefits and remains the "gold standard" for treatment. Several pharmacological approaches can enhance DA neurotransmission including the administration of DA receptor agonists, the inhibition of DA metabolism, and enhancing pre-synaptic DA release. DA neurotransmission is regulated by several receptor subtypes including signaling through the purinergic system. P2 × 4 receptors (P2 × 4Rs) are a class of cation-permeable ligand-gated ion channels activated by the synaptic release of extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). P2 × 4Rs are expressed throughout the central nervous system including the dopaminergic circuitry of the substantia nigra, basal ganglia, and related reward networks. Previous studies have demonstrated that P2 × 4Rs can modulate several DA-dependent characteristics including motor, cognitive, and reward behaviors. Ivermectin (IVM) and moxidectin (MOX) are two macrocyclic lactones that can potentiate P2 × 4Rs. In this study, we sought to investigate the role of P2 × 4Rs in mediating DA neurotransmission by exploring their impact on DA-dependent behavior, specifically rotation frequency in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned mouse model of DA-depletion. While we did not observe any differences in the degree of lesioning based on immunostaining for tyrosine hydroxylase between sexes, male mice displayed a greater number of rotations with L-DOPA compared to female mice. In contrast, we observed that IVM plus L-DOPA increased the number of rotations (per 10 min) in female, but not male mice. These findings highlight the potential role of pharmacologically targeting the purinergic receptor system in modulating DA neurotransmission as well as the importance of sex differences impacting outcome measures.
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- Alicia M P Warnecke
- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Petkus AJ, Filoteo JV, Schiehser DM, Gomez ME, Hui JS, Jarrahi B, McEwen S, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM. Mild cognitive impairment, psychiatric symptoms, and executive functioning in patients with Parkinson's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2020; 35:396-404. [PMID: 31894601 DOI: 10.1002/gps.5255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 12/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and psychiatric symptoms (anxiety, depression, and apathy) are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). While studies have supported the association between psychiatric symptoms and cognitive performance in PD, it is unclear if the magnitude of link between psychiatric symptoms and cognitive health is stronger by MCI status. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between cognitive performance and psychiatric symptoms in PD and whether MCI status moderates this association. METHODS/DESIGN Participants (N = 187) completed a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment that included measures of attention, language, executive function (EF), visuospatial ability, episodic memory, and psychiatric symptoms. Participants were classified as PD-MCI (N = 73) or PD-normal cognition (NC; N = 114). Linear regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between psychiatric symptoms and cognitive performance and the moderating effect of PD-MCI status. RESULTS There were no differences in mean psychiatric symptoms between PD-MCI and PD-NC. Psychiatric symptoms were predominantly associated with worse EF. The magnitude of the association between anxiety and worse EF was larger in participants with PD-MCI compared with PD-NC. A multivariable regression analysis examining the independent contributions of each symptom demonstrated the most robust association between EF and anxiety. CONCLUSIONS Symptoms of anxiety, depression, and apathy are associated with worse executive functioning in individuals with PD. PD-MCI may be important in moderating the association between cognitive performance, specifically anxiety, and EF. Factors that promote cognitive resilience may serve as key therapeutic modalities in managing neuropsychiatric symptoms in PD.
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- Andrew J Petkus
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Psychology Service, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VA/SDHS), San Diego, California.,Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California.,Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Psychology Service, Veterans Administration San Diego Healthcare System (VA/SDHS), San Diego, California.,Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California
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- Veterans Administration Long Beach Healthcare System (VA/LBHS), Long Beach, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Santa Monica, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Khoja S, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. Elucidation of the purinergic P2X4‐dopamine receptor interaction in regulation of sensorimotor gating and underlying signaling molecules. FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.07301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Khoja S, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. Dopamine Receptor Blockade Attenuates Purinergic P2X4 Receptor-Mediated Prepulse Inhibition Deficits and Underlying Molecular Mechanisms. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:331. [PMID: 31396053 PMCID: PMC6664007 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Sensorimotor gating refers to the ability to filter incoming sensory information in a stimulus-laden environment and disruption of this physiological process has been documented in psychiatric disorders characterized by cognitive aberrations. The effectiveness of current pharmacotherapies for treatment of sensorimotor gating deficits in the patient population still remains controversial. These challenges emphasize the need to better understand the biological underpinnings of sensorimotor gating which could lead to discovery of novel drug targets for therapeutic intervention. Notably, we recently reported a role for purinergic P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) in regulation of sensorimotor gating using prepulse inhibition (PPI) of acoustic startle reflex. P2X4Rs are ion channels gated by adenosine-5′-triphosphate (ATP). Ivermectin (IVM) induced PPI deficits in C57BL/6J mice in a P2X4R-specific manner. Furthermore, mice deficient in P2X4Rs [P2X4R knockout (KO)] exhibited PPI deficits that were alleviated by dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists demonstrating an interaction between P2X4Rs and DA receptors in PPI regulation. On the basis of these findings, we hypothesized that increased DA neurotransmission underlies IVM-mediated PPI deficits. To test this hypothesis, we measured the effects of D1 and D2 receptor antagonists, SCH 23390 and raclopride respectively and D1 agonist, SKF 82958 on IVM-mediated PPI deficits. To gain mechanistic insights, we investigated the interaction between IVM and dopaminergic drugs on signaling molecules linked to PPI regulation in the ventral striatum. SCH 23390 significantly attenuated the PPI disruptive effects of IVM to a much greater degree than that of raclopride. SKF 82958 failed to potentiate IVM-mediated PPI disruption. At the molecular level, modulation of D1 receptors altered IVM’s effects on dopamine and cyclic-AMP regulated phosphoprotein of 32 kDa (DARPP-32) phosphorylation. Additionally, IVM interacted with the DA receptors antagonists and SKF 82958 in phosphorylation of Ca2+/calmodulin kinase IIα (CaMKIIα) and its downstream target, neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS). Current findings suggest an involvement for D1 and D2 receptors in IVM-mediated PPI disruption via modulation of DARPP-32, CaMKIIα and nNOS. Taken together, the findings suggest that stimulation of P2X4Rs can lead to DA hyperactivity and disruption of information processing, implicating P2X4Rs as a novel drug target for treatment of psychiatric disorders characterized by sensorimotor gating deficits.
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- Sheraz Khoja
- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Lundquist AJ, Parizher J, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW. Exercise induces region-specific remodeling of astrocyte morphology and reactive astrocyte gene expression patterns in male mice. J Neurosci Res 2019; 97:1081-1094. [PMID: 31175682 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.24430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Astrocytes are essential mediators of many aspects of synaptic transmission and neuroplasticity. Exercise has been demonstrated to induce neuroplasticity and synaptic remodeling, such as through mediating neurorehabilitation in animal models of neurodegeneration. However, the effects of exercise on astrocytic function, and how such changes may be relevant to neuroplasticity remain unclear. Here, we show that exercise remodels astrocytes in an exercise- and region-dependent manner as measured by GFAP and SOX9 immunohistochemistry and morphological analysis in male mice. Additionally, qRT-PCR analysis of reactive astrocyte gene expression showed an exercise-induced elevation in brain regions known to be activated by exercise. Taken together, these data demonstrate that exercise actively modifies astrocyte morphology and drives changes in astrocyte gene expression and suggest that astrocytes may be a central component to exercise-induced neuroplasticity and neurorehabilitation.
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- Adam J Lundquist
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California.,Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Khoja S, Huynh N, Warnecke AMP, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. Preclinical evaluation of avermectins as novel therapeutic agents for alcohol use disorders. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2018; 235:1697-1709. [PMID: 29500584 PMCID: PMC5949264 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-018-4869-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
The deleterious effects of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) on human health have been documented worldwide. The enormous socioeconomic burden coupled with lack of efficacious pharmacotherapies underlies the need for improved treatment strategies. At present, there is a growing body of preclinical evidence that demonstrates the potential of avermectins [ivermectin (IVM), selamectin (SEL), abamectin (ABM), and moxidectin (MOX)] in treatment of AUDs. Avermectins are derived by fermentation of soil micro-organism, Streptomyces avermitilis, and have been extensively used for treatment of parasitic infections. From the mechanistic standpoint, avermectins are positive modulators of purinergic P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs). P2X4Rs belong to P2X superfamily of cation-permeable ion channels gated by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). Building evidence has implicated a role for P2X4Rs in regulation of ethanol intake and that ethanol can inhibit ATP-gated currents in P2X4Rs. Investigations using recombinant cell models and animal models of alcohol drinking have reported that IVM, ABM, and MOX, but not SEL, were able to antagonize the inhibitory effects of ethanol on P2X4Rs in vitro and reduce ethanol intake in vivo. Furthermore, IVM was shown to reduce ethanol consumption via P2X4R potentiation in vivo, supporting the involvement of P2X4Rs in IVM's anti-alcohol effects and that P2X4Rs can be used as a platform for developing novel anti-alcohol compounds. Taken together, these findings support the utility of avermectins as a novel class of drug candidates for treatment of AUDs.
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- Sheraz Khoja
- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
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Khoja S, Huynh N, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. Reduced expression of purinergic P2X4 receptors increases voluntary ethanol intake in C57BL/6J mice. Alcohol 2018; 68:63-70. [PMID: 29477921 DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2016] [Revised: 09/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Purinergic P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) belong to the P2X superfamily of ionotropic receptors that are gated by adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). Accumulating evidence indicates that P2X4Rs play an important role in regulation of ethanol intake. At the molecular level, ethanol's inhibitory effects on P2X4Rs are antagonized by ivermectin (IVM), in part, via action on P2X4Rs. Behaviorally, male mice deficient in the p2rx4 gene (P2X4R knockout [KO]) have been shown to exhibit a transient increase in ethanol intake over a period of 4 days, as demonstrated by social and binge drinking paradigms. Furthermore, IVM reduced ethanol consumption in male and female rodents, whereas male P2X4R KO mice were less sensitive to the anti-alcohol effects of IVM, compared to wildtype (WT) mice, further supporting a role for P2X4Rs as targets of IVM's action. The current investigation extends testing the hypothesis that P2X4Rs play a role in regulation of ethanol intake. First, we tested the response of P2X4R KO mice to ethanol for a period of 5 weeks. Second, to gain insights into the changes in ethanol intake, we employed a lentivirus-shRNA (LV-shRNA) methodology to selectively knockdown P2X4R expression in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core in male C57BL/6J mice. In agreement with our previous study, male P2X4R KO mice exhibited higher ethanol intake than WT mice. Additionally, reduced expression of P2X4Rs in the NAc core significantly increased ethanol intake and preference. Collectively, the findings support the hypothesis that P2X4Rs play a role in regulation of ethanol intake and that P2X4Rs represent a novel drug target for treatment of alcohol use disorder.
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- Sheraz Khoja
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, United States
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, United States.
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Stefanko DP, Shah VD, Yamasaki WK, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW. Treadmill exercise delays the onset of non-motor behaviors and striatal pathology in the CAG 140 knock-in mouse model of Huntington's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2017; 105:15-32. [PMID: 28502806 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2017.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Depression, cognitive impairments, and other neuropsychiatric disturbances are common during the prodromal phase of Huntington's disease (HD) well before the onset of classical motor symptoms of this degenerative disorder. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential impact of physical activity in the form of exercise on a motorized treadmill on non-motor behavioral features including depression-like behavior and cognition in the CAG140 knock-in (KI) mouse model of HD. The CAG140 KI mouse model has a long lifespan compared to other HD rodent models with HD motor deficits emerging after 12months of age and thus provides the opportunity to investigate early life interventions such as exercise on disease progression. Motorized treadmill running was initiated at 4weeks of age (1h per session, 3 times per week) and continued for 6months. Non-motor behaviors were assessed up to 6months of age and included analysis of depression-like behavior (using the tail-suspension and forced-swim tests) and cognition (using the T-maze and object recognition tests). At both 4 and 6months of age, CAG140 KI mice displayed significant depression-like behavior in the forced swim and tail suspension tests and cognitive impairment by deficits in reversal relearning in the T-maze test. These deficits were not evident in mice engaged in treadmill running. In addition, exercise restored striatal dopamine D2 receptor expression and dopamine neurotransmitter levels both reduced in sedentary HD mice. Finally, we examined the pattern of striatal expression of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein and showed that the number and intensity of immunohistochemical staining patterns of intranuclear aggregates were significantly reduced with exercise. Altogether these findings begin to address the potential impact of lifestyle and early intervention such as exercise on modifying HD progression.
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- D P Stefanko
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 91007, United States.
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Huynh N, Arabian N, Naito A, Louie S, Jakowec MW, Asatryan L, Davies DL. Preclinical development of moxidectin as a novel therapeutic for alcohol use disorder. Neuropharmacology 2016; 113:60-70. [PMID: 27641072 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Revised: 08/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Current pharmacotherapies for alcohol used disorder (AUD) are few and relatively ineffective illustrating the need for the development of new, effective medications. Using a translational approach, our laboratory reported that ivermectin, an FDA-approved, human and animal anti-parasitic agent, can significantly reduce ethanol intake in male and female mice across different drinking paradigms. Extending this line of investigation, the current paper investigated the utility of moxidectin (MOX), an analogue of ivermectin, to reduce ethanol intake. Notably, MOX is widely held to have lower neurotoxicity potential and improved margin of safety compared to ivermectin. Using a 24-h-two-bottle choice paradigm, MOX significantly reduced ethanol intake in a dose dependent manner in both male and female C57BL/6J mice, respectively (1.25-7.5 mg/kg) and (1.25-10 mg/kg). Further, multi-day administration of MOX (2.5 mg/kg; intraperitoneal injection) for 5 consecutive days significantly reduced ethanol intake in both the 24-h-two-bottle choice and Drinking-in-the-Dark paradigms in female mice. No overt signs of behavioral toxicity were observed. Notably in both male and female mice, MOX significantly reduced ethanol intake starting approximately 4 h post-injection. Using a Xenopus oocyte expression system, we found that MOX significantly potentiated P2X4 receptor (P2X4R) function and antagonized the inhibitory effects of ethanol on ATP-gated currents in P2X4Rs. This latter finding represents the first report of MOX having activity on P2X4Rs. In addition, MOX potentiated GABAA receptors, but to a lesser degree as compared to ivermectin supporting the hypothesis that MOX would be advantageous (compared to ivermectin) with respect to reducing contraindications. Overall, the results illustrate the potential for development of MOX as a novel pharmacotherapy for the treatment of AUD.
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- Nhat Huynh
- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Jakowec MW, Wang Z, Holschneider D, Beeler J, Petzinger GM. Engaging cognitive circuits to promote motor recovery in degenerative disorders. exercise as a learning modality. J Hum Kinet 2016; 52:35-51. [PMID: 28149392 PMCID: PMC5260516 DOI: 10.1515/hukin-2015-0192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Exercise and physical activity are fundamental components of a lifestyle essential in maintaining a healthy brain. This is primarily due to the fact that the adult brain maintains a high degree of plasticity and activity is essential for homeostasis throughout life. Plasticity is not lost even in the context of a neurodegenerative disorder, but could be maladaptive thus promoting disease onset and progression. A major breakthrough in treating brain disorders such as Parkinson's disease is to drive neuroplasticity in a direction to improve motor and cognitive dysfunction. The purpose of this short review is to present the evidence from our laboratories that supports neuroplasticity as a potential therapeutic target in treating brain disorders. We consider that the enhancement of motor recovery in both animal models of dopamine depletion and in patients with Parkinson's disease is optimized when cognitive circuits are engaged; in other words, the brain is engaged in a learning modality. Therefore, we propose that to be effective in treating Parkinson's disease, physical therapy must employ both skill-based exercise (to drive specific circuits) and aerobic exercise (to drive the expression of molecules required to strengthen synaptic connections) components to select those neuronal circuits, such as the corticostriatal pathway, necessary to restore proper motor and cognitive behaviors. In the wide spectrum of different forms of exercise, learning as the fundamental modality likely links interventions used to treat patients with Parkinson's disease and may be necessary to drive beneficial neuroplasticity resulting in symptomatic improvement and possible disease modification.
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- Michael W. Jakowec
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York, New York City, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Khoja S, Shah V, Garcia D, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Davies DL. Role of purinergic P2X4 receptors in regulating striatal dopamine homeostasis and dependent behaviors. J Neurochem 2016; 139:134-48. [PMID: 27402173 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Purinergic P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) belong to the P2X superfamily of ion channels regulated by ATP. We recently demonstrated that P2X4R knockout (KO) mice exhibited deficits in sensorimotor gating, social interaction, and ethanol drinking behavior. Dopamine (DA) dysfunction may underlie these behavioral changes, but there is no direct evidence for P2X4Rs' role in DA neurotransmission. To test this hypothesis, we measured markers of DA function and dependent behaviors in P2X4R KO mice. P2X4R KO mice exhibited altered density of pre-synaptic markers including tyrosine hydroxylase, dopamine transporter; post-synaptic markers including dopamine receptors and phosphorylation of downstream targets including dopamine and cyclic-AMP regulated phosphoprotein of 32 kDa and cyclic-AMP-response element binding protein in different parts of the striatum. Ivermectin, an allosteric modulator of P2X4Rs, significantly affected dopamine and cyclic AMP regulated phosphoprotein of 32 kDa and extracellular regulated kinase1/2 phosphorylation in the striatum. Sensorimotor gating deficits in P2X4R KO mice were rescued by DA antagonists. Using the 6-hydroxydopamine model of DA depletion, P2X4R KO mice exhibited an attenuated levodopa (L-DOPA)-induced motor behavior, whereas ivermectin enhanced this behavior. Collectively, these findings identified an important role for P2X4Rs in maintaining DA homeostasis and illustrate how this association is important for CNS functions including motor control and sensorimotor gating. We propose that P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) regulate dopamine (DA) homeostasis and associated behaviors. Pre-synaptic and post-synaptic DA markers were significantly altered in the dorsal and ventral striatum of P2X4R KO mice, implicating altered DA neurotransmission. Sensorimotor gating deficits in P2X4R KO mice were rescued by DA antagonists. Ivermectin (IVM), a positive modulator of P2X4Rs, enhanced levodopa (L-DOPA)-induced motor behavior. These studies highlight potential interactions between P2X4Rs and DA system.
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- Sheraz Khoja
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Petzinger GM, Holschneider DP, Fisher BE, McEwen S, Kintz N, Halliday M, Toy W, Walsh JW, Beeler J, Jakowec MW. The Effects of Exercise on Dopamine Neurotransmission in Parkinson's Disease: Targeting Neuroplasticity to Modulate Basal Ganglia Circuitry. Brain Plast 2015; 1:29-39. [PMID: 26512345 PMCID: PMC4621077 DOI: 10.3233/bpl-150021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Animal studies have been instrumental in providing evidence for exercise-induced neuroplasticity of corticostriatal circuits that are profoundly affected in Parkinson’s disease. Exercise has been implicated in modulating dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission, altering synaptogenesis, and increasing cerebral blood flow. In addition, recent evidence supports that the type of exercise may have regional effects on brain circuitry, with skilled exercise differentially affecting frontal-striatal related circuits to a greater degree than pure aerobic exercise. Neuroplasticity in models of dopamine depletion will be reviewed with a focus on the influence of exercise on the dorsal lateral striatum and prefrontal related circuitry underlying motor and cognitive impairment in PD. Although clearly more research is needed to address major gaps in our knowledge, we hypothesize that the potential effects of exercise on inducing neuroplasticity in a circuit specific manner may occur through synergistic mechanisms that include the coupling of an increasing neuronal metabolic demand and increased blood flow. Elucidation of these mechanisms may provide important new targets for facilitating brain repair and modifying the course of disease in PD.
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- G M Petzinger
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033 ; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033 ; Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033 ; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Andrus Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, and Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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- Andrus Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, and Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90095
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY, New York
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033 ; Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033
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Franklin KM, Asatryan L, Jakowec MW, Trudell JR, Bell RL, Davies DL. P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) represent a novel target for the development of drugs to prevent and/or treat alcohol use disorders. Front Neurosci 2014; 8:176. [PMID: 25009459 PMCID: PMC4068020 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2014] [Accepted: 06/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) have a staggering socioeconomic impact. Few therapeutic options are available, and they are largely inadequate. These shortcomings highlight the urgent need to develop effective medications to prevent and/or treat AUDs. A critical barrier is the lack of information regarding the molecular target(s) by which ethanol (EtOH) exerts its pharmacological activity. This review highlights findings implicating P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) as a target for the development of therapeutics to treat AUDs and discusses the use of ivermectin (IVM) as a potential clinical tool for treatment of AUDs. P2XRs are a family of ligand-gated ion channels (LGICs) activated by extracellular ATP. Of the P2XR subtypes, P2X4Rs are expressed the most abundantly in the CNS. Converging evidence suggests that P2X4Rs are involved in the development and progression of AUDs. First, in vitro studies report that pharmacologically relevant EtOH concentrations can negatively modulate ATP-activated currents. Second, P2X4Rs in the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system are thought to play a role in synaptic plasticity and are located ideally to modulate brain reward systems. Third, alcohol-preferring (P) rats have lower functional expression of the p2rx4 gene than alcohol-non-preferring (NP) rats suggesting an inverse relationship between alcohol intake and P2X4R expression. Similarly, whole brain p2rx4 expression has been shown to relate inversely to innate 24 h alcohol preference across 28 strains of rats. Fourth, mice lacking the p2rx4 gene drink more EtOH than wildtype controls. Fifth, IVM, a positive modulator of P2X4Rs, antagonizes EtOH-mediated inhibition of P2X4Rs in vitro and reduces EtOH intake and preference in vivo. These findings suggest that P2X4Rs contribute to EtOH intake. The present review summarizes recent findings focusing on the P2X4R as a molecular target of EtOH action, its role in EtOH drinking behavior and modulation of its activity by IVM as a potential therapy for AUDs.
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- Kelle M Franklin
- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Beckman Program for Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Toy WA, Petzinger GM, Leyshon BJ, Akopian GK, Walsh JP, Hoffman MV, Vučković MG, Jakowec MW. Treadmill exercise reverses dendritic spine loss in direct and indirect striatal medium spiny neurons in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Neurobiol Dis 2013; 63:201-9. [PMID: 24316165 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2013] [Revised: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Exercise has been shown to be beneficial for Parkinson's disease (PD). A major interest in our lab has been to investigate how exercise modulates basal ganglia function and modifies disease progression. Dopamine (DA) depletion leads to loss of dendritic spines within the caudate nucleus and putamen (striatum) in PD and its animal models and contributes to motor impairments. Striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs) can be delineated into two populations, the dopamine D1 receptor (DA-D1R)-containing MSNs of the direct pathway and dopamine D2 receptor (DA-D2R)-containing MSNs of the indirect pathway. There is evidence to suggest that the DA-D2R-indirect pathway MSNs may be preferentially affected after DA-depletion with a predominate loss of dendritic spine density when compared to MSNs of the DA-D1R-direct pathway in rodents; however, others have reported that both pathways may be affected in primates. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of intensive exercise on dendritic spine density and arborization in MSNs of these two pathways in the MPTP mouse model of PD. We found that MPTP led to a decrease in dendritic spine density in both DA-D1R- and DA-D2R-containing MSNs and 30 days of intensive treadmill exercise led to increased dendritic spine density and arborization in MSNs of both pathways. In addition, exercise increased the expression of synaptic proteins PSD-95 and synaptophysin. Taken together these findings support the potential effect of exercise in modifying synaptic connectivity within the DA-depleted striatum and in modifying disease progression in individuals with PD.
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- William A Toy
- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA.
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Andrus Center for Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Andrus Center for Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA; The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Wang Z, Myers KG, Guo Y, Ocampo MA, Pang RD, Jakowec MW, Holschneider DP. Functional reorganization of motor and limbic circuits after exercise training in a rat model of bilateral parkinsonism. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80058. [PMID: 24278239 PMCID: PMC3836982 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Exercise training is widely used for neurorehabilitation of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, little is known about the functional reorganization of the injured brain after long-term aerobic exercise. We examined the effects of 4 weeks of forced running wheel exercise in a rat model of dopaminergic deafferentation (bilateral, dorsal striatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesions). One week after training, cerebral perfusion was mapped during treadmill walking or at rest using [(14)C]-iodoantipyrine autoradiography. Regional cerebral blood flow-related tissue radioactivity (rCBF) was analyzed in three-dimensionally reconstructed brains by statistical parametric mapping. In non-exercised rats, lesions resulted in persistent motor deficits. Compared to sham-lesioned rats, lesioned rats showed altered functional brain activation during walking, including: 1. hypoactivation of the striatum and motor cortex; 2. hyperactivation of non-lesioned areas in the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuit; 3. functional recruitment of the red nucleus, superior colliculus and somatosensory cortex; 4. hyperactivation of the ventrolateral thalamus, cerebellar vermis and deep nuclei, suggesting recruitment of the cerebellar-thalamocortical circuit; 5. hyperactivation of limbic areas (amygdala, hippocampus, ventral striatum, septum, raphe, insula). These findings show remarkable similarities to imaging findings reported in PD patients. Exercise progressively improved motor deficits in lesioned rats, while increasing activation in dorsal striatum and rostral secondary motor cortex, attenuating a hyperemia of the zona incerta and eliciting a functional reorganization of regions participating in the cerebellar-thalamocortical circuit. Both lesions and exercise increased activation in mesolimbic areas (amygdala, hippocampus, ventral striatum, laterodorsal tegmental n., ventral pallidum), as well as in related paralimbic regions (septum, raphe, insula). Exercise, but not lesioning, resulted in decreases in rCBF in the medial prefrontal cortex (cingulate, prelimbic, infralimbic). Our results in this PD rat model uniquely highlight the breadth of functional reorganizations in motor and limbic circuits following lesion and long-term, aerobic exercise, and provide a framework for understanding the neural substrates underlying exercise-based neurorehabilitation.
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- Zhuo Wang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Beeler JA, Petzinger G, Jakowec MW. The Enemy within: Propagation of Aberrant Corticostriatal Learning to Cortical Function in Parkinson's Disease. Front Neurol 2013; 4:134. [PMID: 24062721 PMCID: PMC3770942 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Motor dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease is believed to arise primarily from pathophysiology in the dorsal striatum and its related corticostriatal and thalamostriatal circuits during progressive dopamine denervation. One function of these circuits is to provide a filter that selectively facilitates or inhibits cortical activity to optimize cortical processing, making motor responses rapid and efficient. Corticostriatal synaptic plasticity mediates the learning that underlies this performance-optimizing filter. Under dopamine denervation, corticostriatal plasticity is altered, resulting in aberrant learning that induces inappropriate basal ganglia filtering that impedes rather than optimizes cortical processing. Human imaging suggests that increased cortical activity may compensate for striatal dysfunction in PD patients. In this Perspective article, we consider how aberrant learning at corticostriatal synapses may impair cortical processing and learning and undermine potential cortical compensatory mechanisms. Blocking or remediating aberrant corticostriatal plasticity may protect cortical function and support cortical compensatory mechanisms mitigating the functional decline associated with progressive dopamine denervation.
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- Jeff A Beeler
- Department of Psychology, Queens College, City University of New York , New York, NY , USA
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Wyatt LR, Godar SC, Khoja S, Jakowec MW, Alkana RL, Bortolato M, Davies DL. Sociocommunicative and sensorimotor impairments in male P2X4-deficient mice. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013; 38:1993-2002. [PMID: 23604007 PMCID: PMC3746707 DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 04/08/2013] [Accepted: 04/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Purinergic P2X receptors are a family of ligand-gated ion channels gated by extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP). Of the seven P2X subtypes, P2X4 receptors (P2X4Rs) are richly expressed in the brain, yet their role in behavioral organization remains poorly understood. In this study, we examined the behavioral responses of P2X4R heterozygous (HZ) and knockout (KO) mice in a variety of testing paradigms designed to assess complementary aspects of sensory functions, emotional reactivity, and cognitive organization. P2X4R deficiency did not induce significant alterations of locomotor activity and anxiety-related indices in the novel open field and elevated plus-maze tests. Conversely, P2X4R KO mice displayed marked deficits in acoustic startle reflex amplitude, as well as significant sensorimotor gating impairments, as assessed by the prepulse inhibition of the startle. In addition, P2X4R KO mice displayed enhanced tactile sensitivity, as signified by a lower latency in the sticky-tape removal test. Moreover, both P2X4R HZ and KO mice showed significant reductions in social interaction and maternal separation-induced ultrasonic vocalizations in pups. Notably, brain regions of P2X4R KO mice exhibited significant brain-regional alterations in the subunit composition of glutamate ionotropic receptors. These results collectively document that P2X4-deficient mice exhibit a spectrum of phenotypic abnormalities partially akin to those observed in other murine models of autism-spectrum disorder. In conclusion, our findings highlight a putative role of P2X4Rs in the regulation of perceptual and sociocommunicative functions and point to these receptors as putative targets for disturbances associated with neurodevelopmental disorders.
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- Letisha R Wyatt
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Kintz N, Petzinger GM, Akopian G, Ptasnik S, Williams C, Jakowec MW, Walsh JP. Exercise modifies α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor expression in striatopallidal neurons in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse. J Neurosci Res 2013; 91:1492-507. [PMID: 23918451 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2013] [Revised: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic-acid-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) plays a critical role in modulating experience-dependent neuroplasticity, and alterations in AMPAR expression may underlie synaptic dysfunction and disease pathophysiology. Using the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of dopamine (DA) depletion, our previous work showed exercise increases total GluA2 subunit expression and the contribution of GluA2-containing channels in MPTP mice. The purpose of this study was to determine whether exercise-dependent changes in AMPAR expression after MPTP are specific to the striatopallidal (D2 R) or striatonigral (D1 R) medium spiny neuron (MSN) striatal projection pathways. Drd2 -eGFP-BAC transgenic mice were used to delineate differences in AMPAR expression between striatal D2 R-MSNs and D1 R-MSNs. Striatal AMPAR expression was assessed by immunohistochemical (IHC) staining, Western immunoblotting (WB) of preparations enriched for postsynaptic density (PSD), and alterations in the current-voltage relationship of MSNs. We found DA depletion results in the emergence of GluA2-lacking AMPARs selectively in striatopallidal D2 R-MSNs and that exercise reverses this effect in MPTP mice. Exercise-induced changes in AMPAR channels observed after DA depletion were associated with alterations in GluA1 and GluA2 subunit expression in postsynaptic protein, D2 R-MSN cell surface expression, and restoration of corticostriatal plasticity. Mechanisms regulating experience-dependent changes in AMPAR expression may provide innovative therapeutic targets to increase the efficacy of treatments for basal ganglia disorders, including Parkinson's disease.
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- N Kintz
- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Petzinger GM, Fisher BE, McEwen S, Beeler JA, Walsh JP, Jakowec MW. Exercise-enhanced neuroplasticity targeting motor and cognitive circuitry in Parkinson's disease. Lancet Neurol 2013; 12:716-26. [PMID: 23769598 PMCID: PMC3690528 DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(13)70123-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 459] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Exercise interventions in individuals with Parkinson's disease incorporate goal-based motor skill training to engage cognitive circuitry important in motor learning. With this exercise approach, physical therapy helps with learning through instruction and feedback (reinforcement) and encouragement to perform beyond self-perceived capability. Individuals with Parkinson's disease become more cognitively engaged with the practice and learning of movements and skills that were previously automatic and unconscious. Aerobic exercise, regarded as important for improvement of blood flow and facilitation of neuroplasticity in elderly people, might also have a role in improvement of behavioural function in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Exercises that incorporate goal-based training and aerobic activity have the potential to improve both cognitive and automatic components of motor control in individuals with mild to moderate disease through experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Basic research in animal models of Parkinson's disease is beginning to show exercise-induced neuroplastic effects at the level of synaptic connections and circuits.
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- Giselle M Petzinger
- Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Akopian G, Crawford C, Petzinger G, Jakowec MW, Walsh JP. Brief mitochondrial inhibition causes lasting changes in motor behavior and corticostriatal synaptic physiology in the Fischer 344 rat. Neuroscience 2012; 215:149-59. [PMID: 22554779 PMCID: PMC3371111 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.04.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2012] [Revised: 04/19/2012] [Accepted: 04/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The striatum is particularly vulnerable to mitochondrial dysfunction and this problem is linked to pathology created by environmental neurotoxins, stimulants like amphetamine, and metabolic disease and ischemia. We studied the course of recovery following a single systemic injection of the mitochondrial complex II inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) and found 3-NP caused lasting changes in motor behavior that were associated with altered activity-dependent plasticity at corticostriatal synapses in Fischer 344 rats. The changes in synapse behavior varied with the time after exposure to the 3-NP injection. The earliest time point studied, 24h after 3-NP, revealed 3-NP-induced an exaggeration of D1 Dopamine (DA) receptor dependent long-term potentiation (LTP) that reversed to normal by 48 h post-3-NP exposure. Thereafter, the likelihood and degree of inducing D2 DA receptor dependent long-term depression (LTD) gradually increased, relative to saline controls, peaking at 1 month after the 3-NP exposure. NMDA receptor binding did not change over the same post 3-NP time points. These data indicate even brief exposure to 3-NP can have lasting behavioral effects mediated by changes in the way DA and glutamate synapses interact.
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- G Akopian
- Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191, USA
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Antzoulatos E, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM, Wood RI. MPTP Neurotoxicity and Testosterone Induce Dendritic Remodeling of Striatal Medium Spiny Neurons in the C57Bl/6 Mouse. Parkinsons Dis 2011; 2011:138471. [PMID: 21765998 PMCID: PMC3134993 DOI: 10.4061/2011/138471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Nigrostriatal damage is increased in males relative to females. While estrogen is neuroprotective in females, less is known about potential protective effects of testosterone in males. We determined if castration enhances neuronal injury to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). Castrates or sham-castrated mice were sacrificed 1 week following injection of MPTP (4 × 20 mg/kg) or saline (n = 11-12/group). The right striatum was immunostained for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). The left hemisphere was stained by Golgi Cox to quantify neuronal morphology in medium spiny neurons (MSNs) of the dorsolateral striatum. MPTP reduced TH, but there was no effect of castration and no interaction. For MSN dendritic morphology, MPTP decreased the highest branch order and increased spine density on 2nd-order dendrites. Castrated males had shorter 5th-order dendrites. However, there was no interaction between gonadal status and MPTP. Thus, castration and MPTP exert nonoverlapping effects on MSN morphology with castration acting on distal dendrites and MPTP acting proximally.
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- Eleni Antzoulatos
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Vučković MG, Li Q, Fisher B, Nacca A, Leahy RM, Walsh JP, Mukherjee J, Williams C, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM. Exercise elevates dopamine D2 receptor in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease: in vivo imaging with [¹⁸F]fallypride. Mov Disord 2011; 25:2777-84. [PMID: 20960487 DOI: 10.1002/mds.23407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The purpose of the current study was to examine changes in dopamine D2 receptor (DA-D2R) expression within the basal ganglia of MPTP mice subjected to intensive treadmill exercise. Using Western immunoblotting analysis of synaptoneurosomes and in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging employing the DA-D2R specific ligand [¹⁸F]fallypride, we found that high intensity treadmill exercise led to an increase in striatal DA-D2R expression that was most pronounced in MPTP compared to saline treated mice. Exercise-induced changes in the DA-D2R in the dopamine-depleted basal ganglia are consistent with the potential role of this receptor in modulating medium spiny neurons (MSNs) function and behavioral recovery. Importantly, findings from this study support the rationale for using PET imaging with [¹⁸F]fallypride to examine DA-D2R changes in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) undergoing high-intensity treadmill training.
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- Marta G Vučković
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Petzinger GM, Fisher BE, Akopian G, Holschneider DP, Wood R, Walsh JP, Lund B, Meshul C, Vuckovic M, Jakowec MW. The role of exercise in facilitating basal ganglia function in Parkinson's disease. Neurodegener Dis Manag 2011; 1:157-170. [PMID: 23805167 PMCID: PMC3691073 DOI: 10.2217/nmt.11.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Epidemiological and clinical studies have suggested that exercise is beneficial for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Through research in normal (noninjured) animals, neuroscientists have begun to understand the mechanisms in the brain by which behavioral training and exercise facilitates improvement in motor behavior through modulation of neuronal function and structure, called experience-dependent neuroplasticity. Recent studies are beginning to reveal molecules and downstream signaling pathways that are regulated during exercise and motor learning in animal models of PD and that are important in driving protective and/or adaptive changes in neuronal connections of the basal ganglia and related circuitry. These molecules include the neurotransmitters dopamine and glutamate (and their respective receptors) as well as neurotrophic factors (brain-derived neurotrophic factor). In parallel, human exercise studies have been important in revealing 'proof of concept' including examining the types and parameters of exercise that are important for behavioral/functional improvements and brain changes; the feasibility of incorporating and maintaining an exercise program in individuals with motor disability; and, importantly, the translation and investigation of exercise effects observed in animal studies to exercise effects on brain and behavior in individuals with PD. In this article we highlight findings from both animal and human exercise studies that provide insight into brain changes of the basal ganglia and its related circuitry and that support potentially key parameters of exercise that may lead to long-term benefit and disease modification in PD. In addition, we discuss the current and future impact on patient care and point out gaps in our knowledge where continuing research is needed. Elucidation of exercise parameters important in driving neuroplasticity, as well as the accompanying mechanisms that underlie experience-dependent neuroplasticity may also provide insights towards new therapeutic targets, including neurorestorative and/or neuroprotective agents, for individuals with PD and related neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Giselle M Petzinger
- The George & MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Department of Neurology, MCA-241, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
- Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Cell & Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- The George & MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Department of Neurology, MCA-241, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University/ VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, CA, USA
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- The George & MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Department of Neurology, MCA-241, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- The George & MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson’s Disease Research, Department of Neurology, MCA-241, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
- Division of Biokinesiology & Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Cell & Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Crawford CA, Akopian G, Ring J, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM, Andersen JK, Vittozzi-Wong P, Wang K, Farley CM, Charntikov S, Mitroi D, Beal MF, Chow R, Walsh JP. Acute and long-term response of dopamine nigrostriatal synapses to a single, low-dose episode of 3-nitropropionic acid-mediated chemical hypoxia. Synapse 2010; 65:339-50. [PMID: 20730800 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The goal of the present investigation was to determine the persistence of striatal (DA) dopaminergic dysfunction after a mild chemically induced hypoxic event in Fisher 344 rats. To this end, we gave a single injection of the mitochondrial complex II inhibitor 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP; 16.5 mg/kg, i.p.) to 2-month old male F344 rats and measured various indices of striatal DA functioning and lipid peroxidation over a 3-month span. Separate groups of rats were used to measure rod walking, evoked DA release, DA content, malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation, DA receptor binding, and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activity. The results showed that 3-NP exposure reduced most measures of DA functioning including motoric ability, DA release, and D(2) receptor densities for 1 to 3 months postdrug administration. Interestingly, DA content was reduced 1 week after 3-NP exposure, but rose to 147% of control values 1 month after 3-NP treatment. MDA accumulation, a measure of lipid peroxidation activity, was increased 24 h and 1 month after 3-NP treatment. 3-NP did not affect TH activity, suggesting that alterations in DA functioning were not the result of nigrostriatal terminal loss. These data demonstrate that a brief mild hypoxic episode caused by 3-NP exposure has long-term detrimental effects on the functioning of the nigrostriatal DA system.
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- Cynthia A Crawford
- Department of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino, California 92407, USA.
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Petzinger GM, Fisher BE, Van Leeuwen JE, Vukovic M, Akopian G, Meshul CK, Holschneider DP, Nacca A, Walsh JP, Jakowec MW. Enhancing neuroplasticity in the basal ganglia: the role of exercise in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2010; 25 Suppl 1:S141-5. [PMID: 20187247 DOI: 10.1002/mds.22782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Epidemiological and clinical trials have suggested that exercise is beneficial for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the underlying mechanisms and potential for disease modification are currently unknown. This review presents current findings from our laboratories in patients with PD and animal models. The data indicate that alterations in both dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission, induced by activity-dependent (exercise) processes, may mitigate the cortically driven hyper-excitability in the basal ganglia normally observed in the parkinsonian state. These insights have potential to identify novel therapeutic treatments capable of reversing or delaying disease progression in PD.
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- Giselle M Petzinger
- The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
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Gorton LM, Vuckovic MG, Vertelkina N, Petzinger GM, Jakowec MW, Wood RI. Exercise effects on motor and affective behavior and catecholamine neurochemistry in the MPTP-lesioned mouse. Behav Brain Res 2010; 213:253-62. [PMID: 20472000 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2010] [Revised: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 05/06/2010] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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This study used 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6,-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) in mice to determine if exercise improves behavior and dopamine (DA) and serotonin (5HT) content. Male C57BL/6 mice received MPTP (4 x 20mg/kg) or saline. They remained sedentary or exercised by treadmill or voluntary running wheel for 6 weeks (n=8/group). Saline-treated mice ran significantly faster on running wheels (22.8+/-1.0m/min) than on treadmill (8.5+/-0.5m/min), and MPTP lesion did not reduce voluntary exercise (19.3+/-1.5m/min, p>0.05). There was a significant effect of both lesion and exercise on overall Rotarod performance (ORP): MPTP lesion reduced ORP, while treadmill exercise increased ORP vs sedentary mice (p<0.05). MPTP increased anxiety in the marble-burying test: sedentary lesioned mice buried more marbles (74.0+/-5.2%) than sedentary controls (34.8+/-11.8%, p<0.05). Conversely, exercise reduced anxiety on the elevated plus maze. Among saline-treated mice, those exposed to voluntary wheel-running showed an increased percent of open arm entries (49.8+/-3.5%, p<0.05) relative to sedentary controls (36.2+/-4.0%, p<0.05). Neither MPTP nor exercise altered symptoms of depression measured by sucrose preference or tail suspension. MPTP significantly reduced DA in striatum (in sedentary lesioned mice to 42.1+/-3.0% of saline controls), and lowered 5HT in amygdala and striatum (in sedentary lesioned mice to 86.1+/-4.1% and 66.5+/-8.2% of saline controls, respectively); exercise had no effect. Thus, exercise improves behavior in a model of DA depletion, without changes in DA or 5HT.
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- Lori M Gorton
- Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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VanLeeuwen JE, Petzinger GM, Walsh JP, Akopian GK, Vuckovic M, Jakowec MW. Altered AMPA receptor expression with treadmill exercise in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse model of basal ganglia injury. J Neurosci Res 2010; 88:650-68. [PMID: 19746427 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Dopamine depletion leads to impaired motor performance and increased glutamatergic-mediated hyperexcitability of medium spiny neurons in the basal ganglia. Intensive treadmill exercise improves motor performance in both saline treatment and the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) mouse model of Parkinson's disease. In the present study, we investigated the effect of high-intensity treadmill exercise on changes in alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor (AMPAR) subunit expression, because these receptor channels confer the majority of fast excitatory neurotransmission in the brain, and their subunit composition provides a key mechanism for regulating synaptic strength and synaptic neuroplasticity and is important in modulating glutamatergic neurotransmission. Within the dorsolateral striatum of MPTP mice, treadmill exercise increased GluR2 subunit expression, with no significant effect on GluR1. Furthermore, neurophysiological studies demonstrated a reduction in the size of excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) in striatal medium spiny neurons (as determined by the input-output relationship), reduced amplitude of spontaneous EPSCs, and a loss of polyamine-sensitive inward rectification, all supportive of an increase in heteromeric AMPAR channels containing the GluR2 subunit. Phosphorylation of GluR2 at serine 880 in both saline-treated and MPTP mice suggests that exercise may also influence AMPAR trafficking and thus synaptic strength within the striatum. Finally, treadmill exercise also altered flip isoforms of GluR2 and GluR1 mRNA transcripts. These findings suggest a role for AMPARs in mediating the beneficial effects of exercise and support the idea that adaptive changes in GluR2 subunit expression may be important in modulating experience-dependent neuroplasticity of the injured basal ganglia.
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- Jon-Eric VanLeeuwen
- Department of Neurology, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Antzoulatos E, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM, Wood RI. Sex differences in motor behavior in the MPTP mouse model of Parkinson's disease. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2010; 95:466-72. [PMID: 20347863 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2010.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Sex differences in Parkinson's disease (PD) have been reported in humans and rodent models, with a higher incidence in men and increased severity in male rodents. The current study examined sex differences and the effects of gonadal steroid hormones in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned mouse model of PD. Male (n=51) and female (n=50) mice were gonadectomized and received physiologic replacement with testosterone or estrogen (Experiment 1), or no hormones (Experiment 2). Two weeks later, mice received either MPTP (10 mg/kg per day for 5 days) or saline. Higher doses killed female mice. Mice were tested one week after MPTP for motor performance using rotarod, pole and gait tests. In hormone-treated mice, males significantly outperformed females in all three tests (p<0.05). Compared with females, males had a greater overall rotarod performance (ORP: 1317.1+/-98.3 vs. 988.1+/-95.6), descended a pole faster (7.1+/-0.6 vs. 9.6+/-0.7s), and had longer stride lengths (hindlimb 7.3+/-0.1 vs. 6.8+/-0.1cm). By contrast, ovariectomized female mice receiving saline outperformed castrated males on the rotarod (1296.6+/-83.3 vs. 811.2+/-113.7, p<0.05) and descended a pole faster (9.7+/-2.0 vs. 15.6+/-1.9s, p<0.05). MPTP significantly impaired ORP (p<0.05) in hormone-treated males (703.7+/-65.5) and females (432.8+/-88.6, p<0.05). After MPTP, stride length was selectively decreased in males (hindlimb 6.6+/-0.1 cm, p<0.05), and pole test performance was unimpaired in either sex. After gonadectomy, MPTP did not decrease motor performance in males (p>0.05) but significantly reduced ORP in females (975.9+/-110.3 vs. saline females, p<0.05). Our results show that small, chronic doses of MPTP produce subtle, sexually-dimorphic impairments in motor performance, but without a loss of tyrosine hydroxylase-positive neurons in the substantia nigra. In gonadectomized mice, this sex difference is reversed.
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- Eleni Antzoulatos
- University of Southern California, Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Petzinger GM, Walsh JP, Akopian G, Hogg E, Abernathy A, Arevalo P, Turnquist P, Vučković M, Fisher BE, Togasaki DM, Jakowec MW. Effects of treadmill exercise on dopaminergic transmission in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse model of basal ganglia injury. J Neurosci 2007; 27:5291-300. [PMID: 17507552 PMCID: PMC6672356 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1069-07.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Studies have suggested that there are beneficial effects of exercise in patients with Parkinson's disease, but the underlying molecular mechanisms responsible for these effects are poorly understood. Studies in rodent models provide a means to examine the effects of exercise on dopaminergic neurotransmission. Using intensive treadmill exercise, we determined changes in striatal dopamine in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned mouse. C57BL/6J mice were divided into four groups: (1) saline, (2) saline plus exercise, (3) MPTP, and (4) MPTP plus exercise. Exercise was started 5 d after MPTP lesioning and continued for 28 d. Treadmill running improved motor velocity in both exercise groups. All exercised animals also showed increased latency to fall (improved balance) using the accelerating rotarod compared with nonexercised mice. Using HPLC, we found no difference in striatal dopamine tissue levels between MPTP plus exercise compared with MPTP mice. There was an increase detected in saline plus exercise mice. Analyses using fast-scan cyclic voltammetry showed increased stimulus-evoked release and a decrease in decay of dopamine in the dorsal striatum of MPTP plus exercise mice only. Immunohistochemical staining analysis of striatal tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine transporter proteins showed decreased expression in MPTP plus exercise mice compared with MPTP mice. There were no differences in mRNA transcript expression in midbrain dopaminergic neurons between these two groups. However, there was diminished transcript expression in saline plus exercise compared with saline mice. Our findings suggest that the benefits of treadmill exercise on motor performance may be accompanied by changes in dopaminergic neurotransmission that are different in the injured (MPTP-lesioned) compared with the noninjured (saline) nigrostriatal system.
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- Giselle M. Petzinger
- Department of Neurology
- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033
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- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033
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- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033
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- Department of Neurology
- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, The George and MaryLou Boone Center for Parkinson's Disease Research, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033
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Lund BT, Chakryan Y, Ashikian N, Mnatsakanyan L, Bevan CJ, Aguilera R, Gallaher T, Jakowec MW. Association of MBP peptides with Hsp70 in normal appearing human white matter. J Neurol Sci 2006; 249:122-34. [PMID: 16842822 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.05.066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Revised: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 05/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease directed against myelin proteins. The etiology of MS is poorly defined though, with no definitive causative agent yet identified. It has been hypothesized that MS may be a multifactorial disease resulting in the same end product: the destruction of myelin by the immune system. In this report we describe a potential role for heat shock proteins in the pathogenesis of MS. We isolated Hsp70 from the normal appearing white matter of both MS and normal human brain and found this was actively associated with, among other things, immunodominant MBP peptides. Hsp70-MBP peptide complexes prepared in vitro were shown to be highly immunogenic, with adjuvant-like effects stimulating MBP peptide-specific T cell lines to respond to normally sub-optimal concentrations of peptide. This demonstration of a specific interaction between Hsp70 and different MBP peptides, coupled with the adjuvanticity of this association is suggestive of a possible role for Hsp70 in the immunopathology associated with MS.
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- Brett T Lund
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, McKibben Annex, Room 246, 1333 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, California 90033, United States.
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Petzinger GM, Fisher B, Hogg E, Abernathy A, Arevalo P, Nixon K, Jakowec MW. Behavioral motor recovery in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus): Changes in striatal dopamine and expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine transporter proteins. J Neurosci Res 2006; 83:332-47. [PMID: 16385585 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The neurotoxicant 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) provides an excellent opportunity to study repair and response to injury in the basal ganglia. Administration to mammals leads to the destruction of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons and depletion of striatal dopamine. In the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus), MPTP-lesioning results in parkinsonian motor symptoms including bradykinesia, postural instability, and rigidity. Over time animals display motor behavioral recovery. To better understand this mechanism we employed a lesioning regimen of two or six subcutaneous injections of MPTP (2.0 mg/kg, free-base) to generate mild or moderate parkinsonism. Brain tissue was harvested at 6 weeks or 9 months after the last injection and analyzed for dopamine and its metabolites by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), and by immunohistochemical staining and Western immunoblotting for the expression of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), dopamine transporter (DAT), and dopamine- and cAMP-responsive protein phosphatase of 32 kDa (DARPP-32), an effector molecule enriched in striatal medium spiny neurons. Several months after MPTP-lesioning, when squirrel monkeys displayed full motor behavioral recovery, striatal dopamine levels remained low with a greater return in the ventral striatum. This finding is consistent with other reports using neurotoxicant-lesioning models of the basal ganglia in rodents and other species of nonhuman primates. Elevated dopamine turnover ratio and decreased DAT expression appeared in early behavioral recovery at the 6-week time point in both mild- and moderate-parkinsonian monkeys. Tyrosine hydroxylase and DAT expression was increased in late stage recovery even within dopamine-depleted regions and supports sprouting. Altered DARPP-32 expression suggests a role of medium spiny neurons in recovery.
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- Giselle M Petzinger
- George and MaryLou Boone Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Hughes-Davis EJ, Cogen JP, Jakowec MW, Cheng HW, Grenningloh G, Meshul CK, McNeill TH. Differential regulation of the growth-associated proteins GAP-43 and superior cervical ganglion 10 in response to lesions of the cortex and substantia nigra in the adult rat. Neuroscience 2005; 135:1231-9. [PMID: 16165289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Investigation of the elements underlying synapse replacement after brain injury is essential for predicting the neural compensation that can be achieved after various types of damage. The growth-associated proteins superior cervical ganglion-10 and growth-associated protein-43 have previously been linked with structural changes in the corticostriatal system in response to unilateral deafferentation. To examine the regulation of this response, unilateral cortical aspiration lesion was carried out in combination with ipsilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion of the substantia nigra, and the time course of the contralateral cortical molecular response was followed. Unilateral cortical aspiration lesion in rats corresponds with an upregulation of superior cervical ganglion-10 mRNA at 3 and 10 days post-lesion, and protein, sustained from three to at least 27 days following lesion. With the addition of substantia nigra lesion, the response shifts to an upregulation of growth-associated protein-43 mRNA at 3 and 10 days post-lesion, and protein after 10 days. Nigral lesion alone does not alter contralateral expression of either gene. Likewise, motor function assessment using the rotorod test revealed no significant long-term deficits in animals that sustained only nigrostriatal damage, but cortical lesion was associated with a temporary deficit which was sustained when nigrostriatal input was also removed. Growth-associated protein-43 and superior cervical ganglion-10, two presynaptic genes that are postulated to play roles in lesion-induced sprouting, are differentially upregulated in corticostriatal neurons after cortical versus combined cortical/nigral lesions. The shift in contralateral gene response from superior cervical ganglion-10 to growth-associated protein-43 upregulation and associated behavioral deficit following combined cortical and nigral denervation suggest that nigrostriatal afferents regulate cortical lesion-induced gene expression and ultimate functional outcome.
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- E J Hughes-Davis
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Shakil SS, Holmer HK, Moore C, Abernathy AT, Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM, Meshul CK. High and low responders to novelty show differential effects in striatal glutamate. Synapse 2005; 58:200-7. [PMID: 16138315 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The goal of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in glutamate within the dorsolateral striatum in mice exhibiting either a high (HR) or low (LR) locomotor response to a novel environment. The number of line crossings over a 30-min-period when the mice were placed in a novel environment was determined, and those mice for which the values were above the mean were in the HR group and those with the values below the mean were in the LR group. In vivo microdialysis was carried out to determine the basal extracellular level of striatal glutamate, and the contralateral striatum was taken to measure the density of glutamate immunolabeling within nerve terminals making an asymmetrical (excitatory) synaptic contact using quantitative immuno-gold electron microscopy. There was a statistically significant difference (35%) in the basal extracellular level of striatal glutamate between the HR and LR groups, with the HR group having a lower level, compared with that of the LR group. There was a 25% difference in the density of nerve terminal glutamate immuno-gold labeling associated with the synaptic vesicle pool in the HR, compared with that in the LR group, but this difference was not statistically significant. There was no change in the basal extracellular level of striatal dopamine between the two groups, but there was a statistically significant difference (73%) in the basal turnover ratio of striatal dopamine and its metabolites in the HR, compared with that in the LR group. The data suggests that the difference in extracellular striatal glutamate between the HR and LR groups is not due to an alteration in basal extracellular dopamine but could be due to an increase in dopamine turnover.
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- Saate S Shakil
- Research Services, Neurocytology Lab, V.A. Medical Center, Portland, OR 97239
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Jakowec MW, Petzinger GM. 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned model of parkinson's disease, with emphasis on mice and nonhuman primates. Comp Med 2004; 54:497-513. [PMID: 15575363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023]
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Animal models play a critical role in our understanding of the cause of human diseases and provide an opportunity to evaluate new therapeutic treatments. The usefulness of an animal model is dependent, in part, on how closely it resembles neurochemical, neuropathologic, and behavioral features of the human condition. Other considerations that may enhance the value of a model include expense, availability, reproducibility, animal morbidity and mortality, and investigator experience. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by slow movements, tremor, and walking impairment due to loss of midbrain nigrostriatal neurons and depletion of striatal dopamine. In the PD research field, a number of neurotoxic, pharmacologic, and transgenic animal models are available for research studies. We will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned mouse and nonhuman primate models of PD. Our goal is to guide researchers in the appropriateness of the MPTP models in their studies by balancing understanding of the models, objectives of the study, and health and safety of the animals. In addition, the technical use and safe handling of MPTP are discussed.
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- Michael W Jakowec
- The George and MaryLou Boone Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Research Center Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Fisher BE, Petzinger GM, Nixon K, Hogg E, Bremmer S, Meshul CK, Jakowec MW. Exercise-induced behavioral recovery and neuroplasticity in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse basal ganglia. J Neurosci Res 2004; 77:378-90. [PMID: 15248294 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Physical activity has been shown to be neuroprotective in lesions affecting the basal ganglia. Using a treadmill exercise paradigm, we investigated the effect of exercise on neurorestoration. The 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned mouse model provides a means to investigate the effect of exercise on neurorestoration because 30-40% of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons survive MPTP lesioning and may provide a template for neurorestoration to occur. MPTP-lesioned C57 BL/6J mice were administered MPTP (four injections of 20 mg/kg free-base, 2 hr apart) or saline and divided into the following groups: (1). saline; (2). saline + exercise; (3). MPTP; and (4) MPTP + exercise. Mice in exercise groups were run on a motorized treadmill for 30 days starting 4 days after MPTP lesioning (a period after which MPTP-induced cell death is complete). Initially, MPTP-lesioned + exercise mice ran at slower speeds for a shorter amount of time compared to saline + exercise mice. Both velocity and endurance improved in the MPTP + exercise group to near normal levels over the 30-day exercise period. The expression of proteins and genes involved in basal ganglia function including the dopamine transporter (DAT), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and the dopamine D1 and D2 receptors, as well as alterations on glutamate immunolabeling were determined. Exercise resulted in a significant downregulation of striatal DAT in the MPTP + exercise compared to MPTP nonexercised mice and to a lesser extent in the saline + exercised mice compared to their no-exercise counterparts. There was no significant difference in TH protein levels between MPTP and MPTP + exercise groups at the end of the study. The expression of striatal dopamine D1 and D2 receptor mRNA transcript was suppressed in the saline + exercise group; however, dopamine D2 transcript expression was increased in the MPTP + exercise mice. Immunoelectron microscopy indicated that treadmill exercise reversed the lesioned-induced increase in nerve terminal glutamate immunolabeling seen after MPTP administration. Our data demonstrates that exercise promotes behavioral recovery in the injured brain by modulating genes and proteins important to basal ganglia function.
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- Beth E Fisher
- Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
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Jakowec MW, Nixon K, Hogg E, McNeill T, Petzinger GM. Tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine transporter expression following 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced neurodegeneration of the mouse nigrostriatal pathway. J Neurosci Res 2004; 76:539-50. [PMID: 15114626 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Administration of the neurotoxicant 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) to C57BL/6 mice targets nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, leading to cell death and the depletion of striatal dopamine. After MPTP lesioning in young adult mice, surviving nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons display robust and reproducible return of striatal dopamine weeks to months after injury. Thus, the mouse provides an excellent model with which to investigate the mechanisms underlying neuroplasticity of the nigrostriatal system following neurotoxic injury. The purpose of this study was to analyze proteins and mRNA transcripts of genes involved in dopamine biosynthesis (tyrosine hydroxylase; TH) and uptake (dopamine transporter; DAT) with regard to time course (7-90 days) after MPTP lesioning. Molecular analysis using immunohistochemistry and Western immunoblotting techniques demonstrated an increase in striatal TH by 30-60 days postlesioning that returned to near-control (prelesioned) levels by 60-90 days. In situ hybridization histochemistry indicated that this increase in TH protein might be due in part to increased TH mRNA expression in surviving nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Analysis of TH protein at 7, 30, 60, and 90 days postlesioning with two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in conjunction with Western immunoblotting revealed altered TH protein isoforms migrating at isoelectric points different from those of the native isoform. In contrast to TH protein, which returned to prelesioned levels by 60 days, DAT protein analysis showed that increased expression of striatal DAT protein did not return to near-prelesion levels until 90 days postlesioning. These results suggest that TH and DAT may differ in their time course of expression in surviving dopaminergic neurons and may play a role in mediating the return of striatal dopamine.
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- Michael W Jakowec
- Department of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA.
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Human neural stem cells have exhibited a remarkable versatility to respond to environmental signals. Their characterization in models of neurotoxic injury may provide insight into human disease treatment paradigms. This study investigates the survival and migration of transplanted human stem cells and tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the parkinsonian 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-lesioned mouse model, using antisera recognizing human nuclear protein (hNuc) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH). Our results indicate long-term (up to 90 days) survival of human stem cell xenograft in the MPTP-lesioned mouse and the presence of hNuc-immunoreactive cells at sites distal to the transplant core. Few TH-positive cells are identified in the striatum by immunoperoxidase staining and using immunofluorescent double labeling, infrequent TH-immunoreactive, transplanted cells are identified.
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- Mark A Liker
- Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90033, USA.
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