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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Inhibition of Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1) signaling in the striatum reverts motor symptoms associated with L-dopa-induced dyskinesia.

Stefania Fasano, Erwan Bezard, Angela D'Antoni, Veronica Francardo, Marzia Indrigo, Li Qin, Sandra Doveró, Milica Cerovic, M Angela Cenci, Riccardo Brambilla

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Signaling and Pharmacology of the Dopamine D1 Receptor.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021
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  2. Indirect Striatal Projection Neurons Drive a D2 Receptor-Dependent Pathway to Dyskinesia and Dystonia.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Stefania FasanoBasal Ganglia Pathophysiology Unit, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, BMC F11, Lund 221 84, Sweden.
Erwan Bezard
Angela D'Antoni
Veronica Francardo
Marzia Indrigo
Li Qin
Sandra Doveró
Milica Cerovic
M Angela Cenci
Riccardo Brambilla
Cardiff University · GBInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives · FRLund University · SENeuroscience Institute · ITInstitute of Laboratory Animal Science · CNSan Raffaele University of Rome · IT

Funding

Parkinson's UK G-0610Parkinson's UK G-1001Parkinson's UK J-1201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

L-dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) is a common debilitating complication of dopamine replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease. Recent evidence suggests that LID may be linked causally to a hyperactivation of the Ras-ERK signaling cascade in the basal ganglia. We set out to determine whether specific targeting of Ras-guanine nucleotide-releasing factor 1 (Ras-GRF1), a brain-specific activator of the Ras-ERK pathway, may provide a therapy for LID. On the rodent abnormal involuntary movements scale, Ras-GRF1-deficient mice were significantly resistant to the development of dyskinesia during chronic L-dopa treatment. Furthermore, in a nonhuman primate model of LID, lentiviral vectors expressing dominant negative forms of Ras-GRF1 caused a dramatic reversion of dyskinesia severity leaving intact the therapeutic effect of L-dopa. These data reveal the central role of Ras-GRF1 in governing striatal adaptations to dopamine replacement therapy and validate a viable treatment for LID based on intracellular signaling modulation.

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AnimalsCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalDyskinesia, Drug-InducedExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHumansLevodopaMiceMice, KnockoutNeuronsras-GRF1Signal TransductionExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesLevodoparas-GRF1

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PMID21115823
PMCPMC3003069
OpenAlexW1989475543

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