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ArticleClinical interventions in aging2013

NMDA receptor regulation of levodopa-induced behavior and changes in striatal G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 and β-arrestin-1 expression in parkinsonian rats.

Na Wu, Lu Song, Xinxin Yang, Weien Yuan, Zhenguo Liu

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Article in Clinical interventions in aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Na WuDepartment of Neurology, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Lu Song
Xinxin Yang
Weien Yuan
Zhenguo Liu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNXinHua Hospital · CN

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Abstract

backgroundParkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. The dopamine precursor, levodopa, remains the most effective and common treatment for this disorder. However, long-term administration of levodopa is known to induce characteristic dyskinesia, and molecular mechanisms underlying dyskinesia are poorly understood.

methodsIn this study, we investigated the effect of 6-hydroxydopamine lesions in dopaminergic neurons and chronic treatment with levodopa on expression of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 and β-arrestin-1, two key regulators of G protein-coupled receptors, in the rat striatum.

resultsWe found that a unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine lesion reduced expression of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 and β-arrestin-1 protein in the lesioned striatum. Reduction of these two proteins persisted in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats on chronic levodopa treatment for 23 days. In addition, coadministration of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, MK-801, and levodopa reversed the reduction of G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 and β-arrestin-1 in the striatum. MK-801 also attenuated levodopa-induced dyskinetic behavior.

conclusionThese data indicate that G protein-coupled receptor kinase 6 and β-arrestin-1 in striatal neurons are sensitive to dopamine depletion and are downregulated in rats with Parkinson's disease and in levodopa-treated rats with the disease. This downregulation seems to require activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors.

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Analysis of VarianceAnimalsAntiparkinson AgentsArrestinsBehavior, AnimalBlotting, WesternCorpus StriatumDown-RegulationDyskinesia, Drug-InducedG-Protein-Coupled Receptor KinasesLevodopaParkinson DiseaseRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateStatistics, NonparametricAntiparkinson AgentsArrestinsG-protein-coupled receptor kinase 6G-Protein-Coupled Receptor KinasesLevodopaReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartatedopamineG protein-coupled receptor kinase dyskinesiaG protein-coupled receptorslevodopalevodopa-induced dyskinesias

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PMID23569367
PMCPMC3615843
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