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ArticleBMC neuroscience2015

Overexpression of α-synuclein in oligodendrocytes does not increase susceptibility to focal striatal excitotoxicity.

Daniela Kuzdas-Wood, Lisa Fellner, Melanie Premstaller, Carlijn Borm, Bastiaan Bloem, Deniz Kirik, Gregor K Wenning, Nadia Stefanova

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Multiple system atrophy: pathogenic mechanisms and biomarkers.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2016
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Daniela Kuzdas-WoodDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innrain 66/G2, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. daniela.kuzdas@i-med.ac.at.
Lisa FellnerDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innrain 66/G2, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. lisa.fellner@i-med.ac.at.
Melanie PremstallerDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innrain 66/G2, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. Melanie.premstaller@student.i-med.ac.at.
Carlijn BormDepartment of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Carlijn.borm@gmail.com.
Bastiaan BloemDepartment of Neurology, Parkinson Center Nijmegen (ParC), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. b.bloem@neuro.umcn.nl.
Deniz KirikDepartment of Experimental Medical Science, BMC D11, Brain Repair and Imaging in Neural Systems (BRAINS), Lund University, Klinikgatan 32, 22184, Lund, Sweden. deniz.kirik@med.lu.se.
Gregor K WenningDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innrain 66/G2, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. gregor.wenning@i-med.ac.at.
Nadia StefanovaDivision of Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innrain 66/G2, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria. nadia.stefanova@i-med.ac.at.
Innsbruck Medical University · ATRadboud University Medical Center · NLLund University · SEUniversität Innsbruck · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF F 4414Austrian Science Fund FWF P 25161
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal adult-onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by α-synuclein (α-syn) positive oligodendroglial cytoplasmic inclusions. The latter are associated with a neuronal multisystem neurodegeneration targeting central autonomic, olivopontocerebellar and striatonigral pathways, however the underlying mechanisms of neuronal cell death are poorly understood. Previous experiments have shown that oligodendroglial α-syn pathology increases the susceptibility to mitochondrial stress and proteasomal dysfunction leading to enhanced MSA-like neurodegeneration. Here we analyzed whether oligodendroglial α-syn overexpression in a transgenic mouse model of MSA synergistically interacts with focal neuronal excitotoxic damage generated by a striatal injection of quinolinic acid (QA) to affect the degree of striatal neuronal loss.

resultsQA injury led to comparable striatal neuronal loss and optical density of astro- and microgliosis in the striatum of transgenic and control mice. Respectively, no differences were identified in drug-induced rotation behavior or open field behavior between the groups.

conclusionsThe failure of oligodendroglial α-syn pathology to exacerbate striatal neuronal loss resulting from QA excitotoxicity contrasts with enhanced striatal neurodegeneration due to oxidative or proteolytic stress, suggesting that enhanced vulnerability to excitotoxicity does not occur in oligodendroglial α-synucleinopathy like MSA.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAnimalsCell DeathCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalGliosisHumansMice, TransgenicMultiple System AtrophyNeuronsOligodendrogliaQuinolinic Acidalpha-SynucleinQuinolinic AcidSNCA protein, human

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