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ArticleNeurobiology of disease2019

Trihexyphenidyl rescues the deficit in dopamine neurotransmission in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.

Anthony M Downs, Xueliang Fan, Christine Donsante, H A Jinnah, Ellen J Hess

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Article in Neurobiology of disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthony M DownsDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Xueliang FanDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Christine DonsanteDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
H A JinnahDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6300, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6300, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Ellen J HessDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, 101 Woodruff Circle, WMB 6304, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: ellen.hess@emory.edu.
Emory University · US

Funding

Graduate Training in the Pharmacological StudiesT32GM008602 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, RANDY A. · 1996 to 2021
$5.1M
Selective muscarinic receptor antagonists as therapeutics in dystoniaF31NS103363 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DOWNS, ANTHONY M · 2018 to 2020
$135k
NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008602NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS103363
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trihexyphenidyl, a nonselective muscarinic receptor antagonist, is the small molecule drug of choice for the treatment of DYT1 dystonia, but it is poorly tolerated due to significant side effects. A better understanding of the mechanism of action of trihexyphenidyl is needed for the development of improved treatments. Because DTY1 dystonia is associated with both abnormal cholinergic neurotransmission and abnormal dopamine regulation, we tested the hypothesis that trihexyphenidyl normalizes striatal dopamine release in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia using ex vivo fast scan cyclic voltammetry and in vivo microdialysis. Trihexyphenidyl increased striatal dopamine release and efflux as assessed by ex vivo voltammetry and in vivo microdialysis respectively. In contrast, ʟ-DOPA, which is not usually effective for the treatment of DYT1 dystonia, did not increase dopamine release in either Dyt1 or control mice. Trihexyphenidyl was less effective at enhancing dopamine release in Dyt1 mice relative to controls ex vivo (mean increase WT: 65% vs Dyt1: 35%). Trihexyphenidyl required nicotinic receptors but not glutamate receptors to increase dopamine release. Dyt1 mice were more sensitive to the dopamine release decreasing effects of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonism (IC

Indexed as

Dystonia Musculorum DeformansAnimalsCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalDopamineGene Knock-In TechniquesMiceMolecular ChaperonesMuscarinic AntagonistsReceptors, NicotinicSynaptic TransmissionTrihexyphenidylDopamineDyt1 protein, mouseMolecular ChaperonesMuscarinic AntagonistsReceptors, NicotinicTrihexyphenidylAcetylcholineFast scan cyclic voltammetryMicrodialysisMuscarinicNicotinic

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PMCPMC6863078
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