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ArticleActa neuropathologica communications2019

Chronic nigral neuromodulation aggravates behavioral deficits and synaptic changes in an α-synuclein based rat model for Parkinson's disease.

Teresa Torre-Muruzabal, Jens Devoght, Chris Van den Haute, Bert Brône, Anke Van der Perren, Veerle Baekelandt

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Article in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Teresa Torre-MuruzabalKU Leuven, Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8003-5187
Jens DevoghtUHasselt, BIOMED, Hasselt, Belgium.
Chris Van den HauteKU Leuven, Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Leuven, Belgium.
Bert BrôneUHasselt, BIOMED, Hasselt, Belgium.
Anke Van der PerrenKU Leuven, Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Leuven, Belgium.
Veerle BaekelandtKU Leuven, Laboratory for Neurobiology and Gene Therapy, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven Brain Institute, Leuven, Belgium. veerle.baekelandt@kuleuven.be.
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research · BEHasselt University · BEAllen Institute for Brain Science · US

Funding

Onderzoeksraad, KU Leuven OT/14/120, C14/18/102Vlaamse Overheid G080517NVlaamse Overheid G.0927.14
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation of alpha-synuclein (α-SYN) is the pathological hallmark of several diseases named synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD), which is the most common neurodegenerative motor disorder. Alpha-SYN has been linked to synaptic function both in physiological and pathological conditions. However, the exact link between neuronal activity, α-SYN toxicity and disease progression in PD is not clear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of chronic neuromodulation in an α-SYN-based rat model for PD using chemogenetics. To do this, we expressed excitatory Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) combined with mutant A53T α-SYN, using two different recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors (serotypes 2/7 and 2/8) in rat substantia nigra (SN) and investigated the effect on motor behavior, synapses and neuropathology. We found that chronic neuromodulation aggravates motor deficits induced by α-SYN, without altering dopaminergic neurodegeneration. In addition, neuronal activation led to changes in post-translational modification and subcellular localization of α-SYN, linking neuronal activity to the pathophysiological role of α-SYN in PD.

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Action Potentialsalpha-SynucleinAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleNeuronsParkinson DiseaseRats, WistarSubstantia NigraSynapsesalpha-SynucleinDREADDsNeuronal activityParkinson’s diseaseα-Synuclein

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PMID31640762
PMCPMC6805517
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