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ArticleNature neuroscience2025

Hypoxia ameliorates neurodegeneration and movement disorder in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

Eizo Marutani, Maria Miranda, Timothy J Durham, Sharon H Kim, Dreson L Russell, Presli P Wiesenthal, Paul Lichtenegger, Marissa A Menard, Charlotte F Brzozowski, Haobo Li and 5 more

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Eizo MarutaniAnesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Maria MirandaHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0817-553X
Timothy J DurhamHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2056-4199
Sharon H KimHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Dreson L RussellCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-6808-4163
Presli P WiesenthalDepartment of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Paul LichteneggerAnesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3171-794X
Marissa A MenardCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0976-3448
Charlotte F BrzozowskiCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8871-2453
Haobo LiHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-7835
Gary RuvkunHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Joshua D MeiselHoward Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Laura Volpicelli-DaleyCenter for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Vamsi K Mootha *Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. vamsi@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9924-642X
Fumito Ichinose *Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research of the Department of Anesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. fichinose@mgh.harvard.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-1632

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM007753 · NIGMS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI WALENSKY, LOREN DAVID · 1985 to 2021
$50.0M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM144273 · NIGMS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI David Shumway Jones, Jacqueline A. Lees · 2022 to 2026
$14.7M
Preventing and Reversing Mitochondrial Leigh Syndrome with HypoxiaR01NS124679 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Vamsi Krishna Mootha · 2022 to 2026
$2.6M
Role of sulfide catabolism in ischemic brain injuryR01NS112373 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ICHINOSE, FUMITO · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Alpha-synuclein aggregate induced synapse loss is a pathological event contributing to Lewy body dementiasR56NS117465 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI VOLPICELLI-DALEY, LAURA A. · 2020 to 2020
$769k
Identification of genetic and environmental suppressors of mitochondrial dysfunctionR00GM140217 · NIGMS · BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY · PI Joshua Daniel Meisel · 2025 to 2026
$498k
Identification of genetic and environmental suppressors of mitochondrial dysfunctionK99GM140217 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MEISEL, JOSHUA DANIEL · 2021 to 2022
$200k
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) 431313887NIGMS NIH HHS K99 GM140217NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM140217NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007753NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM144273NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112373NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS124679NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS117465U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) K99GM140217U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM007753U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) T32GM144273U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R01NS124679U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R56NS117465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by inclusions of α-synuclein (α-syn) and mitochondrial dysfunction in dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Patients with PD anecdotally experience symptom improvement at high altitude; chronic hypoxia prevents the development of Leigh-like brain disease in mice with mitochondrial complex I deficiency. Here we report that intrastriatal injection of α-syn preformed fibrils (PFFs) in mice resulted in neurodegeneration and movement disorder, which were prevented by continuous exposure to 11% oxygen. Specifically, PFF-induced α-syn aggregation resulted in brain tissue hyperoxia, lipid peroxidation and DA neurodegeneration in the SNpc of mice breathing 21% oxygen, but not in those breathing 11% oxygen. This neuroprotective effect of hypoxia was also observed in Caenorhabditis elegans. Moreover, initiating hypoxia 6 weeks after PFF injection reversed motor dysfunction and halted further DA neurodegeneration. These results suggest that hypoxia may have neuroprotective effects downstream of α-syn aggregation in PD, even after symptom onset and neuropathological changes.

Indexed as

HypoxiaMovement DisordersNerve DegenerationParkinson Diseasealpha-SynucleinAnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansDisease Models, AnimalDopaminergic NeuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLalpha-Synuclein

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PMID40770507
PMCPMC12411263

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