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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2025

Rotenone accelerates endogenous α-synuclein spreading and enhances neurodegeneration in an intra-striatal α-synuclein preformed fibril injected mouse model of Parkinson's disease.

Engila Khan, Nada Radwan, Mustafa T Ardah, Tohru Kitada, M Emdadul Haque

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Engila KhanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Nada RadwanDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Mustafa T ArdahDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Al-Ahliyya Amman University, Amman, Jordan.
Tohru KitadaOtawa-Kagaku, Parkinson Clinic and Research, Kamakura, Japan.
M Emdadul HaqueDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

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Abstract

Prominent histopathological features of Parkinson's disease (PD) include the presence of Lewy bodies, intra-neural protein aggregates mainly composed of α-synuclein (α-syn), and cell death of dopaminergic neurons. Epidemiological studies have revealed a correlation between exposure to environmental neurotoxins, such as rotenone, and an increased risk of developing PD. In this study, we evaluated the role of rotenone in α-syn spreading and accumulation, with the aim of developing a mouse model of accelerated PD. Human α-synuclein pre-formed fibrils (PFF) were injected into the mouse striatum by stereotactic surgery. Rotenone (2.5 mg/kg-body-weight) was administered intraperitoneally once daily for four consecutive weeks one day or three weeks after the PFF injection. Brains were collected twenty-four hours after the last injection for immunohistochemical analysis. In this study, rotenone significantly synergized PFF induced α-syn spreading, neuroinflammation, in addition to augmented loss of dopaminergic neurons along the nigrostriatal pathway.

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mouse modelneurodegenerationParkinson’s diseaserotenoneα-synuclein

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