TY - JOUR
T1 - Behavioral and morphological comparison of two nonhuman primate models of Huntington's disease
AU - Roitberg, Ben Zion
AU - Emborg, Marina E.
AU - Sramek, Joseph G.
AU - Palfi, Stephane
AU - Kordower, Jeffrey H.
PY - 2002/1
Y1 - 2002/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Huntington's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by movement disorder, cognitive deterioration, and selective striatal degeneration. No effective treatment exists, and thus stable primate models could aid in the development of novel therapies. METHODS: Two primate models of Huntington's disease were analyzed: bilateral stereotactic intrastriatal injections of quinolinic acid (QA), and daily systemic intramuscular administration of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) for up to 8 weeks in male Cebus apella monkeys. The animals' behavior was evaluated before, during, and 3 months after administration of the neurotoxin. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain were obtained before and after treatment. RESULTS: Frontal cognitive function as evaluated by object retrieval-detour task test demonstrated a marked deterioration in successful responses, with an increase in barrier reaches in both groups. No significant change in performance of fine motor tasks was observed. QA-treated animals displayed hyperactivity at night. Animals in both groups demonstrated abnormal posture, and the 3-NP-treated group showed spontaneous and apomorphine-induced dystonia and dyskinesia. The QA-treated group displayed large areas of increased signal on T2-weighted images in the caudate and putamen bilaterally. Treatment with 3-NP resulted in smaller lesions. Immunohistochemistry and morphometric analyses revealed that both groups had lesions in the striatum. A large area of neuronal loss with glial sparing was observed in the QA-treated group, including the caudate and putamen bilaterally. The 3-NP-treated group displayed smaller lesions restricted to the dorsolateral putamen. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that both QA and 3-NP induce behavioral and morphological features that resemble the juvenile and akinetic-rigid variants of Huntington's disease, with the group with 3-NP-induced lesions displaying smaller lesions and spontaneous dyskinesia.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Huntington's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by movement disorder, cognitive deterioration, and selective striatal degeneration. No effective treatment exists, and thus stable primate models could aid in the development of novel therapies. METHODS: Two primate models of Huntington's disease were analyzed: bilateral stereotactic intrastriatal injections of quinolinic acid (QA), and daily systemic intramuscular administration of 3-nitropropionic acid (3-NP) for up to 8 weeks in male Cebus apella monkeys. The animals' behavior was evaluated before, during, and 3 months after administration of the neurotoxin. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain were obtained before and after treatment. RESULTS: Frontal cognitive function as evaluated by object retrieval-detour task test demonstrated a marked deterioration in successful responses, with an increase in barrier reaches in both groups. No significant change in performance of fine motor tasks was observed. QA-treated animals displayed hyperactivity at night. Animals in both groups demonstrated abnormal posture, and the 3-NP-treated group showed spontaneous and apomorphine-induced dystonia and dyskinesia. The QA-treated group displayed large areas of increased signal on T2-weighted images in the caudate and putamen bilaterally. Treatment with 3-NP resulted in smaller lesions. Immunohistochemistry and morphometric analyses revealed that both groups had lesions in the striatum. A large area of neuronal loss with glial sparing was observed in the QA-treated group, including the caudate and putamen bilaterally. The 3-NP-treated group displayed smaller lesions restricted to the dorsolateral putamen. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that both QA and 3-NP induce behavioral and morphological features that resemble the juvenile and akinetic-rigid variants of Huntington's disease, with the group with 3-NP-induced lesions displaying smaller lesions and spontaneous dyskinesia.
KW - 3-Nitropropionic acid
KW - Huntington's disease
KW - Nonhuman primate models
KW - Quinolinic acid
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U2 - 10.1097/00006123-200201000-00022
DO - 10.1097/00006123-200201000-00022
M3 - Article
C2 - 11844244
AN - SCOPUS:0036365967
SN - 0148-396X
VL - 50
SP - 137
EP - 145
JO - Neurosurgery
JF - Neurosurgery
IS - 1
ER -