TY - JOUR
T1 - GDNF signaling in subjects with minimal motor deficits and Parkinson's disease
AU - Chu, Yaping
AU - Kordower, Jeffrey H.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Yinzhen He for histological assistance. This work was supported by a grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, USA and a department grant from Rush Neurological Sciences, USA
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© 2021 The Author(s)
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The failure of glial cell derived neurotropic factor to be efficacious in blinded clinical trials for Parkinson's disease may be due to alterations in signaling receptors and downstream signaling molecules. To test this hypothesis, brain sections were obtained from older adults with no motor deficit (n = 6), minimal motor deficits (n = 10), and clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (n = 10) who underwent motor examination proximate to death. Quantitative unbiased stereology and densitometry were performed to analyze RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 expression in nigral neurons. Individuals with no motor deficit had extensive and intense RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 immunoreactive neurons in substantia nigra. The number and staining intensity of RET-immunoreactive neurons were reduced moderately in subjects with minimal motor deficits and severely reduced in Parkinson's disease relative to no motor deficit group. The number and staining intensity of phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 was more markedly reduced in both subjects with minimal motor deficits and Parkinson's disease. Reductions in levels of RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 were recapitulated in a non-human primate genetic Parkinson's disease model based on over-expression of human mutant α-synuclein (A53T). These data indicate that for neurotrophic factors to be effective in patients with minimal motor deficits or PD, these factors would likely have to upregulate RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 immunoreactive neurons in substantia nigra.
AB - The failure of glial cell derived neurotropic factor to be efficacious in blinded clinical trials for Parkinson's disease may be due to alterations in signaling receptors and downstream signaling molecules. To test this hypothesis, brain sections were obtained from older adults with no motor deficit (n = 6), minimal motor deficits (n = 10), and clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (n = 10) who underwent motor examination proximate to death. Quantitative unbiased stereology and densitometry were performed to analyze RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 expression in nigral neurons. Individuals with no motor deficit had extensive and intense RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 immunoreactive neurons in substantia nigra. The number and staining intensity of RET-immunoreactive neurons were reduced moderately in subjects with minimal motor deficits and severely reduced in Parkinson's disease relative to no motor deficit group. The number and staining intensity of phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 was more markedly reduced in both subjects with minimal motor deficits and Parkinson's disease. Reductions in levels of RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 were recapitulated in a non-human primate genetic Parkinson's disease model based on over-expression of human mutant α-synuclein (A53T). These data indicate that for neurotrophic factors to be effective in patients with minimal motor deficits or PD, these factors would likely have to upregulate RET and phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6 immunoreactive neurons in substantia nigra.
KW - Dopaminergic neurons
KW - Phosphorylated ribosomal protein S6
KW - Prodromal Parkinson's disease
KW - RET
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105298
DO - 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105298
M3 - Article
C2 - 33684514
AN - SCOPUS:85102796659
SN - 0969-9961
VL - 153
JO - Neurobiology of Disease
JF - Neurobiology of Disease
M1 - 105298
ER -