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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
Volume 270, Issue 3, Pages 1346-1360Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-022-11491-3
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; Inflammation; Innate immunity; Toll-like receptors; alpha-synuclein; TLR; NLRP3; Caspase-1 pathway
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor disturbances, which are thought to be caused by neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and the presence of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) aggregates. Aging of the immune system and immune dysfunction may contribute to neuroinflammation leading to PD onset and progression, with abnormal alpha-syn aggregation activating the NLRP3 inflammasome within microglial cells through toll-like receptors (TLRs). This review focuses on the TLR/NLRP3/Cas-1 pathway in PD-related immune dysfunction and explores potential therapeutic options for counteracting neuroinflammation and immune dysfunction since the early stages of the disease.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor disturbances as a result of a complex and not fully understood pathogenesis, probably including neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, and formation of alpha-synuclein (alpha-syn) aggregates. As age is the main risk factor for several neurodegenerative disorders including PD, progressive aging of the immune system leading to inflammaging and immunosenescence may contribute to neuroinflammation leading to PD onset and progression; abnormal alpha-syn aggregation in the context of immune dysfunction may favor activation of nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NOD) family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome within microglial cells through interaction with toll-like receptors (TLRs). This process would further lead to activation of Caspase (Cas)-1, and increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines (PC), with subsequent impairment of mitochondria and damage to dopaminergic neurons. All these phenomena are mediated by the translocation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kappa B) and enhanced by reactive oxygen species (ROS). To date, drugs to treat PD are mainly aimed at relieving clinical symptoms and there are no disease-modifying options to reverse or stop disease progression. This review outlines the role of the TLR/NLRP3/Cas-1 pathway in PD-related immune dysfunction, also focusing on specific therapeutic options that might be used since the early stages of the disease to counteract neuroinflammation and immune dysfunction.
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