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Alpha-synuclein overexpressing transgenic mice show internal organ pathology and autonomic deficits

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NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
卷 47, 期 2, 页码 258-267

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ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2012.04.009

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Alpha-synuclein; Synucleinopathy; Parkinson's disease; Constipation; Gastrointestinal; Autonomic; Axonopathy

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  1. National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [NS39793]
  2. Consolidated Anti-Aging Foundation
  3. Poul Hansen Family
  4. Harold and Ronna Cooper Family

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While studying transgenic mice that overexpress human wildtype alpha-synuclein (Thy1-ASO, ASO) for typical brain alpha-synucleinopathy and central nervous system neuropathology, we observed progressive functional changes in the gastrointestinal and other peripheral organs. A more systematic study revealed that the gastrointestinal tract in ASO mice showed severe distension and blockage of the large intestine by 912 months of age. Functional assessments demonstrated a reduction in fecal water content and fecal pellet output, and increased whole gut transit time, in ASO mice compared to wildtype littermates, indicative of constipation, a symptom commonly reported by Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Food intake was increased and body weight was decreased in 12 month old ASO mice, suggestive of metabolic abnormalities. Postmortem histological analyses showed that human alpha-synuclein protein was robustly expressed in axonal fibers and in occasional cell bodies of the enteric nervous system, and in the heart of ASO mice. Accumulation of proteinase-K insoluble alpha-synuclein, reminiscent of neurodegenerative processes in PD was also observed. The functional and pathological changes we document here in ASO mice could relate to the autonomic deficits also seen in idiopathic and alpha-synuclein-mediated genetic forms of PD. These experimental data provide a foundation for therapeutic modeling of autonomic changes in PD and related alpha-synucleinopathies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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