期刊
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
卷 65, 期 3, 页码 263-271出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.07.010
关键词
Parkinson's disease; MPTP; Medaka (Oryzias latipes); Movement disorder; Dopamine; Tyrosine hydroxylase
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease associated with the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. To create a new model of PD, we used medaka (Oryzias latipes). a small teleost that has been used in genetics and environmental biology. We identified tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) immunopositive dopaminergic and noradrenergic fibers and neurons in the medaka brain. Following establishment of a method for counting the number of dopaminergic neurons and an assay for the evaluation of the medaka behavior. we exposed medaka to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP). The treatment of medaka at the larval stage, but not at adult stage. decreased the number of dopaminergic cells in the diencephalon and reduced spontaneous movement, which is reminiscent of human PD patients and other MPTP-induced animal PD models. Among TH+ neurons in the medaka brain, only a specific cluster in the paraventricular area of the middle diencephalon was vulnerable to MPTP toxicity. Detailed examinations of medaka transiently exposed to MPTP at the larval stage revealed that the number of dopaminergic cells was not fully recovered at their adult stage Moreover. the amounts of dopamine persistently decreased in the brain of these MPTP-treated fish MPTP-treated medaka is valuable for modeling human PD. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd and the Japan Neuroscience Society. All rights reserved.
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