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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 22, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105326
关键词
substantia nigra; mTOR; SUMO E3 ligase; Huntington's disease; 3; 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA); autophagy; L-Dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID); mitophagy
资金
- MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca) [2017M42834]
Rhes is a gene regulated by thyroid hormones that modulates dopamine neurotransmission through inhibition of the striatal cAMP/PKA pathway. It is expressed at high levels in the dorsal striatum and is involved in the survival of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, pointing towards a modulation of autophagy and mitophagy processes.
Rhes is one of the most interesting genes regulated by thyroid hormones that, through the inhibition of the striatal cAMP/PKA pathway, acts as a modulator of dopamine neurotransmission. Rhes mRNA is expressed at high levels in the dorsal striatum, with a medial-to-lateral expression gradient reflecting that of both dopamine D-2 and adenosine A(2A) receptors. Rhes transcript is also present in the hippocampus, cerebral cortex, olfactory tubercle and bulb, substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) and ventral tegmental area of the rodent brain. In line with Rhes-dependent regulation of dopaminergic transmission, data showed that lack of Rhes enhanced cocaine- and amphetamine-induced motor stimulation in mice. Previous studies showed that pharmacological depletion of dopamine significantly reduces Rhes mRNA levels in rodents, non-human primates and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, suggesting a link between dopaminergic innervation and physiological Rhes mRNA expression. Rhes protein binds to and activates striatal mTORC1, and modulates L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in PD rodent models. Finally, Rhes is involved in the survival of mouse midbrain dopaminergic neurons of SNc, thus pointing towards a Rhes-dependent modulation of autophagy and mitophagy processes, and encouraging further investigations about mechanisms underlying dysfunctions of the nigrostriatal system.
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