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NEUROLOGIA MEDICO-CHIRURGICA
卷 46, 期 6, 页码 267-275出版社
JAPAN NEUROSURGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.46.267
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substantia nigra; dopamine; neuroprotection; regeneration; Parkinson disease
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a potent neuroprotection and regeneration molecule for dopamine neurons in the substantia nigra. A recent clinical study showed that intraputaminal infusions of GDNF restored the striatal dopaminergic function, resulting in improvement in patients with Parkinson disease. To investigate the efficacy and the safety of this treatment, the histological changes associated with intraputaminal GDNF infusions were investigated in non-human primate models of Parkinson disease. Two types of Parkinson disease model were constructed: unilateral infusion of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridin (MPTP) into the internal carotid artery to induce hemiparkinsonism and intermittent systemic injection to induce Parkinson disease. GDNF (50 mu g) was infused into the putamen on the day of the first MPTP treatment and 4 weeks later. The monkey brains were examined by immunohistochemistry 2-4 weeks after the second GDNF infusion. Losses of the nigral dopamine neurons were mild (30-50% loss) on the side of GDNF infusion, and moderate (approximately 70% loss) on the side of vehicle infusion in the Parkinson disease model. The dopamine fibers were thick and dense in the striatum around the GDNF infusion sites. Both GDNF- and vehicle-treated monkeys of the hemiparkinsonian model showed severe decrease of dopamine neurons to 10% of the intact side. Although reactive astrocytes proliferated around the GDNF infusion sites, the densities of striatal neurons involving GABAergic and cholinergic neurons were not affected. Intraputaminal infusions of GDNF have beneficial effects in parkinsonian monkeys, but dose control is required according to the severity of the disease. The specificity for dopamine neurons is quite high and there are no serious histological changes.
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