期刊
BRAIN PATHOLOGY
卷 21, 期 1, 页码 1-15出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2010.00417.x
关键词
hypoglossal motoneurons; myosin light chain phosphorylation; nitric oxide; SOD1G93A mice; synaptic alterations
资金
- Spain's Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2008-01415]
- Consejeria de Innovacion, Ciencia y Empresa of the Junta de Andalucia [PAI2007-CTS-02606]
- Mutua Madrilena Foundation
- Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2008-01274]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [RD06/0010/0022, PI071133]
- Conselleria de Sanitat-Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe
- European Union
Excitotoxicity is a widely studied mechanism underlying motoneuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Synaptic alterations that produce an imbalance in the ratio of inhibitory/excitatory synapses are expected to promote or protect against motoneuron excitotoxicity. In ALS patients, motoneurons suffer a reduction in their synaptic coverage, as in the transition from the presymptomatic (2-month-old) to early-symptomatic (3-month-old) stage of the hSOD1G93A mouse model of familial ALS. Net synapse loss resulted from inhibitory bouton loss and excitatory synapse gain. Furthermore, in 3-month-old transgenic mice, remaining inhibitory but not excitatory boutons attached to motoneurons showed reduction in the active zone length and in the spatial density of synaptic vesicles in the releasable pool near the active zone. Bouton degeneration/loss seems to be mediated by bouton vacuolization and by mechanical displacement due to swelling vacuolated dendrites. In addition, chronic treatment with a nitric oxide (NO) synthase inhibitor avoided inhibitory loss but not excitatory gain. These results indicate that NO mediates inhibitory loss occurring from the pre- to early-symptomatic stage of hSOD1G93A mice. This work contributes new insights on ALS pathogenesis, recognizing synaptic re-arrangement onto motoneurons as a mechanism favoring disease progression rather than as a protective homeostatic response against excitotoxic events.
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