期刊
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY
卷 237, 期 2, 页码 355-362出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.07.008
关键词
Parkinsonism; MPTP; Substantia nigra; Dopamine
资金
- NIH [NS050425, NS058714, NS41509, NS075321]
- Michael J Fox Foundation
- Murphy Fund
- American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Center for Advanced PD Research at Washington University
- Greater St. Louis Chapter of the APDA
- McDonnell Center for Higher Brain Function
- Hartke Fund
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation Elliot H. Stein Family Fund
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation PD Research Fund
Objective: Nigrostriatal reserve refers to the threshold of neuronal injury to dopaminergic cell bodies and their terminal fields required to produce parkinsonian motor deficits. Inferential studies have estimated striatal dopamine reserve to be at least 70%. Knowledge of this threshold is critical for planning interventions to prevent symptom onset or reverse nigrostriatal injury sufficient to restore function in people with Parkinson disease. In this study, we determine the nigrostriatal reserve in a non-human primate model that mimics the motor manifestations of Parkinson disease. Methods: Fifteen macaque monkeys received unilateral randomized doses of the selective dopaminergic neuronal toxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine. We compared blinded validated ratings of parkinsonism to in vitro measures of striatal dopamine and unbiased stereologic counts of nigral neurons after tyrosine hydroxylase immunostaining. Results: The percent of residual cell counts in lesioned nigra correlated linearly with the parkinsonism score at 2 months (r = -0.87, p<0.0001). The parkinsonism score at 2 months correlated linearly with the percent residual striatal dopamine (r = residual striatal dopamine (r = -0.77, p = 0.016) followed by a flooring effect once nigral cell loss exceeded, p = 0.016) followed by a flooring effect once nigral cell loss exceeded 50%. A reduction of about 14 to 23% of nigral neuron counts or 14% to 37% of striatal dopamine was sufficient to induce mild parkinsonism. Conclusions: The nigral cell body and terminal field injury needed to produce parkinsonian motor manifestations may be much less than previously thought. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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