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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Capper-Loup, Christine | Kaelin-Lang, Alain
Affiliations: Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology and Department of Clinical Research, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Switzerland
Note: [] Correspondence to: Alain Kaelin-Lang, Movement Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 632 2111; Fax: +41 31 632 9679; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Background: In Parkinson's disease (PD), bradykinesia, or slowness of movement, only appears after a large striatal dopamine depletion. Compensatory mechanisms probably play a role in this delayed appearance of symptoms. Objective: Our hypothesis is that the striatal direct and indirect pathways participate in these compensatory mechanisms. Methods: We used the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of PD and control animals. Four weeks after the lesion, the spontaneous locomotor activity of the rats was measured and then the animals were killed and their brain extracted. We quantified the mRNA expression of markers of the striatal direct and indirect pathways as well as the nigral expression of dopamine transporter (DAT) and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) mRNA. We also carried out an immunohistochemistry for the striatal TH protein expression. Results: As expected, the unilateral 6-OHDA rats presented a tendency to an ipsilateral head turning and a low locomotor velocity. In 6-OHDA rats only, we observed a significant and positive correlation between locomotor velocity and both D1-class dopamine receptor (D1R) (direct pathway) and enkephalin (ENK) (indirect pathway) mRNA in the lesioned striatum, as well as between D1R and ENK mRNA. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a strong relationship between both direct and indirect pathways and spontaneous locomotor activity in the parkinsonian rat model. We suggest a synergy between both pathways which could play a role in compensatory mechanisms and may contribute to the delayed appearance of bradykinesia in PD.
Keywords: Parkinson's disease, 6-OHDA, striatum, ENK, D1R, locomotion, bradykinesia
DOI: 10.3233/JPD-130202
Journal: Journal of Parkinson's Disease, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 341-349, 2013
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