1.Fornix Fiber Degeneration in an Experimental Animal Model of Parkinsonism using 6-Hydroxydopamine.
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1994;12(2):188-192
No abstract available.
Models, Animal*
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Oxidopamine*
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Parkinsonian Disorders*
2.Protection of nigral dopaminergic neurons by AAV1 transduction with Rheb(S16H) against neurotoxic inflammation in vivo
Sehwan KIM ; Gyeong Joon MOON ; Yong Seok OH ; Jungha PARK ; Won Ho SHIN ; Jae Yeong JEONG ; Kwang Shik CHOI ; Byung Kwan JIN ; Nikolai KHOLODILOV ; Robert E BURKE ; Hyung Jun KIM ; Chang Man HA ; Seok Geun LEE ; Sang Ryong KIM
Experimental & Molecular Medicine 2018;50(2):e440-
We recently reported that adeno-associated virus serotype 1 (AAV1) transduction of murine nigral dopaminergic (DA) neurons with constitutively active ras homolog enriched in brain with a mutation of serine to histidine at position 16 [Rheb(S16H)] induced the production of neurotrophic factors, resulting in neuroprotective effects on the nigrostriatal DA system in animal models of Parkinson’s disease (PD). To further investigate whether AAV1-Rheb(S16H) transduction has neuroprotective potential against neurotoxic inflammation, which is known to be a potential event related to PD pathogenesis, we examined the effects of Rheb(S16H) expression in nigral DA neurons under a neurotoxic inflammatory environment induced by the endogenous microglial activator prothrombin kringle-2 (pKr-2). Our observations showed that Rheb(S16H) transduction played a role in the neuroprotection of the nigrostriatal DA system against pKr-2-induced neurotoxic inflammation, even though there were similar levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-1-beta (IL-1β), in the AAV1-Rheb(S16H)-treated substantia nigra (SN) compared to the SN treated with pKr-2 alone; the neuroprotective effects may be mediated by the activation of neurotrophic signaling pathways following Rheb(S16H) transduction of nigral DA neurons. We conclude that AAV1-Rheb(S16H) transduction of neuronal populations to activate the production of neurotrophic factors and intracellular neurotrophic signaling pathways may offer promise for protecting adult neurons from extracellular neurotoxic inflammation.