Depression (Dep) is one of the most common concomitant symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD), but there is a lack of detailed pathologic evidence for the occurrence of PD-Dep. Currently, the management of symptoms from both conditions using conventional pharmacological interventions remains a formidable task. In this study, we found impaired activation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), reduced levels of transcription and translation, and decreased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of PD-Dep rats. We demonstrated that the abnormal phosphorylation of α-synuclein (pS129) induced tropomyosin-related kinase receptor type B (TrkB) retention at the neuronal cell membrane, leading to BDNF/TrkB signaling dysfunction. We chose SEW2871 as an ameliorator to upregulate ERK phosphorylation. The results showed that PD-Dep rats exhibited improvement in behavioral manifestations of PD and depression. In addition, a reduction in pS129 was accompanied by a restoration of the function of the BDNF/ERK signaling loop in the mPFC of PD-Dep rats.
Animals ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/metabolism* ; alpha-Synuclein/metabolism* ; Male ; Prefrontal Cortex/drug effects* ; Rats, Sprague-Dawley ; Depression/metabolism* ; MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects* ; Rats ; Parkinson Disease/metabolism* ; Receptor, trkB/metabolism* ; Phosphorylation ; Disease Models, Animal ; Signal Transduction

Objective To investigate the status of sleep quality and the family-related factors among elder-ly pregnant women who already have one child.Methods A total of 299 elderly pregnant women who already have one child were investigated using pittsburgh sleep quality index(PSQI),family APGAR index and a self-designed questionnaire. Results The total prevalence of poor sleep quality was 30.8% among elderly pregnant women who already have one child.PSQI score was average(6.31 ± 2.95). PSQI score were higher than the adult female norm and pregnant woman for the first time(u=16.396,5.497,P<0.05).Univariate analysis showed that the determi-nants of sleep quality included pregnancy,family support(parents),family support(husband),family support (child),family dysfunction,family right(χ2= 12.312,21.049,18.617,11.682,13.494,6.779,P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that pregnancy,family support(parents),family support(husband),family support(child)and family dysfunction were associated with sleep quality. Conclusion The poor sleep quality among elderly pregnant women who already have one child is related to low family support(parents,husband, child),obstacle of family dysfunction and late pregnancy.