Mice deficient in TNF receptors are protected against dopaminergic neurotoxicity: Implications for Parkinson's disease
Male
0301 basic medicine
570
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
brain
Dopamine
Dopamine Agents
Models, Neurological
610
Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor
Mice
03 medical and health sciences
Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
Animals
Gliosis
RNA, Messenger
MPTP
Mice, Knockout
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
neurodegeneration
MPTP Poisoning
Parkinson Disease
Corpus Striatum
3. Good health
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Kinetics
1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
Cytoprotection
neuroprotection
DOI:
10.1096/fj.02-0216fje
Publication Date:
2002-08-30T23:03:10Z
AUTHORS (6)
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACTThe pathogenic mechanisms underlying idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) remain enigmatic. Recent findings suggest that inflammatory processes are associated with several neurodegenerative disorders, including PD. Enhanced expression of the proinflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)‐α, has been found in association with glial cells in the substantia nigra of patients with PD. To determine the potential role for TNF‐α in PD, we examined the effects of the 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,4‐tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), a dopaminergic neurotoxin that mimics some of the key features associated with PD, using transgenic mice lacking TNF receptors. Administration of MPTP to wild‐type (+/+) mice resulted in a time‐dependent expression of TNF‐α in striatum, which preceded the loss of dopaminergic markers and reactive gliosis. In contrast, transgenic mice carrying homozygous mutant alleles for both the TNF receptors (TNFR‐DKO), but not the individual receptors, were completely protected against the dopaminergic neurotoxicity of MPTP. The data indicate that the proinflammatory cytokine TNF‐α is an obligatory component of dopaminergic neurodegeneration. Moreover, because TNF‐α is synthesized predominantly by microglia and astrocytes, our findings implicate the participation of glial cells in MPTP‐induced neurotoxicity. Similar mechanisms may underlie the etiopathogenesis of PD.
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