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Vascular endothelial growth factor is upregulated by L-dopa in the parkinsonian brain: implications for the development of dyskinesia.

In English

Författare

  • Elisabet Ohlin
  • Veronica Francardo
  • Hanna Lindgren
  • Stephanie E Sillivan
  • Sean S O'Sullivan
  • Andrew S Luksik
  • Fair M Vassoler
  • Andrew J Lees
  • Christine Konradi
  • Angela Cenci Nilsson

Summary, in English

Angiogenesis and increased permeability of the blood-brain barrier have been reported to occur in animal models of Parkinson's disease and l-dopa-induced dyskinesia, but the significance of these phenomena has remained unclear. Using a validated rat model of l-dopa-induced dyskinesia, this study demonstrates that chronic treatment with l-dopa dose dependently induces the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in the basal ganglia nuclei. Vascular endothelial growth factor was abundantly expressed in astrocytes and astrocytic processes in the proximity of blood vessels. When co-administered with l-dopa, a small molecule inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor signalling significantly attenuated the development of dyskinesia and completely blocked the angiogenic response and associated increase in blood-brain barrier permeability induced by the treatment. The occurrence of angiogenesis and vascular endothelial growth factor upregulation was verified in post-mortem basal ganglia tissue from patients with Parkinson's disease with a history of dyskinesia, who exhibited increased microvascular density, microvascular nestin expression and an upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid. These congruent findings in the rat model and human patients indicate that vascular endothelial growth factor is implicated in the pathophysiology of l-dopa-induced dyskinesia and emphasize an involvement of the microvascular compartment in the adverse effects of l-dopa pharmacotherapy in Parkinson's disease.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

2339-2357

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Brain

Volym

134

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Oxford University Press

Ämne

  • Neurology

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Basal Ganglia Pathophysiology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1460-2156