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Serotonin neuron transplants exacerbate L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Clinical trials in patients with Parkinson's disease have shown that transplants of fetal mesencephalic dopamine neurons can form a new functional innervation of the host striatum, but the clinical benefits have been highly variable: some patients have shown substantial recovery in motor function, whereas others have shown no improvement and even a worsening in the 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-L-alanine (L-DOPA)-induced dyskinetic side effects. Differences in the composition of the grafted cell preparation may contribute to these discrepancies. In particular, the number of serotonin neurons contained in the graft can vary greatly depending on the dissection of the fetal tissue. Importantly, serotonin neurons have the ability to store and release dopamine, formed from exogenously administered L-DOPA. Here, we have evaluated the effect of transplants containing serotonin neurons, or a mixture of dopamine and serotonin neurons, on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned animals. As expected, dopamine neuron-rich grafts induced functional recovery, accompanied by a 60% reduction in L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia that developed gradually over the first 10 weeks. Rats with serotonin-rich grafts with few dopamine neurons, in contrast, showed a progressive worsening of their L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias over time, and no functional improvement. The antidyskinetic effect of dopamine-rich grafts was independent of the number of serotonin neurons present. We conclude that serotonin neurons in the grafts are likely to have a detrimental effect on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesias in cases in which the grafts contain no or few dopamine neurons.

Publiceringsår

2007

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

8011-8022

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Neuroscience

Volym

27

Issue

30

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Society for Neuroscience

Ämne

  • Neurosciences

Nyckelord

  • ventral mesenchephalon
  • levodopa
  • dopamine
  • cell grafting
  • 5-hydroxytryptamine
  • 6-hydroxydopamine

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Brain Repair and Imaging in Neural Systems (BRAINS)
  • Neurobiology

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 1529-2401