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Costa G, Pinna A, Porceddu PF, Casu MA, Di Maio A, Napolitano F, Usiello A, Morelli M. Rhes Counteracts Dopamine Neuron Degeneration and Neuroinflammation Depending on Gender and Age. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:163. [PMID: 29904346 PMCID: PMC5990628 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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We have recently shown that male Rhes knockout (KO) mice develop a mild form of spontaneous Parkinson’s disease (PD)-like phenotype, characterized by motor impairment and a decrease in nigrostriatal dopamine (DA) neurons. Experimental evidence has implicated neuroinflammation in PD progression, and the presence of activated glial cells has been correlated with DA neuron degeneration. Despite this, several factors, such as gender, have been found to affect DAergic neuron degeneration and influence neuroinflammation, explaining the differences between men and women in the etiology of PD. On these basis, we studied age and gender differences in DA neuron degeneration and gliosis in the nigrostriatal system of adult (3-month-old) and middle aged (12-month-old) male and female Rhes wild-type (WT) and KO mice. Through immunohistochemistry, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), microglial (complement type 3 receptor [CD11b]) and astroglial (glial fibrillary acid protein [GFAP]) increase, were evaluated. Adult male Rhes KO mice showed a decrease in TH and an increase in CD11b, both in the caudate putamen (CPu) and substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc), and an increase in GFAP in the CPu. In contrast, adult female Rhes KO mice showed only a decrease in TH in the SNc, whereas no modifications to the levels of GFAP and CD11b were observed in the CPu or SNc. Middle aged male Rhes KO mice showed a decrease in TH in the CPu and SNc, and an increase in GFAP and CD11b in the SNc. Middle aged female Rhes KO mice showed a decrease in TH in the CPu and SNc and an increase in CD11b only in the CPu, but no modifications to GFAP levels. The more marked DA neuron degeneration and neuroinflammation in male compared with female Rhes KO mice, while confirming the role of Rhes as an important protein for DA neuron survival, gives support to Rhes KO mice as a valuable preclinical model for studying the vulnerability factors of DA neuron degeneration as in PD.
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- Giulia Costa
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Neuroscience Institute, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Translational Pharmacology, UOS of Cagliari, Scientific and Technological Park of Sardinia POLARIS, Pula, Italy
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- IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Ceinge Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, University of Naples "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, Ceinge Biotecnologie Avanzate, Naples, Italy.,Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania, Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuropsychopharmacology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.,National Research Council of Italy, Neuroscience Institute, Cagliari, Italy.,National Institute of Neuroscience (INN), University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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Sheu JJ, Lee HC, Lin HC, Kao LT, Chung SD. A 5-Year Follow-up Study on the Relationship between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Parkinson Disease. J Clin Sleep Med 2015; 11:1403-8. [PMID: 26156952 DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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STUDY OBJECTIVE Sleep disturbances are among the most common nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson disease. However, no large epidemiological data regarding the association between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and Parkinson disease have been reported. The goal of this study was to investigate the risk for Parkinson disease during a 5-y follow-up period after a diagnosis of OSA using a population-based dataset. METHODS The data for this retrospective longitudinal cohort study were retrieved from the Taiwan Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000. We identified 1,532 patients with OSA as the study cohort and randomly selected 7,660 patients as the comparison cohort. Each subject was individually followed up for a 5-y period to identify those in whom Parkinson disease subsequently developed. Stratified Cox proportional hazard regressions were performed as a means of comparing the 5-y risk of subsequent Parkinson disease between the study cohort and comparison cohort. RESULTS Of the 9,192 total patients, Parkinson disease developed in 0.73% during the 5-y follow-up period: 1.24% and 0.63% in the OSA and control cohorts, respectively. After censoring patients who died during the follow-up period and adjusting for socio-demographic characteristics, the hazard ratio (HR) of Parkinson disease during the 5-y follow-up period for patients with OSA was 2.26 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.32-3.88) compared with comparison patients. In addition, among females, the adjusted HR of Parkinson disease was 3.54 (95% CI = 1.50-8.34) for patients with OSA compared to patients without OSA. However, among males, there was no significantly increased hazard of Parkinson disease for patients with OSA compared to those without OSA. CONCLUSIONS Female patients with OSA were found to be at a significant risk of subsequent Parkinson disease during a 5-y follow-up period.
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- Jau-Jiuan Sheu
- Department of Neurology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Banciao, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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Estrogen receptor β and Liver X receptor β: biology and therapeutic potential in CNS diseases. Mol Psychiatry 2015; 20:18-22. [PMID: 24662928 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2014.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the last decade of the twentieth century, two nuclear receptors were discovered in our laboratory and, very surprisingly, were found to have key roles in the central nervous system. These receptors have provided some novel insights into the etiology and progression of neurodegenerative diseases and anxiety disorders. The two receptors are estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) and liver X receptor beta (LXRβ). Both ERβ and LXRβ have potent anti-inflammatory activities and, in addition, LXRβ is involved in the genesis of dopaminergic neurons during development and protection of these neurons against neurodegeneration in adult life. ERβ is involved in migration of cortical neurons and calretinin-positive GABAergic interneurons during development and maintenance of serotonergic neurons in adults. Both receptors are present in magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamic preoptic area including those expressing vasopressin and oxytocin. As both ERβ and LXRβ are ligand-activated transcription factors, their ligands hold great potential in the treatment of diseases of the CNS.
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Morphine modulation of toll-like receptors in microglial cells potentiates neuropathogenesis in a HIV-1 model of coinfection with pneumococcal pneumoniae. J Neurosci 2012; 32:9917-30. [PMID: 22815507 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0870-12.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Chronic drug users account for a third of all cases of AIDS in the United States and the progression to AIDS dementia is accelerated in opiate drug abusers. Clinically, microglial activation better correlates with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) than productive HIV-1 infection in the CNS. Moreover, pneumococcal pneumonia is the most common opportunistic infection in individuals with HAND. We show that coinfection with Streptococcus pneumoniae may be a contributing factor in the increased prevalence of HAND in the opioid-dependent population. To date, there have been no studies published implicating the Toll-like receptors (TLR) in the neurocognitive disorders associated with NeuroAIDS in the context of opportunistic infection. Our studies show for the first time, in a morphine-dependent model, synergistic increase and activation of TLR expression in the presence of HIV-1 protein TAT and S. pneumoniae with a significant increase in proinflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α) levels. Furthermore, concurrent increases in reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide production leading to increased caspase 3 activation are also observed in both murine and human microglial cells. These effects are recapitulated with TLR 2, 4, and 9 cognate ligands (Pam3CSK4, LPS, and CpG) and significantly attenuated in TLR 2 and 4 knock-out mice and TLR2/4 double knock-out mice. Therefor, our findings clearly suggest for the first time that activation of TLRs on microglia cells by morphine and TAT in the context of S. pneumoniae infection may be a potential mechanism for the increased prevalence of HAND in HIV-infected opioid-dependent patients.
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