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Politis A, Kokras N, Souvatzoglou M, Siarkos K, Toulas P, Potagas C, Hatzipanagiotou T, Limouris G, Alexopoulos P. Differences in cause and 12-month follow-up outcome of parkinsonian symptoms in depressed older adults treated with antipsychotics: a case series. BMC Psychiatry 2021; 21:289. [PMID: 34082747 PMCID: PMC8173873 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-021-03298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Parkinsonian symptoms are common adverse effects of antipsychotics. Older adults are particularly vulnerable to drug-induced parkinsonism. Nonetheless, parkinsonian symptoms in seniors treated with antipsychotics cannot be straightforwardly attributed to antipsychotic medication. A comprehensive diagnostic workup is necessary in many cases in order to shed light on the cause of such symptoms in this patient population. CASE SERIES Eight cases of hospitalized depressed older adults with parkinsonian symptoms, who were treated for at least one year with antipsychotics, are reported. Based on neurological consultation, structural brain imaging and Ioflupane (I-123) dopamine transporter (DAT) single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT), Parkinson's disease was diagnosed in one case, idiopathic tremor in another, vascular parkinsonism in another one, while in another individual parkinsonian symptoms persisted at 12-month post-discharge follow-up even though his/her symptoms were classified as drug-induced on discharge. In four patients, parkinsonian symptoms were definitely drug-induced and no movement disturbances were reported at follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Differences in the cause and outcome of parkinsonian symptoms in seniors treated with antipsychotics merit systematic and in-depth study considering the therapeutic and prognostic implications of an accurate detection of the cause of such symptoms. Familiarizing clinical psychiatrists with these differences could pave the way towards approaching seniors with severe, atypical and/or persistent parkinsonian symptoms in a more individualized diagnostic and therapeutic manner, and towards more cautious prescribing of antipsychotics in this age group.
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- Anastasios Politis
- grid.7445.20000 0001 2113 8111Charing Cross Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800First Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital; Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800Nuclear Medicine Division, Radiology First Department, “Aretaieion” Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800First Department of Psychiatry, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800Research Unit of Radiology, Second Department of Radiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Bioiatriki, Athens, Greece
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800First Department of Neurology, Eginition Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- grid.415451.00000 0004 0622 6078Department of Nuclear Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital, Neo Faliro, Pireas, Greece
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- grid.5216.00000 0001 2155 0800Nuclear Medicine Division, Radiology First Department, “Aretaieion” Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Psychiatry, Patras University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, 26504 Rion, Patras, Greece. .,Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Florescu A, Whitney D, Bhatti D, Bertoni JM, Torres-Russotto D. Paradoxical worsening of parkinsonism upon neuroleptic withdrawal: More common than we think? Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2018; 52:115-116. [PMID: 29606607 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 03/04/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Ada Florescu
- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
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- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
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- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
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- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
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- Movement Disorders Section, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States.
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Zhou ZD, Sathiyamoorthy S, Angeles DC, Tan EK. Linking F-box protein 7 and parkin to neuronal degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). Mol Brain 2016; 9:41. [PMID: 27090516 PMCID: PMC4835861 DOI: 10.1186/s13041-016-0218-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Mutations of F-box protein 7 (FBXO7) and Parkin, two proteins in ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), are both implicated in pathogenesis of dopamine (DA) neuron degeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD). Parkin is a HECT/RING hybrid ligase that physically receives ubiquitin on its catalytic centre and passes ubiquitin onto its substrates, whereas FBXO7 is an adaptor protein in Skp-Cullin-F-box (SCF) SCF(FBXO7) ubiquitin E3 ligase complex to recognize substrates and mediate substrates ubiquitination by SCF(FBXO7) E3 ligase. Here, we discuss the overlapping pathophysiologic mechanisms and clinical features linking Parkin and FBXO7 with autosomal recessive PD. Both proteins play an important role in neuroprotective mitophagy to clear away impaired mitochondria. Parkin can be recruited to impaired mitochondria whereas cellular stress can promote FBXO7 mitochondrial translocation. PD-linked FBXO7 can recruit Parkin into damaged mitochondria and facilitate its aggregation. WT FBXO7, but not PD-linked FBXO7 mutants can rescue DA neuron degeneration in Parkin null Drosophila. A better understanding of the common pathophysiologic mechanisms of these two proteins could unravel specific pathways for targeted therapy in PD.
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- Zhi Dong Zhou
- National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Singapore. .,Signature Research Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
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- National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Singapore
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- Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore
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- National Neuroscience Institute of Singapore, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore, 308433, Singapore. .,Department of Neurology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore, 169608, Singapore. .,Signature Research Program in Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, 8 College Road, Singapore, 169857, Singapore.
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