Glutamatergic Neurons in the Caudal Zona Incerta Regulate Parkinsonian Motor Symptoms in Mice

© 2021. Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences..

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common and fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder. In recent years, it has been recognized that neurotransmitters other than dopamine and neuronal systems outside the basal ganglia are also related to PD pathogenesis. However, little is known about whether and how the caudal zona incerta (ZIc) regulates parkinsonian motor symptoms. Here, we showed that specific glutamatergic but not GABAergic ZIcVgluT2 neurons regulated these symptoms. ZIcVgluT2 neuronal activation induced time-locked parkinsonian motor symptoms. In mouse models of PD, the ZIcVgluT2 neurons were hyperactive and inhibition of their activity ameliorated the motor deficits. ZIcVgluT2 neurons monosynaptically projected to the substantia nigra pars reticulata. Incerta-nigral circuit activation induced parkinsonian motor symptoms. Together, our findings provide a direct link between the ZIc, its glutamatergic neurons, and parkinsonian motor symptoms for the first time, help to better understand the mechanisms of PD, and supply a new important potential therapeutic target for PD.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Neuroscience bulletin - 38(2022), 1 vom: 21. Jan., Seite 1-15

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Li-Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yu-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jin-Tao [VerfasserIn]
Song, Ji-Zhou [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xiao-Ming [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Caudal zona incerta
Glutamate
Journal Article
Parkinson's disease
Parkinsonian motor symptoms
Substantia nigra pars reticulata

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Date Completed 25.01.2022

Date Revised 02.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12264-021-00775-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM331745569