Systemic inflammation triggers long-lasting neuroinflammation and accelerates neurodegeneration in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease overexpressing human α-synuclein

ABSTRACT Increasing efforts have been made to elucidate how genetic and environmental factors interact in Parkinson’s disease (PD). In the present study, we assessed the development of PD-like symptoms on a genetic PD rat model overexpressing human α-synuclein (Snca+/+) at a presymptomatic age, exposed to a pro-inflammatory insult by intraperitoneal injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), using immunohistology, high-dimensional flow cytometry, electrophysiology, and behavioral analyses. A single injection of LPS to both WT andSnca+/+rats triggered long-lasting increased activation of pro-inflammatory microglial markers, infiltrating monocytes and T-lymphocytes. However, only LPSSnca+/+rats displayed dopaminergic neuronal loss in thesubstantia nigra pars compacta(SNpc), associated with a reduction of evoked dopamine release in the striatum. No significant changes were observed in the behavioral domain.We propose our double-hit animal as a reliable model to investigate the mechanisms whereby α-synuclein and inflammation interact to promote neurodegeneration in PD..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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bioRxiv.org - (2024) vom: 28. März Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Massaro Cenere, Mariangela [VerfasserIn]
Tiberi, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Paldino, Emanuela [VerfasserIn]
D’Addario, Sebastian Luca [VerfasserIn]
Federici, Mauro [VerfasserIn]
Giacomet, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Cutuli, Debora [VerfasserIn]
Matteocci, Alessandro [VerfasserIn]
Cossa, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Zarrilli, Beatrice [VerfasserIn]
Casadei, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Ledonne, Ada [VerfasserIn]
Petrosini, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Berretta, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Fusco, Francesca Romana [VerfasserIn]
Chiurchiù, Valerio [VerfasserIn]
Mercuri, Nicola B. [VerfasserIn]

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570
Biology

doi:

10.1101/2024.01.30.577912

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XBI042349583