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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-23
pubmed:abstractText
Early-onset torsion dystonia (DYT1) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a deletion in the gene encoding the protein torsinA. Recently, a transgenic mouse model of DYT1 has been described, expressing either the human wild-type torsinA (hWT) or mutant torsinA (hMT). We recorded the activity of striatal cholinergic interneurons of hWT, hMT, and control mice. In slice preparations, no significant differences were observed in resting membrane potential (RMP), firing activity, action potential duration or Ih current. Quinpirole, a D2-like dopamine receptor agonist, did not produce detectable effects on RMP of cholinergic interneurons in control mice and hWT mice, but in the hMT mice caused membrane depolarization and an increase in the firing rate. D2 receptor activation inhibits N-type high-voltage-activated calcium currents. We found that, in isolated interneurons from hMT mice, the quinpirole-mediated inhibition of N-type currents was significantly larger than in hWT and controls. Moreover, the N-type component was significantly over-represented in hMT mice. The altered sensitivity of N-type channels in hMT mice could account for the paradoxical excitatory effect of D2 stimulation. Our data support the existence of an imbalance between striatal dopaminergic and cholinergic signaling in DYT1 dystonia.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
318-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Acetylcholine, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Calcium Channel Blockers, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Calcium Channels, N-Type, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Dopamine Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Dystonia Musculorum Deformans, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16934985-Receptors, Dopamine D2
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Altered responses to dopaminergic D2 receptor activation and N-type calcium currents in striatal cholinergic interneurons in a mouse model of DYT1 dystonia.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA. pisani@uniroma2.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural