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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The role of microglial activation in multiple system atrophy (MSA) was investigated in a transgenic mouse model featuring oligodendroglial alpha-synuclein inclusions and loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons by means of histopathology and morphometric analysis. Our findings demonstrate early progressive microglial activation in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) associated with increased expression of iNOS and correlating with dopaminergic neuronal loss. Suppression of microglial activation by early long-term minocycline treatment protected dopaminergic SNc neurons. The results suggest that oligodendroglial overexpression of alpha-synuclein may induce neuroinflammation related to nitrosive stress which is likely to contribute to neurodegeneration in MSA. Further, we detected increased toll-like receptor 4 immunoreactivity in both transgenic mice and MSA brains indicating a possible signaling pathway in MSA which needs to be further studied as a candidate target for neuroprotective interventions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0885-3185
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2007 Movement Disorder Society.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2196-203
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Minocycline, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Multiple System Atrophy, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Oligodendroglia, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-Toll-Like Receptor 4, pubmed-meshheading:17853477-alpha-Synuclein
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Microglial activation mediates neurodegeneration related to oligodendroglial alpha-synucleinopathy: implications for multiple system atrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Clinical Neurobiology Unit, Neurodegeneration Research Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't