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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-14
pubmed:abstractText
The presynaptic protein alpha-synuclein (?-syn) plays a role in dopaminergic neurotransmission in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system. Mutations in this protein have been linked to pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease. However, the details of regulation of dopamine homeostasis by ?-syn and its molecular targets are generally unknown. We investigated the effect of ?-syn deletion on striatal dopaminergic homeostasis. Two ?-syn deficient mouse lines, one carrying a spontaneous deletion of ?-syn locus and the other a transgenic ?-syn knockout, were used in the study. Stimulated and basal extracellular dopamine levels were determined in the dorsal striatum by in vivo voltammetry and in vivo microdialysis, respectively. Dopamine transporter expression was studied by immunohistochemistry. Stimulated dopamine overflow and basal extracellular dopamine levels were higher in mice lacking ?-syn with a concomitant decrease in dopamine transporter expression and reuptake in the dorsal striatum. We show that ?-syn deletion produces significant adaptive changes in the striatal dopaminergic system via modulation of reuptake.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1872-6240
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
1382
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-44
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Extracellular Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Neostriatum, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Presynaptic Terminals, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-Synaptic Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:21276428-alpha-Synuclein
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Decreased reuptake of dopamine in the dorsal striatum in the absence of ?-synuclein.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, P. O. Box 1627, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, Kuopio 70211, Finland. heramb.chadchankar@uef.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't