FTY720/Fingolimod Reduces Synucleinopathy and Improves Gut Motility in A53T Mice
| Autor: | Samantha J. Dominguez, Guadalupe Vidal-Martinez, David Medina, Barbara Yang, Ismael Segura-Ulate, Ruth G. Perez, Carolina Gil-Tommee, Nathan T. Garza, Javier Vargas-Medrano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor medicine.medical_specialty Tyrosine hydroxylase business.industry Transgene Cell Biology Biochemistry Fingolimod Neuroprotection 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology 0302 clinical medicine Endocrinology Neurotrophic factors Internal medicine Immunology medicine Enteric nervous system business Receptor Molecular Biology 030217 neurology & neurosurgery medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biological Chemistry. 291:20811-20821 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 |
| Popis: | Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) often have aggregated α-synuclein (aSyn) in enteric nervous system (ENS) neurons, which may be associated with the development of constipation. This occurs well before the onset of classic PD motor symptoms. We previously found that aging A53T transgenic (Tg) mice closely model PD-like ENS aSyn pathology, making them appropriate for testing potential PD therapies. Here we show that Tg mice overexpressing mutant human aSyn develop ENS pathology by 4 months. We then evaluated the responses of Tg mice and their WT littermates to the Food and Drug Administration-approved drug FTY720 (fingolimod, Gilenya) or vehicle control solution from 5 months of age. Long term oral FTY720 in Tg mice reduced ENS aSyn aggregation and constipation, enhanced gut motility, and increased levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) but produced no significant change in WT littermates. A role for BDNF was directly assessed in a cohort of young A53T mice given vehicle, FTY720, the Trk-B receptor inhibitor ANA-12, or FTY720 + ANA-12 from 1 to 4 months of age. ANA-12-treated Tg mice developed more gut aSyn aggregation as well as constipation, whereas FTY720-treated Tg mice had reduced aSyn aggregation and less constipation, occurring in part by increasing both pro-BDNF and mature BDNF levels. The data from young and old Tg mice revealed FTY720-associated neuroprotection and reduced aSyn pathology, suggesting that FTY720 may also benefit PD patients and others with synucleinopathy. Another finding was a loss of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in gut neurons with aggregated aSyn, comparable with our prior findings in the CNS. |
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