Autor: |
Risa Isonaka, Patti Sullivan, David S. Goldstein |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2022 |
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Zdroj: |
Translational Neurodegeneration, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2022) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
2047-9158 |
DOI: |
10.1186/s40035-022-00289-y |
Popis: |
Abstract Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by intra-neuronal deposition of the protein α-synuclein (α-syn) and by deficiencies of the catecholamines dopamine and norepinephrine (NE) in the brain and heart. Accumulation of α-syn in sympathetic noradrenergic nerves may provide a useful PD biomarker; however, whether α-syn buildup is pathophysiological has been unclear. If it were, one would expect associations of intra-neuronal α-syn deposition with catecholaminergic denervation and with decreased NE contents in the same samples. Methods We assayed immunoreactive α-syn and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH, a marker of catecholaminergic innervation) concurrently with catecholamines in coded post-mortem scalp skin, submandibular gland (SMG), and apical left ventricular myocardial tissue samples from 14 patients with autopsy-proven PD and 12 age-matched control subjects who did not have a neurodegenerative disease. Results The PD group had increased α-syn in sympathetic noradrenergically innervated arrector pili muscles (5.7 times control, P |
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