Nur77 mRNA levels and L-Dopa-induced dyskinesias in MPTP monkeys treated with docosahexaenoic acid
Authors: | Mahmoudi, Souha; Samadi, Pershia; Gilbert, François; Ouattara, Bazoumana; Morissette, Marc; Grégoire, Laurent; Rouillard, Claude; Di Paolo, Thérèse; Lévesque, Daniel |
Abstract: | We have previously shown that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) significantly reduced L-Dopa-induced dyskinesia (LID) in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) monkeys (Samadi et al., Ann. Neurol. 59:282–288, 2006). In the present study, we measured for the first time mRNA levels of Nur77, an orphan nuclear receptor that participates to adaptive and/or aberrant dopamine-related behaviors, and retinoid X receptor γ1 (RXRγ1), a putative brain receptor for DHA and transcriptional partner of Nur77, in MPTP monkeys treated with L-Dopa and DHA. The RXRγ1 mRNA is strongly expressed in monkey caudate nucleus and putamen, but no change in levels of RXRγ1 was observed following MPTP and L-Dopa treatments. On the other hand, denervation reduced Nur77 mRNA levels, whereas chronic L-Dopa treatment strongly induced Nur77 transcripts. These modulations are taking place in substance P positive cells and are associated with both caudate-putamen matrix and striosome compartments. Interestingly, combination of L-Dopa with DHA further increases Nur77 mRNA levels in the anterior caudate-putamen, and mainly in striosomes. This is accompanied by a significant inverse correlation between Nur77 mRNA levels and dyskinetic scores. Taken together, our results show that Nur77 expression is modulated following dopamine denervation and chronic L-Dopa therapy in a non-human primate model of Parkinson's disease, and suggest that strong modulation of Nur77 expression might be linked to a reduced risk to develop LIDs. |
Document Type: | Article de recherche |
Issue Date: | 25 July 2009 |
Open Access Date: | 9 February 2018 |
Document version: | AM |
Permalink: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/16955 |
This document was published in: | Neurobiology of Disease, Vol. 36 (1), 213–222 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2009.07.017 Blackwell Science |
Alternative version: | 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.07.017 PMC4807127 |
Collection: | Articles publiés dans des revues avec comité de lecture |
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