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Dissociation between short-term increased graft survival and long-term functional improvements in Parkinsonian rats overexpressing glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor.
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- Georgievska, Biljana (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups
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- Carlsson, Thomas (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups
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Lacar, Benjamin (författare)
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- Winkler, Christian (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups
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- Kirik, Deniz (författare)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Neurobiologi,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Neurobiology,Lund University Research Groups
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- 2004-12-02
- 2004
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: European Journal of Neuroscience. - : Wiley. - 1460-9568 .- 0953-816X. ; 20:11, s. 3121-3130
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Abstract
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- The present study was designed to analyse whether continuous overexpression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the striatum by a recombinant lentiviral vector can provide improved cell survival and additional long-term functional benefits after transplantation of fetal ventral mesencephalic cells in Parkinsonian rats. A four-site intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesion resulted in an 80–90% depletion of nigral dopamine cells and striatal fiber innervation, leading to stable motor impairments. Histological analysis performed at 4 weeks after grafting into the GDNF-overexpressing striatum revealed a twofold increase in the number of surviving tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive cells, as compared with grafts placed in control (green fluorescent protein-overexpressing) animals. However, in animals that were allowed to survive for 6 months, the numbers of surviving TH-positive cells in the grafts were equal in both groups, suggesting that the cells initially protected at 4 weeks failed to survive despite the continued presence of GDNF. Although cell survival was similar in both grafted groups, the TH-positive fiber innervation density was lower in the GDNF-treated grafted animals (30% of normal) compared with animals with control grafts (55% of normal). The vesicular monoamine transporter-2-positive fiber density in the striatum, by contrast, was equal in both groups, suggesting that long-term GDNF overexpression induced a selective down-regulation of TH in the grafted dopamine neurons. Behavioral analysis in the long-term grafted animals showed that the control grafted animals improved their performance in spontaneous motor behaviors to approximately 50% of normal, whereas the GDNF treatment did not provide any additional recovery.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
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