维生素B_3与帕金森病的防治

帕金森病(PD)是以运动功能失调为主要表现的神经退行性疾病,其病理特征是黑质致密部多巴胺能神经元的丢失和路易氏小体的形成。线粒体能量供应障碍和氧化应激在PD发生与发展过程中起重要作用,抗氧化和改善线粒体功能的物质可延缓PD的发展。维生素B_3是体内氧化还原体系的重要组分,参与抗氧化、抗炎、促进自噬以及维护神经元正常结构和功能,提示补充维生素B_3可能是延缓PD的方法之一。     

帕金森病发病机制与治疗研究进展

帕金森病(Parkinson's disease PD)是第二大中枢神经退行性疾病,常见于老年人。其最主要的临床表现是静止性震颤、肌强直、运动迟缓和姿势不稳等运动症状。典型的病理特征是中脑黑质多巴胺能神经元进行性变性缺失,残存的多巴胺能神经元胞质内出现病理标志物路易体(lewy's body)。PD的病因和发病机制尚不完全清楚,目前认为PD可能是遗传、环境、老龄化等因素共同作用的结果,具体机制涉及线粒体功能障碍、氧化应激、神经炎症、兴奋性毒性损伤等。由于病因不清、发病机制复杂导致PD的治疗依旧是一个亟待解决的问题,目前已有的治疗手段包括药物治疗、外科手术治疗、细胞和组织移植治疗、基因治疗等,但均存在不同程度的弊端。本文主要结合近年来文献研究进展,对PD发病机制及其治疗现状进行概述,旨在为PD基础研究及药物研发提供一定线索。     

间充质干细胞移植治疗帕金森病的作用机制研究进展

帕金森病(Parkinson’s Disease,PD)的主要病理改变是黑质多巴胺能神经元进行性变性致纹状体多巴胺递质浓度显著降低,从而出现运动障碍。目前,药物和外科手术治疗可一定程度改善早期PD的部分临床症状,但并不能阻止或逆转多巴胺能神经元变性。近些年,间充质干细胞(Mesenchymal Stem Cells,MSCs)移植作为治疗PD的最前沿方法,其疗效备受瞩目。本文就MSCs移植促进PD神经功能恢复的可能作用机制作一综述。     

早期帕金森病大鼠血清抗氧化能力降低

目的：研究早期帕金森病（PD）大鼠血清抗氧化能力的改变。方法：观察6-羟多巴胺（6-OHDA）早期PD大鼠多巴胺（DA）能神经元和血清抗氧化能力的异常改变。结果：早期PD动物DA能神经元的数量明显减少,血清抗氧化能力明显降低。结论：早期PD大鼠血清抗氧化能力降低,这可能与DA能神经元损伤有关。     

帕金森病睡眠障碍的研究进展

<正>睡眠障碍(SD)是指入睡困难和难以保持正常的睡眠状态。帕金森病(PD),又称震颤麻痹,由英国医生James Parkinson(1817年)首先描述,是一种以黑质多巴胺能神经元缺失引起运动障碍为主要症状的神经系统变性疾病,尤其在中老年人群中较为多见,在65岁以上的老年人中患病率可高达1%~2%。PD患者除了有较为常见的静止性震颤、肌强     

帕金森病与氧化应激

帕金森病是人类常见的一种中枢神经系统退行性变化疾病,它的病理变化主要为黑质内多巴胺能神经元的退变和消失。ＤＡ能经元的退行性变可能与氧化应激,氧自由基的形成及神经毒素等有关。抗氧化治疗及神经保护治疗已成为目前治疗ＰＤ的重要手段并在实验及临床中取得了一定成效。     

雌激素β受体的基因多态性可能与帕金森病的发病年龄有关

雌激素通过拮抗细胞凋亡、氧化应激和神经营养等方式对中脑多巴胺能神经元产生影响 ,从而能预防或延迟帕金森病 (PD)的发生、缓解PD的症状 ,其机制至今尚不清楚。研究发现 ,黑质纹状体的多巴胺能神经元主要表达雌激素 β受体 (ER β) ,而雌激素α受体的表达很低甚至缺如 ,提示E     

MicroRNAs与帕金森病关系的研究进展

帕金森病(Parkion's disease,PD)作为一种复杂的神经系统退行性疾病,已经成为严重影响中老年人健康及生活质量的重要疾病之一。病理变化为中枢神经系统黑质及纹状体通路的多巴胺(Dopamine,DA)能神经元发生退行性变性以及纹状体DA含量的减少,导致纹状体内DA和乙酰胆碱平衡失调而发病。其发病机制尚不明确,但普遍认为可能是遗传易感性、环境毒素几种因素共同作用的结果,而导致黑质DA能神经元变性凋亡则与氧化应激、蛋白酶体功能异常、自我吞噬、蛋白质合成减少、转录信号改变等因素关系密切。近年来,人们从各个相关领域对其进行深入研究,其发病机制正逐步被人们所破解。小NRA(miRNA,mircoRNA)是一类非编码miRNA,通过与mRNA靶基因互补配对调控转录后水平的基因表达。miRNA对神经元细胞中的信号调控具有重要作用,目前关于miRNA与PD之间的关系越来越受到重视。本综述通过对miRNA与PD关系的探讨,为研究PD的致病机制提供新的线索,从而为PD患者治疗提供一个新的视角。     

多巴胺代谢异常在帕金森病相关病理变化中的作用

帕金森病(Parkinson’s disease,PD)是常见的中枢神经系统退行性疾病之一,其主要病理学特征是中脑黑质部的多巴胺(dopamine,DA)能神经元选择性丢失。虽然已发现基因易感性、衰老、环境毒素等因素与PD发病有关,但导致DA能神经元退行性死亡的细胞分子机制仍不明确。DA代谢是DA能神经元中的重要生理过程,其过程与黑质DA能神经元丢失密切相关,DA代谢异常参与了PD神经元变性相关的诸多病理学过程,例如铁代谢异常、α-突触核蛋白异常聚集、内质网应激、蛋白质降解功能障碍、神经炎症反应等。本文就DA代谢异常在PD相关病理学过程中的作用进行综述。     

丘脑底核-深部脑刺激术术后淡漠的研究进展

帕金森病(Parkinson's disease,PD)是一种由于中脑黑质以及其他核团结构的多巴胺能神经元变性所致的以进行性运动功能障碍为主要表现的疾病。近年来,双侧高频刺激的丘脑底核-深部脑刺激术(STN-DBS)治疗PD效果确切,疗效较好,但其出现了术后淡漠等类似副作用,严重影响了PD治疗效果和患者的生活质量,引起了临床医生的高度重视。本文对STN-DBS术后淡漠发病情况、表现及治疗进行综述,为临床诊治提供思路。     

Oxidative and nitrosative stress in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder marked by movement impairment caused by a selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons. The mechanism for dopaminergic neuronal degeneration in PD is not completely clear, but it is believed that oxidative and nitrosative stress plays an important role during the pathogenesis of PD. This notion is supported by various studies that several indices of oxidative and nitrosative stress are increased in PD patients. In recent years, different pathways that are known to be important for neuronal survival have been shown to be affected by oxidative and nitrosative stress. Apart from the well-known oxidative free radicals induced protein nitration, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage, increasing evidence also suggests that some neuroprotective pathways can be affected by nitric oxide through S-nitrosylation. In addition, the selective dopaminergic neurodegeneration suggests that generation of oxidative stress associated with the metabolism of dopamine is an important contributor. Thorough understanding of how oxidative stress can contribute to the pathogenesis of PD will help formulate potential therapy for the treatment of this neurodegenerative disorder in the future.     

Reactive Macrophages Increase Oxidative Stress and Alpha-Synuclein Nitration During Death of Dopaminergic Neuronal Cells in Co-Culture: Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by progressive degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and a substantial decrease in the neurotransmitter dopamine in the nigro-striatal region of the brain. Increased markers of oxidative stress, activated microglias and elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines have been identified in the brains of patients with PD. Although the precise mechanism of loss of neurons in PD remains unclear, these findings suggest that microglial activation may contribute directly to loss of dopaminergic neurons in PD patients. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that activated microglia induces nitric oxide-dependent oxidative stress which subsequently causes death of dopaminergic neuronal cells in culture. We employed lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulated mouse macrophage cells (RAW 264.7) as a reactive microglial model and SH-SY5Y cells as a model for human dopaminergic neurons. LPS stimulation of macrophages led to increased production of nitric oxide in a time and dose dependent manner as well as subsequent generation of other reactive nitrogen species such as peroxynitrite anions. In co-culture conditions, reactive macrophages stimulated SH-SY5Y cell death characterized by increased peroxynitrite concentrations and nitration of alpha-synuclein within SH-SY5Y cells. Importantly 1400W, an inhibitor of the inducible nitric oxide synthase provided protection from cell death via decreasing the levels of nitrated alpha-synuclein. These results suggest that reactive microglias could induce oxidative stress in dopaminergic neurons and such oxidative stress may finally lead to nitration of alpha-synuclein and death of dopaminergic neurons in PD.     

Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress: Co-conspirators in the pathology of Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex disease, with genetics and environment contributing to the disease onset. Recent studies of causative PD genes have confirmed the involvement of cellular mechanisms engaged in mitochondrial and UPS dysfunction, oxidative stress and apoptosis in the progressive degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in PD. In addition, clinical, epidemiological and experimental evidence has implicated neuroinflammation in the disease progression. This review will discuss neuroinflammation in PD, with particular focus on the genetic and toxin-based models of the disease. These studies have confirmed elevated oxidative stress and the pro-inflammatory response occurs early in the disease and these processes contribute to and/or exacerbate the nigro-striatal degeneration. In addition, the experimental models discussed here have also provided strong evidence that these pathways are an important link between the familial and sporadic causes of PD. The potential application of anti-inflammatory interventions in limiting the dopaminergic neuronal cell death in these models is discussed with evidence suggesting that the further investigation of their use as part of multi-targeted clinical trials is warranted.     

The role of iron in Parkinson disease and 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine toxicity

Parkinson disease (PD) involves the specific degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of the pars compacta of the substantia nigra. Although the cause of the degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in PD is unknown, there is significant evidence to suggest that oxidative stress may be involved in this process. This review specifically examines the current status of evidence suggesting iron may contribute to oxidative damage associated with PD.     

Protein Kinase D1 (PKD1) Phosphorylation Promotes Dopaminergic Neuronal Survival during 6-OHDA-Induced Oxidative Stress

Oxidative stress is a major pathophysiological mediator of degenerative processes in many neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s disease (PD). Aberrant cell signaling governed by protein phosphorylation has been linked to oxidative damage of dopaminergic neurons in PD. Although several studies have associated activation of certain protein kinases with apoptotic cell death in PD, very little is known about protein kinase regulation of cell survival and protection against oxidative damage and degeneration in dopaminergic neurons. Here, we characterized the PKD1-mediated protective pathway against oxidative damage in cell culture models of PD. Dopaminergic neurotoxicant 6-hydroxy dopamine (6-OHDA) was used to induce oxidative stress in the N27 dopaminergic cell model and in primary mesencephalic neurons. Our results indicated that 6-OHDA induced the PKD1 activation loop (PKD1S744/S748) phosphorylation during early stages of oxidative stress and that PKD1 activation preceded cell death. We also found that 6-OHDA rapidly increased phosphorylation of the C-terminal S916 in PKD1, which is required for PKD1 activation loop (PKD1S744/748) phosphorylation. Interestingly, negative modulation of PKD1 activation by RNAi knockdown or by the pharmacological inhibition of PKD1 by kbNB-14270 augmented 6-OHDA-induced apoptosis, while positive modulation of PKD1 by the overexpression of full length PKD1 (PKD1^WT) or constitutively active PKD1 (PKD1^S744E/S748E) attenuated 6-OHDA-induced apoptosis, suggesting an anti-apoptotic role for PKD1 during oxidative neuronal injury. Collectively, our results demonstrate that PKD1 signaling plays a cell survival role during early stages of oxidative stress in dopaminergic neurons and therefore, positive modulation of the PKD1-mediated signal transduction pathway can provide a novel neuroprotective strategy against PD.     

Reprint of: Revisiting oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease—resemblance to the effect of amphetamine drugs of abuse

Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurological disease associated with a loss of dopaminergic neurons. In most cases the disease is sporadic but genetically inherited cases also exist. One of the major pathological features of PD is the presence of aggregates that localize in neuronal cytoplasm as Lewy bodies, mainly composed of α-synuclein (α-syn) and ubiquitin. The selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons suggests that dopamine itself may contribute to the neurodegenerative process in PD. Furthermore, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress constitute key pathogenic events of this disorder. Thus, in this review we give an actual perspective to classical pathways involving these two mechanisms of neurodegeneration, including the role of dopamine in sporadic and familial PD, as well as in the case of abuse of amphetamine-type drugs. Mutations in genes related to familial PD causing autosomal dominant or recessive forms may also have crucial effects on mitochondrial morphology, function, and oxidative stress. Environmental factors, such as MPTP and rotenone, have been reported to induce selective degeneration of the nigrostriatal pathways leading to α-syn-positive inclusions, possibly by inhibiting mitochondrial complex I of the respiratory chain and subsequently increasing oxidative stress. Recently, increased risk for PD was found in amphetamine users. Amphetamine drugs have effects similar to those of other environmental factors for PD, because long-term exposure to these drugs leads to dopamine depletion. Moreover, amphetamine neurotoxicity involves α-syn aggregation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and oxidative stress. Therefore, dopamine and related oxidative stress, as well as mitochondrial dysfunction, seem to be common links between PD and amphetamine neurotoxicity.     

Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and models

Parkinson's disease (PD) results primarily from the death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Current PD medications treat symptoms; none halt or retard dopaminergic neuron degeneration. The main obstacle to developing neuroprotective therapies is a limited understanding of the key molecular events that provoke neurodegeneration. The discovery of PD genes has led to the hypothesis that misfolding of proteins and dysfunction of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway are pivotal to PD pathogenesis. Previously implicated culprits in PD neurodegeneration, mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress, may also act in part by causing the accumulation of misfolded proteins, in addition to producing other deleterious events in dopaminergic neurons. Neurotoxin-based models (particularly MPTP) have been important in elucidating the molecular cascade of cell death in dopaminergic neurons. PD models based on the manipulation of PD genes should prove valuable in elucidating important aspects of the disease, such as selective vulnerability of substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons to the degenerative process.     

Increased isoprostane and prostaglandin are prominent in neurons in Alzheimer disease

Parkinson's disease is the most common movement disorder characterized by dopaminergic dysfunction and degeneration. Loss-of-function mutations in the DJ-1 gene have been linked to autosomal recessive forms of early-onset familial Parkinson's disease. DJ-1 is thought to play roles in protection of cells against oxidative stress and in maintenance of the normal dopaminergic function in the nigrostriatal pathway. Here we investigate the consequence of both DJ-1 inactivation and aging in mice. We found that DJ-1-/- mice at the age of 24–27 months have normal numbers of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and normal levels of dopamine and its major metabolites in the striatum. The number of noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus is also unchanged in DJ-1-/- mice. Moreover, there is no accumulation of oxidative damage or inclusion bodies in aged DJ-1-/- brains. Together, these results indicate that loss of DJ-1 function alone is insufficient to cause nigral degeneration and oxidative damage in the life span of mice.