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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2017, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3): 241-248.

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LPS-induced chronic Parkinson's disease in mice α-synuclein in the emergence and metastasis

GE Bobo,QU Hongdang,CHEN Yuhua,HU Caicai,LI Li,JIANG Mujun,XU Juanjuan   

  1. Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College,Bengbu 233000,Anhui,China
  • Received:2016-11-30 Revised:2017-01-23 Online:2017-03-26 Published:2017-03-29

Abstract:

AIM: To establish a mouse model of chronic Parkinson's disease(PD) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and to investigate the behavioral changes of PD mice and the appearance and metastasis of α-synuclein(α-Syn) aggregates in the intestinal wall.  METHODS: 48 male C57BL/6J mice were randomly divided into normal saline control group and PD model group at 6 weeks of age. The PD mice model was established by intraperitoneal injection of LPS. Behavioral changes of the experimental mice were detected by the rotating bar test and field test. The dopaminergic neuron loss and α-Syn were observed by immunohistochemistry nuclear protein expression and metastasis. RESULTS:Behavioral changes of PD model mice exhibited significance difference (P<0.01). PD model mice's substantia nigra pars compacta α-Syn  aggregation first appeared in the gut, and over time, the α-Syn was transferred to the substantia nigra of the mesencephalon, and the dopaminergic neurons were severely damaged. CONCLUSION: In the LPS-induced PD model, the typical pathological changes (α-Syn aggregation) begin in the colon nerves, and gradually develop into the substantia nigra pars compacta, resulting in dopaminergic neuron damage and loss.

Key words: lipopolysaccharide, Parkinson's disease, α-synuclein, dopaminergic neurons

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