Pitx3 deficient mice as a genetic animal model of co-morbid depressive disorder and parkinsonism
- 주제(키워드) Parkinson's disease , Depression , Stress , c-Fos
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
- 발행년도 2014
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000090815
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2014.01.023
초록/요약
Approximately 40-50% of all patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) show symptoms and signs of depressive disorders, for which neither pathogenic understanding nor rational treatment are available. Using Pit3x-deficient mice, a model for selective nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurodegeneration, we tested depression-related behaviors and acute stress responses to better understand how a nigrostriatal dopaminergic deficit increases the prevalence of depressive disorders in PD patients. Pitx3-deficient mice showed decreased sucrose consumption and preference in the two-bottle free-choice test of anhedonia. Acute restraint stress increased c-Fos (known as a neuronal activity marker) expression levels in various brain regions, including the prefrontal cortex, striatum, nucleus accumbens, and paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus (PVN), in both Pitx3+/+ and -/- mice. However, the stress-induced increases in c-Fos levels in the cortex, dorsal striatum, and PVN were significantly greater in Pitx3 -/- than +/+ mice, suggesting that signs of depressive disorders in parldnsonism are related to altered stress vulnerability. Based on these results, we propose that Pitx3-/- mice may serve as a useful genetic animal model for co-morbid depressive disorder and parkinsonism. (c) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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