High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus modifies the expression of vesicular glutamate transporters in basal ganglia in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.

Mathieu Favier 1 Carole Carcenac 1 Guillaume Drui 1 Sabrina Boulet 1 Salah El Mestikawy 2, 3 Marc Savasta 4, *
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1 Equipe Dynamique et Physiopathologie des Ganglions de la Base
GIN - Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences
2 Physiopathologie des Maladies du Système Nerveux Central
3 Department of Psychiatry
4 Equipe Dynamique et Physiopathologie des Ganglions de la Base
GIN - Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, CHU Grenoble
Abstract : BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that glutamatergic system hyperactivity may be related to the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUT1-3) import glutamate into synaptic vesicles and are key anatomical and functional markers of glutamatergic excitatory transmission. Both VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 have been identified as definitive markers of glutamatergic neurons, but VGLUT 3 is also expressed by non glutamatergic neurons. VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 are thought to be expressed in a complementary manner in the cortex and the thalamus (VL/VM), in glutamatergic neurons involved in different physiological functions. Chronic high-frequency stimulation (HFS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is the neurosurgical therapy of choice for the management of motor deficits in patients with advanced PD. STN-HFS is highly effective, but its mechanisms of action remain unclear. This study examines the effect of STN-HFS on VGLUT1-3 expression in different brain nuclei involved in motor circuits, namely the basal ganglia (BG) network, in normal and 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesioned rats. RESULTS: Here we report that: 1) Dopamine(DA)-depletion did not affect VGLUT1 and VGLUT3 expression but significantly decreased that of VGLUT2 in almost all BG structures studied; 2) STN-HFS did not change VGLUT1-3 expression in the different brain areas of normal rats while, on the contrary, it systematically induced a significant increase of their expression in DA-depleted rats and 3) STN-HFS reversed the decrease in VGLUT2 expression induced by the DA-depletion. CONCLUSIONS: These results show for the first time a comparative analysis of changes of expression for the three VGLUTs induced by STN-HFS in the BG network of normal and hemiparkinsonian rats. They provide evidence for the involvement of VGLUT2 in the modulation of BG cicuits and in particular that of thalamostriatal and thalamocortical pathways suggesting their key role in its therapeutic effects for alleviating PD motor symptoms.
Keywords : High frequency stimulation Subthalamic nucleus Parkinson's disease Basal Ganglia 6-OHDA-lesion Rat Glutamate Vesicular glutamate transporters
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BMC Neuroscience, BioMed Central, 2013, 14 (1), pp.152. 〈10.1186/1471-2202-14-152〉
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Mathieu Favier, Carole Carcenac, Guillaume Drui, Sabrina Boulet, Salah El Mestikawy, et al.. High-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus modifies the expression of vesicular glutamate transporters in basal ganglia in a rat model of Parkinson's disease.. BMC Neuroscience, BioMed Central, 2013, 14 (1), pp.152. 〈10.1186/1471-2202-14-152〉. 〈inserm-00916271〉

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