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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 2000, 20(16):6021-6029

Neuropathology in Mice Expressing Human alpha -Synuclein

Herman van der Putten1, Karl-Heinz Wiederhold1, Alphonse Probst2, Samuel Barbieri1, Claudia Mistl2, Simone Danner1, Sabine Kauffmann1, Katja Hofele1, Will P. J. M. Spooren1, Markus A. Ruegg4, Shuo Lin4, Pico Caroni3, Bernd Sommer1, Markus Tolnay2, and Graeme Bilbe1

1 Nervous System Research, Novartis Pharma Inc., CH 4002 Basel, Switzerland, 2 Institute for Pathology, CH 4003 Basel, Switzerland, 3 Friedrich Miescher Institute, CH 4058 Basel, Switzerland, and 4 Biozentrum, University of Basel, CH 4056 Basel, Switzerland

The presynaptic protein alpha -synuclein is a prime suspect for contributing to Lewy pathology and clinical aspects of diseases, including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and a Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease. alpha -Synuclein accumulates in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites, and two missense mutations (A53T and A30P) in the alpha -synuclein gene are genetically linked to rare familial forms of Parkinson's disease. Under control of mouse Thy1 regulatory sequences, expression of A53T mutant human alpha -synuclein in the nervous system of transgenic mice generated animals with neuronal alpha -synucleinopathy, features strikingly similar to those observed in human brains with Lewy pathology, neuronal degeneration, and motor defects, despite a lack of transgene expression in dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta. Neurons in brainstem and motor neurons appeared particularly vulnerable. Motor neuron pathology included axonal damage and denervation of neuromuscular junctions in several muscles examined, suggesting that alpha -synuclein interfered with a universal mechanism of synapse maintenance. Thy1 transgene expression of wild-type human alpha -synuclein resulted in similar pathological changes, thus supporting a central role for mutant and wild-type alpha -synuclein in familial and idiotypic forms of diseases with neuronal alpha -synucleinopathy and Lewy pathology. These mouse models provide a means to address fundamental aspects of alpha -synucleinopathy and test therapeutic strategies.

Key words: transgenic mice; alpha -synuclein; wild-type; A53T mutant; Lewy pathology; Parkinson's disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; ubiquitination


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