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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 2000, 20(16):6021-6029
Neuropathology in Mice Expressing Human -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 -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. -Synuclein accumulates in Lewy
bodies and Lewy neurites, and two missense mutations (A53T and A30P) in
the -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 -synuclein in the nervous
system of transgenic mice generated animals with neuronal
-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 -synuclein interfered with
a universal mechanism of synapse maintenance. Thy1 transgene expression
of wild-type human -synuclein resulted in similar pathological
changes, thus supporting a central role for mutant and wild-type
-synuclein in familial and idiotypic forms of diseases with neuronal
-synucleinopathy and Lewy pathology. These mouse models provide a
means to address fundamental aspects of -synucleinopathy and test
therapeutic strategies.
Key words:
transgenic mice; -synuclein; wild-type; A53T mutant; Lewy pathology; Parkinson's disease; dementia with Lewy bodies; ubiquitination
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