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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 2002, 22(12):5137-5148
High-Frequency Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus Selectively
Reverses Dopamine Denervation-Induced Cellular Defects in the Output
Structures of the Basal Ganglia in the Rat
Pascal
Salin,
Christine
Manrique,
Claude
Forni, and
Lydia Kerkerian-Le
Goff
Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Fonctionnelle,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 13 402 Marseille, Cedex
20, France
High-frequency stimulation (HFS) of the subthalamic
nucleus (STN) is now recognized as an effective treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease, but the molecular basis of its effects remains unknown. This study examined the effects of unilateral STN HFS (2 hr of
continuous stimulation) in intact and hemiparkinsonian awake rats on
STN neuron metabolic activity and on neurotransmitter-related gene
expression in the basal ganglia, by means of in situ
hybridization histochemistry and immunocytochemistry. In both intact
and hemiparkinsonian rats, this stimulation was found to induce
c-fos protein expression but to decrease cytochrome oxidase
subunit I mRNA levels in STN neurons. STN HFS did not affect the
dopamine lesion-mediated overexpression of enkephalin mRNA or the
decrease in substance P in the ipsilateral striatum. The lesion-induced
increases in intraneuronal glutamate decarboxylase 67 kDa isoform
(GAD67) mRNA levels on the lesion side were reversed by STN HFS
in the substantia nigra, partially antagonized in the
entopeduncular nucleus but unaffected in the globus pallidus. The
stimulation did not affect neuropeptide or GAD67 mRNA levels in the
side contralateral to the dopamine lesion or in intact animals. These
data furnish the first evidence that STN HFS decreases the metabolic
activity of STN neurons and antagonizes dopamine lesion-mediated
cellular defects in the basal ganglia output structures.
They provide molecular substrate to the therapeutic effects of this
stimulation consistent with the current hypothesis that HFS blocks STN
neuron activity. However, the differential impact of STN HFS on the
effects of dopamine lesion among structures receiving direct STN inputs
suggests that this stimulation may not cause simply interruption of STN outflow.
Key words:
striatum; pallidum; substantia nigra; subthalamic
nucleus; glutamate decarboxylase; in situ hybridization; Parkinson's disease; deep brain stimulation
Copyright © 2002 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/02/22125137-12$05.00/0
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