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(American Journal of Pathology. 2007;170:658-666.)
© 2007 American Society for Investigative Pathology
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2007.060359

Pesticide Exposure Exacerbates {alpha}-Synucleinopathy in an A53T Transgenic Mouse Model

Erin H. Norris*{dagger}, Kunihiro Uryu*{dagger}, Susan Leight*{dagger}, Benoit I. Giasson{ddagger}, John Q. Trojanowski*{dagger}§ and Virginia M.-Y. Lee*{dagger}§

From the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research,* Institute on Aging,§ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,{dagger} and Department of Pharmacology,{ddagger} University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The factors initiating or contributing to the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease and related neurodegenerative synucleinopathies are still largely unclear, but environmental factors such as pesticides have been implicated. In this study, A53T mutant human {alpha}-synuclein transgenic mice (M83), which develop {alpha}-synuclein neuropathology, were treated with the pesticides paraquat and maneb (either singly or together), and their effects were analyzed. Immunohistochemical and biochemical analyses showed that chronic treatment of M83 transgenic mice with both pesticides (but not with either pesticide alone) drastically increased neuronal {alpha}-synuclein pathology throughout the central nervous system including the hippocampus, cerebellum, and sensory and auditory cortices. {alpha}-Synuclein-associated mitochondrial degeneration was observed in M83 but not in wild-type {alpha}-synuclein transgenic mice. Because {alpha}-synuclein inclusions accumulated in pesticide-exposed M83 transgenic mice without a motor phenotype, we conclude that {alpha}-synuclein aggregate formation precedes disease onset. These studies support the notion that environmental factors causing nitrative damage are closely linked to mechanisms underlying the formation of {alpha}-synuclein pathologies and the onset of Parkinson’s-like neurodegeneration.




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