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- Title
Delayed Dopamine Dysfunction and Motor Deficits in Female Parkinson Model Mice.
- Authors
Chen, Yuan-Hao; Wang, Vicki; Huang, Eagle Yi-Kung; Chou, Yu-Ching; Kuo, Tung-Tai; Olson, Lars; Hoffer, Barry J.
- Abstract
This study analyzed gender differences in the progressive dopamine (DA) deficiency phenotype in the MitoPark (MP) mouse model of Parkinson's disease (PD) with progressive loss of DA release and reuptake in midbrain DA pathways. We found that the progressive loss of these DA presynaptic parameters begins significantly earlier in male than female MP mice. This was correlated with behavioral gender differences of both forced and spontaneous motor behavior. The degeneration of the nigrostriatal DA system in MP mice is earlier and more marked than that of the mesolimbic DA system, with male MP mice again being more strongly affected than female MP mice. After ovariectomy, DA presynaptic and behavioral changes in female mice become very similar to those of male animals. Our results suggest that estrogen, either directly or indirectly, is neuroprotective in the midbrain DA system. Our results are compatible with epidemiological data on incidence and symptom progression in PD, showing that men are more strongly affected than women at early ages.
- Subjects
PARKINSON'S disease; DOPAMINE; MICE
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 24, p6251
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms20246251