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Photobiomodulation-induced changes in a monkey model of Parkinson’s disease: changes in tyrosine hydroxylase cells and GDNF expression in the striatum

Published on 29 March 2018
Photobiomodulation-induced changes in a monkey model of Parkinson’s disease: changes in tyrosine hydroxylase cells and GDNF expression in the striatum
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Authors
El Massri N., Lemgruber A.P., Rowe I.J., Moro C., Torres N., Reinhart F., Chabrol C., Benabid A.-L., Mitrofanis J.
Year2017-0266
Source-TitleExperimental Brain Research
Affiliations
Department of Anatomy F13, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, University of Grenoble Alpes, CEA, LETI, CLINATEC, MINATEC Campus, Grenoble, France
Abstract
Intracranial application of red to infrared light, known also as photobiomodulation (PBM), has been shown to improve locomotor activity and to neuroprotect midbrain dopaminergic cells in rodent and monkey models of Parkinson’s disease. In this study, we explored whether PBM has any influence on the number of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)+cells and the expression of GDNF (glial-derived neurotrophic factor) in the striatum. Striatal sections of MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine)-treated mice and monkeys and 6-hydroxydopamine (6OHDA)-lesioned rats that had PBM optical fibres implanted intracranially (or not) were processed for immunohistochemistry (all species) or western blot analysis (monkeys). In our MPTP monkey model, which showed a clear loss in striatal dopaminergic terminations, PBM generated a striking increase in striatal TH+ cell number, 60% higher compared to MPTP monkeys not treated with PBM and 80% higher than controls. This increase was not evident in our MPTP mouse and 6OHDA rat models, both of which showed minimal loss in striatal terminations. In monkeys, the increase in striatal TH+ cell number in MPTP-PBM cases was accompanied by similar increases in GDNF expression, as determined from western blots, from MPTP and control cases. In summary, these results offer insights into the mechanisms by which PBM generates its beneficial effects, potentially with the use of trophic factors, such as GDNF. © 2017, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Author-Keywords
670 nm, 6OHDA, Caudate, MPTP, Near infrared light, Putamen
Index-Keywords
1,2,3,6 tetrahydro 1 methyl 4 phenylpyridine, glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor, oxidopamine, tyrosine 3 monooxygenase, animal experiment, animal model, animal tissue, Article, cell count, controlled study, corpus striatum, immunohistochemistry, low level laser therapy, Macaca fascicularis, monkey model, mouse, nonhuman, Parkinson disease, photobiomodulation, priority journal, protein expression, rat, Western blotting
ISSN144819
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