Oxytocin Protects Nigrostriatal Dopamine Signal via Activating GABAergic Circuit in the MPTP‐Induced Parkinson's Disease Model

Abstract: The most pronounced neuropathological feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the loss of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra compacta (SNc), which depletes striatal DA. Hypothalamic oxytocin is found to be reduced in PD patients and closely interacts with the DA system, but the role of oxytocin in PD remains unclear. Here, the disturbances of endogenous oxytocin level and the substantia nigra (SN) oxytocin receptor expression in the 1‐methyl‐4‐phenyl‐1,2,3,6‐tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)‐induced PD mouse model is observed, correlated with the striatal tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression reduction. Killing/silencing hypothalamic oxytocin neurons aggravates the vulnerability of nigrostriatal DA signal to MPTP, whereas elevating oxytocin level by intranasal delivery or microinjecting into the SN promotes the resistance. In addition, knocking out SN oxytocin receptors induces the time‐dependent reductions of SNc DA neurons, striatal TH expression, and striatal DA level by increasing neuronal excitotoxicity. These results further uncover that oxytocin dampens the excitatory synaptic inputs onto DA neurons via activating oxytocin receptor‐expressed SN GABA neurons, which target GABA (B) receptors expressed in SNc DA neuron‐projecting glutamatergic axons, to reduce excitotoxicity. Thus, besides the well‐known prosocial effect, oxytocin acts as a key endogenous factor in protecting the nigrostriatal DA system.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

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Oxytocin Protects Nigrostriatal Dopamine Signal via Activating GABAergic Circuit in the MPTP‐Induced Parkinson's Disease Model ; day:05 ; month:08 ; year:2024 ; extent:20
Advanced science ; (05.08.2024) (gesamt 20)

Urheber
Wang, Yurong
Xu, Hao
Chen, Saiyong
Chen, Junhao
Zheng, Qimeng
Ma, Yuanyuan
Zhao, Xinru
Shi, Ying
Xiao, Lei

DOI
10.1002/advs.202310244
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2408051425532.376053036319
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14.08.2025, 11:02 MESZ

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  • Wang, Yurong
  • Xu, Hao
  • Chen, Saiyong
  • Chen, Junhao
  • Zheng, Qimeng
  • Ma, Yuanyuan
  • Zhao, Xinru
  • Shi, Ying
  • Xiao, Lei

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