title: Does neuronal expression of GDNF effectively protect dopaminergic neurons in a rat model of Parkinson's disease?
abstract: The transfer of the Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) gene to the central nervous system by a recombinant adenoviral vector (Ad) was studied. We constructed the adenovirus vector Ad-NSE-GDNF from which the E1, E3/E4 regions of Ad5 have been deleted and in which the GDNF gene was under the control of a neuron-specific enolase (NSE) promoter. The vector was injected into the striatum of a rat model of Parkinson's disease. We found that (i) the NSE promoter can restrict transgene expression in neurons; (ii) Ad-NSE-GDNF significantly protected dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra (SN) but did not reverse the impairments of amphetamine-induced rotational behavior in lesioned rats.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire de la Neurotransmission et des Processus Neurodegeneratifs, CNRS, UMR 7091, Bat. CERVI, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Do Thi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saillour
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paunio
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mallet
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000378:metabolism; D014161:Transduction, Genetic / Q000379:methods*; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D051100:Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; D010751:Phosphopyruvate Hydratase; D004298:Dopamine