title: Behavioural effects of basal ganglia rho-kinase inhibition in the unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine rat model of Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, which affects more than six million people in the world. While current available pharmacological therapies for PD in the early stages of the disease usually improve motor symptoms, they cause side effects, such as fluctuations and dyskinesias in the later stages. In this later stage, high frequency deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) is a treatment option which is most successful to treat drug resistant advanced PD. It has previously been demonstrated that activation of Rho/Rho-kinase pathway is involved in the dopaminergic cell degeneration which is one of the main characteristics of PD pathology. In addition, the involvement of this pathway has been suggested in diverse cellular events in the central nervous system; such as epilepsy, anxiety-related behaviors, regulation of dendritic and axonal morphology, antinociception, subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal cord injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. However, up to date, to our knowledge there are no previous reports showing the beneficial effects of the potent Rho-kinase inhibitor Y-27632 in the 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) rat model of PD. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the behavioural effects of basal ganglia Y-27632 microinjections in this PD model. Our results indicated that basal ganglia Y-27632 microinjections significantly decreased the number of contralateral rotations-induced by apomorphine, significantly increased line crossings in the open-field test, contralateral forelimb use in the limb-use asymmetry test and contralateral tape playing time in the somatosensory asymmetry test, which may suggest that Y-27632 could be a potentially active antiparkinsonian agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Pharmacology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, University of Konya-NE, Akyokus, 42080, Konya, Meram, Turkey. salim.inan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Salim Yalcin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4505-0760
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Inan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Pharmacology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, University of Konya-NE, Akyokus, 42080, Konya, Meram, Turkey.
authors.forename: Burak Cem
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Soner
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Pharmacology, Meram Faculty of Medicine, University of Konya-NE, Akyokus, 42080, Konya, Meram, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayse Saide
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Sahin
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000818:Animals; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000187:drug effects*; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects; D016627:Oxidopamine; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051381:Rats; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011725:Pyridines; C108830:Y 27632; D016627:Oxidopamine; D054460:rho-Associated Kinases
keywords: 6-Hydroxydopamine; Basal ganglia; Behaviour; Rho-kinase; Y-27632