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Knockdown of interleukin-1 receptor 1 is not neuroprotective in the 6-hydroxydopamine striatal lesion rat model of Parkinson's disease

Walsh, Sinéad, Gavin, Aisling, Wyatt, Sean Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0572-234X, O'Connor, Catriona, Keeshan, Karen, Nolan, Yvonne M., O'Keeffe, Gerard W. and Sullivan, Aideen M. 2015. Knockdown of interleukin-1 receptor 1 is not neuroprotective in the 6-hydroxydopamine striatal lesion rat model of Parkinson's disease. International Journal of Neuroscience 125 (1) , pp. 70-77. 10.3109/00207454.2014.904304

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Abstract

It is well established that neuroinflammation is associated with the progression of many neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Activated microglia and elevated levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β) have been found in the brain and cerebrospinal fluid of PD patients, suggesting that IL-1β may be involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. This study aimed to knock down the expression of the interleukin-1 type 1 receptor (IL-1R1) to evaluate any potential therapeutic effect of limiting the action of IL-1β in the substantia nigra following a unilateral intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion in rats. Adult Sprague-Dawley rats received intranigral injections of shRNA specific for IL-1R1, followed 2 weeks later by intrastriatal 6-OHDA. Injection of IL-1R1 shRNA did not prevent 6-OHDA-induced loss of motor function or loss of nigral dopamine neurons. IL-1R1 expression was increased in the midbrain following 6-OHDA injection; this effect was attenuated in 6-OHDA-treated animals that had received IL-1R1 shRNA. These data suggest that while IL-1R1 was increased in 6-OHDA-treated animals and reduced following shRNA injection, the neurodegeneration induced by 6-OHDA was not mediated through IL-1R1.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Subjects: Q Science > QR Microbiology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords: neuroinflammation, shRNA, dopaminergic neuron, degeneration
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
ISSN: 0020-7454
Date of Acceptance: 11 March 2014
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 10:19
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/69681

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