Chronic systemic pesticide exposure reproduces features of Parkinson's disease

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Betarbet, R [1 ]
Sherer, TB [1 ]
MacKenzie, G [1 ]
Garcia-Osuna, M [1 ]
Panov, AV [1 ]
Greenamyre, JT [1 ]
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[1] Emory Univ, Dept Neurol, Atlanta, GA 30322 USA
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10.1038/81834
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Q189 [神经科学];
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The cause of Parkinson's disease (PD) is unknown, but epidemiological studies suggest an association with pesticides and other environmental toxins, and biochemical studies implicate a systemic defect in mitochondrial complex I. We report that chronic, systemic inhibition of complex I by the lipophilic pesticide, rotenone, causes highly selective nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration that is associated behaviorally with hypokinesia and rigidity. Nigral neurons in rotenone-treated rats accumulate fibrillar cytoplasmic inclusions that contain ubiquitin and alpha -synuclein. These results indicate that chronic exposure to a common pesticide can reproduce the anatomical, neurochemical, behavioral and neuropathological features of PD.
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