Survival, differentiation, and connectivity of ventral mesencephalic dopamine neurons following transplantation
Thompson, Lachlan LU and Björklund, Anders LU
(2012)
In Progress in brain research
200.
p.61-95
- Abstract
The reconstruction of midbrain dopamine (DA) circuitry through intracerebral transplantation of new DA neurons contained in embryonic ventral mesencephalon (VM) is a promising therapeutic approach for Parkinson's disease (PD). Although some of the early open-label trials have provided proof-of-principal that VM grafts can provide sustained improvement of motor function in some patients, subsequent trials showed that the functional response can be highly variable. This chapter reviews an extensive body of basic and clinical research on the survival, differentiation, and connectivity of DA neurons in VM grafts, and also looks at how these parameters are affected by certain host- and donor-specific variables. We also review how technical... (More)
The reconstruction of midbrain dopamine (DA) circuitry through intracerebral transplantation of new DA neurons contained in embryonic ventral mesencephalon (VM) is a promising therapeutic approach for Parkinson's disease (PD). Although some of the early open-label trials have provided proof-of-principal that VM grafts can provide sustained improvement of motor function in some patients, subsequent trials showed that the functional response can be highly variable. This chapter reviews an extensive body of basic and clinical research on the survival, differentiation, and connectivity of DA neurons in VM grafts, and also looks at how these parameters are affected by certain host- and donor-specific variables. We also review how technical advances in the tools available to study the integration of grafted DA neurons, such as transgenic reporter mice, have made significant contributions to our understanding of the capacity of different DA neuronal subtypes for target-directed growth and innervation of appropriate host brain structures. Our established and on-going understanding of the capacity of grafted DA neurons to structurally and functionally integrate following transplantation forms an important basis for the refinement and optimization of VM grafting procedures, and also the development of new procedures based on the use of stem cells.
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- author
- Thompson, Lachlan
LU
and Björklund, Anders
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Animals, Brain Tissue Transplantation, Cell Differentiation, Cell Survival, Dopaminergic Neurons, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Mesencephalon, Mice, Nervous System Diseases, Neural Pathways, Journal Article, Review
- host publication
- Functional Neural Transplantation III : Primary and Stem Cell Therapies for Brain Repair, Part I - Primary and Stem Cell Therapies for Brain Repair, Part I
- series title
- Progress in brain research
- editor
- Dunnett, S. B. and Björklund, Anders
- volume
- 200
- pages
- 35 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- pmid:23195415
- scopus:84870279696
- ISSN
- 0079-6123
- ISBN
- 978-0-444-59575-1
- DOI
- 10.1016/B978-0-444-59575-1.00004-1
- language
- English
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- yes
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- ea7674e0-ea16-4ef8-bb22-f51d70704b33
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author = {{Thompson, Lachlan and Björklund, Anders}},
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