Healthy / Parkinson’s disease comparison panels, Direct pathway PD data table (SNc / D1 MSNs / GPi&SNR / thalamus / Cortex), Indirect pathway data table (D2 MSNs / GPe / STN / GPi&SNR / thalamus), DBS / GAD note, Input / Output diagrams, PD / HD cause-direct-indirect-consequence table, In HD subsection (D2 MSN / D1 MSN), Mhtt synaptic notes, Hypokinetic Sx
Healthy vs Parkinson’s disease (panel labels)
- (Associative) motor cortex → Striatum (Thalamus) → Substantia nigra pars compacta / Subthalamic nucleus / Globus pallidus internus
- Edge labels: GABA, +Glutamate
Direct pathway (continued)
- In PD, (↓ GABA-erigic input from striatum →) disinhibition at STN and Gpi leads to increased inhibition at thalamus (slide11: 실제로 ↑ GABATHAL) leading to reduced motor activity (Univ of florida semimechanistic efficacy model).
- 원래 thalamus 에서 movement initation 의 green light 줌!, 근데 PD 에선, the thalamus is kept in an overly inhibited state.
- Change in GABA_Thl is the driver for clinical symptoms
| SNc | (D1 receptor-containing) (GABAergic) MSNs in the (medial) dorsal striatum | GPi & SNR | thalamus | Cortex | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (normally) 다음 단계에 대한 작용 방향성 (위그림) | + | - | - | + | ||
| 서 | 스 | 지 | 쌀 | 코 | ||
| PD 예측 | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↓ | ||
| PD findings (in): firing (McGregor and Nelson 2019, PMID) | MPTP monkeys | (Cui, 2021 #1415) | (D2? receptor-containing) (GABAergic) MSNs in the (lateral) dorsal striatum | GPe 에서 Npas1 cells 들이 overactivation 되어있다. | = (in NHP, (Pessiglione et al. 2005, PMID), ↓ by microelecrode-guided functional stereotactic neurosurgery (Molnar al. 2005, PMID 15703231) | |
| PD patients | ↑ ((Singh, 2016 #1520)), = | ↑ | ||||
| Mice | ||||||
| rat | ↓ | |||||
| DBS | GPi 를 inhibition |
Indirect pathway
| (D2 receptor-containing) (GABAergic) MSNs in the dorsal striatum | (Direct 대비 아래 노란배경 둘이 추가) GPe neurons (direct 대비 이 inhibitory 가 하나 추가되었으니 이후 과정이 역) | STN | GPi & SNR | thalamus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 지 | 쌀 | |||||
| Circuit 내 작용 | ↑ | |||||
| 정상인 | ↓ | |||||
| In PD | ↑ (disinhibited) 그래서 overactivated, 그래서 여기에 DBS 함. | |||||
| ↓ | ||||||
| DBS (& subthalamotomy) | 이것의 기능을 Supplement (cf. 실제 주입은 STN에) | |||||
| GAD (glutamic acid decarboxylase) GT (GAD is the rate-limiting enzyme for GABA production) |
- 미시 process
- Cortex → ↑ D2 in Striatum → ↓ Gpe → ↓ STN → ↑ SNR (SNR 대신 GPi 로 간다는 설명도 있음, review basic good) → ↓ Thalamus → ↑ Cx
- 거시 process
- Striatum 이 활성화되면 → STN 을 억제하는 Gpe 를 억제하므로 (쎰쎰이 되어) STN 이 활성화 → SNR 이 활성화 → 원래 Thalamus 는 Cx 를 활성화시키는데 이를 억제하므로 최종적으로 Cx 가 억제됨.
- overall, inhibit thalamus and thus cortex
- 평소: 이 indirect pathway 가 억제되어 있음 (HOW? By cortex?).
- PD: ↓ SNc → [indirect pathway 의 억제를 못 함] → thalamus is kept inhibited.
Pathway summary
- Direct pathway: overall, stimulate thalamus and thus cortex
- Indirect pathway: overall, inhibit thalamus and thus cortex
Hand-drawn board (visible labels)
- CORTEX
- Striatum (+D1 / D2)
- GPi / SNR / SNc / GPE
- STN OFF
- Thalamus
- Key: Excitatory / Inhibitory
- Caption (blue panel): ↑ release of GABA onto the GP to inhibits its inhibitory affects on the thalamic nucleus. → thalamocortical pathways excited and transmits motor neuron signals to the cerebral cx to allow the initiation of movement, this is absent in PD
Input / Output block diagrams (visible labels)
- Input: Cortex / Thalamus / SN → striatum, edge label
'corticostriatal pathway': glutamatergic, excitatory - Output: SNpr Internal GP → Thalamus → cortex
SNC → Striatum (MSN) split
- D1: stimulate the direct pathway
- D2: inhibit the indirect pathway
PD vs HD
| cause | Direct | Indirect | consequence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD | SNc 망가져서 | ↓ (핵심) | ↑ | ↓ motor initiation |
| HD | 특히 Gpe 로 가는 Str 망가져서, 즉 indirect pathway 가 망가져서 | ↑ | ↓ (핵심) | ↑ motor function |
In HD
- 주 View
- D2 MSN 이 주로 죽는다, (whereas MSNs expressing SP, projecting to the GPi are relatively spared, although the SP-containing projections to the SNr are more severely affected than the SP-containing to the GPi (André et al. 2010, PMID PMC3118459))
- 최근 변형 view
- D1 MSN 도 vulnerable 하다
- 그러나 neuroprotective mechanism 이 있는건지, D2 MSN 보다 덜 죽는다.(Cepeda et al. 2014, PMID PMC4409123)
- D1 MSN 도 vulnerable 하다
- MSN in Striatum 이 죽으므로 → 위의 정상적인 억제작용이 안 되어서,
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- direct pathway 만 활성화되어서 motor hyperactivity 됨.
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- striatum 에서 받을 놈이 없으니 corticostrital pathway 가 보상적으로 활성화
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ASN NEURO 2(2):art:e00033 doi:10.1042/AN20090058, 2010
- Mhtt 이 길기 때문에 → ↑ glutamate release, ↑ synaptic response, ↑ amplitude spontaneous synaptic events → collapse of spines on postsynaptic MSSNs → ↑ membrane input
- Hypokinetic Sx: parkinsonism such as bradykinesia and rigidy
Uncertain Spans
| location | transcription | uncertainty |
|---|---|---|
| Mhtt note | collapse of spines on postsynaptic MSSNs → ↑ membrane input | MSSNs could be MSNs (Medium Spiny Neurons); preserved verbatim. |