{"department":[{"_id":"EM-Fac"}],"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The evidence linking innate immunity mechanisms and neurodegenerative diseases is growing, but the specific mechanisms are incompletely understood. Experimental data suggest that microglial TLR4 mediates the uptake and clearance of α-synuclein also termed synucleinophagy. The accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein throughout the brain is central to Parkinson's disease (PD). The distribution and progression of the pathology is often attributed to the propagation of α-synuclein. Here, we apply a classical α-synuclein propagation model of prodromal PD in wild type and TLR4 deficient mice to study the role of TLR4 in the progression of the disease. Our data suggest that TLR4 deficiency facilitates the α-synuclein seed spreading associated with reduced lysosomal activity of microglia. Three months after seed inoculation, more pronounced proteinase K-resistant α-synuclein inclusion pathology is observed in mice with TLR4 deficiency. The facilitated propagation of α-synuclein is associated with early loss of dopamine transporter (DAT) signal in the striatum and loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta of TLR4 deficient mice. These new results support TLR4 signaling as a putative target for disease modification to slow the progression of PD and related disorders."}],"publication_status":"published","date_published":"2021-10-01T00:00:00Z","article_processing_charge":"No","month":"10","pmid":1,"date_updated":"2023-08-17T06:36:01Z","tmp":{"image":"/images/cc_by.png","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","short":"CC BY (4.0)","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"type":"journal_article","file":[{"date_updated":"2022-01-10T13:41:40Z","success":1,"file_id":"10612","date_created":"2022-01-10T13:41:40Z","file_size":6848513,"checksum":"360681585acb51e80d17c6b213c56b55","relation":"main_file","content_type":"application/pdf","creator":"alisjak","access_level":"open_access","file_name":"2021_Parkinsonism_Venezia.pdf"}],"day":"01","title":"Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency facilitates α-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson's disease","quality_controlled":"1","status":"public","publisher":"Elsevier","scopus_import":"1","oa_version":"Published Version","oa":1,"user_id":"4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8","date_created":"2022-01-09T23:01:26Z","_id":"10607","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"citation":{"ama":"Venezia S, Kaufmann W, Wenning GK, Stefanova N. Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency facilitates α-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson’s disease. <i>Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders</i>. 2021;91:59-65. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007\">10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007</a>","apa":"Venezia, S., Kaufmann, W., Wenning, G. K., &#38; Stefanova, N. (2021). Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency facilitates α-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson’s disease. <i>Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007</a>","chicago":"Venezia, Serena, Walter Kaufmann, Gregor K. Wenning, and Nadia Stefanova. “Toll-like Receptor 4 Deficiency Facilitates α-Synuclein Propagation and Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease.” <i>Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders</i>. Elsevier, 2021. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007</a>.","ista":"Venezia S, Kaufmann W, Wenning GK, Stefanova N. 2021. Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency facilitates α-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson’s disease. Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders. 91, 59–65.","short":"S. Venezia, W. Kaufmann, G.K. Wenning, N. Stefanova, Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders 91 (2021) 59–65.","mla":"Venezia, Serena, et al. “Toll-like Receptor 4 Deficiency Facilitates α-Synuclein Propagation and Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Prodromal Parkinson’s Disease.” <i>Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders</i>, vol. 91, Elsevier, 2021, pp. 59–65, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007\">10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007</a>.","ieee":"S. Venezia, W. Kaufmann, G. K. Wenning, and N. Stefanova, “Toll-like receptor 4 deficiency facilitates α-synuclein propagation and neurodegeneration in a mouse model of prodromal Parkinson’s disease,” <i>Parkinsonism &#38; Related Disorders</i>, vol. 91. Elsevier, pp. 59–65, 2021."},"article_type":"original","external_id":{"isi":["000701142900012"],"pmid":["34530328"]},"publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1873-5126"],"issn":["1353-8020"]},"author":[{"first_name":"Serena","last_name":"Venezia","full_name":"Venezia, Serena"},{"last_name":"Kaufmann","first_name":"Walter","full_name":"Kaufmann, Walter","id":"3F99E422-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","orcid":"0000-0001-9735-5315"},{"last_name":"Wenning","first_name":"Gregor K.","full_name":"Wenning, Gregor K."},{"first_name":"Nadia","last_name":"Stefanova","full_name":"Stefanova, Nadia"}],"has_accepted_license":"1","publication":"Parkinsonism & Related Disorders","page":"59-65","doi":"10.1016/j.parkreldis.2021.09.007","ddc":["610"],"acknowledgement":"This study was supported by grants of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) F4414 and W1206-08. Electron microscopy was performed at the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST-Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility.","file_date_updated":"2022-01-10T13:41:40Z","isi":1,"year":"2021","intvolume":"        91","volume":91}