Concordant signaling pathways produced by pesticide exposure in mice correspond to pathways identified in human Parkinson's disease.

TitleConcordant signaling pathways produced by pesticide exposure in mice correspond to pathways identified in human Parkinson's disease.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsGollamudi S, Johri A, Calingasan NY, Yang L, Elemento O, M Beal F
JournalPLoS One
Volume7
Issue5
Paginatione36191
Date Published2012
ISSN1932-6203
KeywordsAnimals, Corpus Striatum, Gene Expression Profiling, Gene Regulatory Networks, Humans, Male, Maneb, Mesencephalon, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Paraquat, Parkinson Disease, Parkinson Disease, Secondary, Pesticides, Pyridazines, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Signal Transduction, Transcriptome
Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which the etiology of 90 percent of the patients is unknown. Pesticide exposure is a major risk factor for PD, and paraquat (PQ), pyridaben (PY) and maneb (MN) are amongst the most widely used pesticides. We studied mRNA expression using transcriptome sequencing (RNA-Seq) in the ventral midbrain (VMB) and striatum (STR) of PQ, PY and paraquat+maneb (MNPQ) treated mice, followed by pathway analysis. We found concordance of signaling pathways between the three pesticide models in both the VMB and STR as well as concordance in these two brain areas. The concordant signaling pathways with relevance to PD pathogenesis were e.g. axonal guidance signaling, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, as well as pathways not previously linked to PD, e.g. basal cell carcinoma, human embryonic stem cell pluripotency and role of macrophages, fibroblasts and endothelial cells in rheumatoid arthritis. Human PD pathways previously identified by expression analysis, concordant with VMB pathways identified in our study were axonal guidance signaling, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, IL-6 signaling, ephrin receptor signaling, TGF-β signaling, PPAR signaling and G-protein coupled receptor signaling. Human PD pathways concordant with the STR pathways in our study were Wnt/β-catenin signaling, axonal guidance signaling and G-protein coupled receptor signaling. Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor delta (Ppard) and G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) were common genes in VMB and STR identified by network analysis. In conclusion, the pesticides PQ, PY and MNPQ elicit common signaling pathways in the VMB and STR in mice, which are concordant with known signaling pathways identified in human PD, suggesting that these pathways contribute to the pathogenesis of idiopathic PD. The analysis of these networks and pathways may therefore lead to improved understanding of disease pathogenesis, and potential novel therapeutic targets.

DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0036191
Alternate JournalPLoS ONE
PubMed ID22563483
PubMed Central IDPMC3341364
Grant ListR01 ES017295 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
ES017295 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
R01 ES017295-01 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States