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SUBMITTER: Chiricozzi E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6920361 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chiricozzi Elena E Mauri Laura L Lunghi Giulia G Di Biase Erika E Fazzari Maria M Maggioni Margherita M Valsecchi Manuela M Prioni Simona S Loberto Nicoletta N Pomè Diego Yuri DY Ciampa Maria Grazia MG Fato Pamela P Verlengia Gianluca G Cattaneo Stefano S Assini Robert R Wu Gusheng G Alselehdar Samar S Ledeen Robert W RW Sonnino Sandro S
Scientific reports 20191218 1
Given the recent in vitro discovery that the free soluble oligosaccharide of GM1 is the bioactive portion of GM1 for neurotrophic functions, we investigated its therapeutic potential in the B4galnt1<sup>+/-</sup> mice, a model of sporadic Parkinson's disease. We found that the GM1 oligosaccharide, systemically administered, reaches the brain and completely rescues the physical symptoms, reduces the abnormal nigral α-synuclein content, restores nigral tyrosine hydroxylase expression and striatal ...[more]