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. 2021 Sep 7;15:726476. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2021.726476

TABLE 1.

Summary of the phenotypical alterations observed in the retina of PD patients, Thy1-h[A30P]α-syn mice.

PD patients References Thy1-h[A30P]α -syn mice TgM83 mice
α-syn in GCL, IPL, and INL Beach et al., 2014; Ho et al., 2014; Bodis-Wollner et al., 2014a α-syn in GCL, IPL, and INL α-syn in ONL and INL
p-α-syn positive cell bodies and neurites in GCL Beach et al., 2014; Ortuno-Lizaran et al., 2018a p-α-syn positive cell bodies and neurites in GCL p-α-syn labeling in outer and inner retina
p-Tau (Thr231) in OPL and GCL
Thinning of NFL, GCL, IPL, and INL (OCT) Shrier et al., 2012; Adam et al., 2013; Spund et al., 2013; Lee et al., 2014; Bodis-Wollner et al., 2014b; Matlach et al., 2018 Thinning of IPL (OCT) Thinning of ONL (histology)
Thickening of PL (OCT)
Decreased TH levels and TH-positive cell density in INL Decreased TH + plexus complexity Nguyen-Legros, 1988; Harnois and Di Paolo, 1990; Chorostecki et al., 2015; Ortuño-Lizarán et al., 2020 Preserved TH-positive cell density in INL Preserved TH levels in INL
Preserved TH + plexus size in IPL
Decreased melanopsin-positive cell density in GCL and dendritic tree complexity Ortuno-Lizaran et al., 2018b Preserved melanopsin-positive cell density in GCL
Increased microglial reactivity (Iba-1) Doorn et al., 2014; Ferreira and Romero-Ramos, 2018 No microglial reactivity (Iba-1) Increased microglial reactivity (CD11b, CD68)
No macroglial reactivity (GFAP) Mirza et al., 1999 No macroglial reactivity (GFAP) Macroglial reactivity (GFAP)
RGC, bipolar and amacrine cell dysfunction (ERG): Nightingale et al., 1986; Gottlob et al., 1987; Burguera et al., 1990; Ikeda et al., 1994; Peppe et al., 1992, 1995, 1998; Langheinrich et al., 2000; Sartucci et al., 2006; Garcia-Martin et al., 2014; Nowacka et al., 2015; Kashani et al., 2021 RGC and amacrine cell dysfunction (ERG):
− diminished responses of the photopic b-wave, scotopic oscillatory potentials and P50 component of the pattern ERG reversed by L-DOPA − supernormal responses of the scotopic oscillatory potentials and pSTR (starting at 4 and 8 months, respectively)
− reversed by L-DOPA − no overt response to L-DOPA

Retinal manifestations on the TgM83 mouse model were described in Mammadova et al. (2018). OCT, optical coherence tomography; NFL, nerve fiber layer; GCL, ganglion cell layer; IPL, inner plexiform layer; INL, inner nuclear layer; ONL, outer nuclear layer; OPL, outer plexiform layer; PL, photoreceptor layer; ERG, electroretinography; OPs, oscillatory potentials; pSTR, positive scotopic threshold response; and TH: tyrosine hydroxylase.