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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Early-onset torsion dystonia is a hereditary movement disorder thought to be caused by decreased release of dopamine into the basal ganglia, without apparent neuronal degeneration. Recent cloning of the gene responsible for this disease, TOR1A (DYT1), identified the encoded protein, torsinA, as a member of the AAA+ superfamily of chaperone proteins and revealed highest levels of expression in dopaminergic neurons in human brain. Most cases of this disease are caused by a deletion of one glutamic acid residue in the C-terminal region of the protein. Antibodies generated against torsinA revealed expression of a predominant immunoreactive protein species similar to the predicted size of 37.8 kDa in neural, glial and fibroblastic lines by western blot analysis. This protein is N-glycosylated with high mannose content and not, apparently, phosphoryl-ated. Overexpression of torsinA in mouse neural CAD cells followed by immunocytochemistry, revealed a dramatically different pattern of distribution for wild-type and mutant forms of the protein. The wild-type protein was found throughout the cytoplasm and neurites with a high degree of co-localization with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) marker, protein disulfide isomerase. In contrast, the mutant protein accumulated in multiple, large inclusions in the cytoplasm around the nucleus. These inclusions were composed of membrane whorls, apparently derived from the ER. If disrupted processing of the mutant protein leads to its accumulation in multilayer membranous structures in vivo, these may interfere with membrane trafficking in neurons.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1403-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Dystonia Musculorum Deformans, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Glycosylation, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:10814722-Protein Disulfide-Isomerases
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutant torsinA, responsible for early-onset torsion dystonia, forms membrane inclusions in cultured neural cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Neurogenetics Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't