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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease with no effective treatment. Minocycline is a tetracycline derivative with proven safety. After ischemia, minocycline inhibits caspase-1 and inducible nitric oxide synthetase upregulation, and reduces infarction. As caspase-1 and nitric oxide seem to play a role in Huntington disease, we evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of minocycline in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington disease. We report that minocycline delays disease progression, inhibits caspase-1 and caspase-3 mRNA upregulation, and decreases inducible nitric oxide synthetase activity. In addition, effective pharmacotherapy in R6/2 mice requires caspase-1 and caspase-3 inhibition. This is the first demonstration of caspase-1 and caspase-3 transcriptional regulation in a Huntington disease model.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1078-8956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
797-801
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Caspase 1, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Evaluation Studies as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Huntington Disease, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Minocycline, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, pubmed-meshheading:10888929-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Minocycline inhibits caspase-1 and caspase-3 expression and delays mortality in a transgenic mouse model of Huntington disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Neuroapoptosis Laboratory, Neurosurgical Service, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't