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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Although mutations in alpha-synuclein have been identified in autosomal dominant PD, the mechanism by which dopaminergic neural cell death occurs remains unknown. Proteins encoded by two other genes in which mutations cause familial PD, parkin and UCH-L1, are involved in regulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway, suggesting that dysregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is involved in the mechanism by which these mutations cause PD. We established inducible PC12 cell lines in which wild-type or mutant alpha-synuclein can be de-repressed by removing doxycycline. Differentiated PC12 cell lines expressing mutant alpha-synuclein showed decreased activity of proteasomes without direct toxicity. Cells expressing mutant alpha-synuclein showed increased sensitivity to apoptotic cell death when treated with sub-toxic concentrations of an exogenous proteasome inhibitor. Apoptosis was accompanied by mitochondrial depolarization and elevation of caspase-3 and -9, and was blocked by cyclosporin A. These data suggest that expression of mutant alpha-synuclein results in sensitivity to impairment of proteasome activity, leading to mitochondrial abnormalities and neuronal cell death.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Acetylcysteine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casp3 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Casp9 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 9, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclosporine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Multienzyme Complexes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Snca protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Synucleins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetracycline, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha-Synuclein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/lactacystin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
919-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Caspase 9, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Cyclosporine, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Cysteine Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Immunoenzyme Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Membrane Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Multienzyme Complexes, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Synucleins, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Tetracycline, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11309365-alpha-Synuclein
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Inducible expression of mutant alpha-synuclein decreases proteasome activity and increases sensitivity to mitochondria-dependent apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't