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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
Abnormal accumulation of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies is a neuropathological hallmark of both sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease (PD). Although mutations in alpha-synuclein have been identified in autosomal dominant PD, the mechanism by which dopaminergic cell death occurs remains unknown. We investigated transcriptional changes in neuroblastoma cell lines transfected with either normal or mutant (A30P or A53T) alpha-synuclein using microarrays, with confirmation of selected genes by quantitative RT-PCR. Gene products whose expression was found to be significantly altered included members of diverse functional groups such as stress response, transcription regulators, apoptosis-inducing molecules, transcription factors and membrane-bound proteins. We also found evidence of altered expression of dihydropteridine reductase, which indirectly regulates the synthesis of dopamine. Because of the importance of dopamine in PD, we investigated the expression of all the known genes in dopamine synthesis. We found co-ordinated downregulation of mRNA for GTP cyclohydrolase, sepiapterin reductase (SR), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and aromatic acid decarboxylase by wild-type but not mutant alpha-synuclein. These were confirmed at the protein level for SR and TH. Reduced expression of the orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 was also noted, suggesting that the co-ordinate regulation of dopamine synthesis is regulated through this transcription factor.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alcohol Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/GTP Cyclohydrolase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NR4A2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SNCA protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Synucleins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/alpha-Synuclein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sepiapterin reductase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
85
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
957-68
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Alcohol Oxidoreductases, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-GTP Cyclohydrolase, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 4, Group A, Member 2, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Synucleins, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:12716427-alpha-Synuclein
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Co-ordinate transcriptional regulation of dopamine synthesis genes by alpha-synuclein in human neuroblastoma cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging/NIH, Building 10 Room 6C103, MSC 1589, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. baptista@mail.nih.gov
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.