Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) gene have recently been implicated in autosomal recessive early onset Parkinson Disease (1, 2). To investigate the role of PINK1 in neurodegeneration, we designed human and murine neuronal cell lines expressing either wild-type PINK1 or PINK1 bearing a mutation associated with Parkinson Disease. We show that under basal and staurosporine-induced conditions, the number of terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive cells was lower in wild-type PINK1 expressing SH-SY5Y cells than in mock-transfected cells. This phenotype was due to a PINK1-mediated reduction in cytochrome c release from mitochondria, which prevents subsequent caspase-3 activation. We show that overexpression of wild-type PINK1 strongly reduced both basal and staurosporine-induced caspase 3 activity. Overexpression of wild-type PINK1 also reduced the levels of cleaved caspase-9, caspase-3, caspase-7, and activated poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase under both basal and staurosporine-induced conditions. In contrast, Parkinson disease-related mutations and a kinase-inactive mutation in PINK1 abrogated the protective effect of PINK1. Together, these results suggest that PINK1 reduces the basal neuronal pro-apoptotic activity and protects neurons from staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Loss of this protective function may therefore underlie the degeneration of nigral dopaminergic neurons in patients with PINK1 mutations.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
280
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
34025-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Cytochromes c, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Receptors, Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:16079129-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Wild-type PINK1 prevents basal and induced neuronal apoptosis, a protective effect abrogated by Parkinson disease-related mutations.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Medicine (Neurology), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H2, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't