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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
The objective of this work was the generation of an animal model of the SCA2 disease for future studies on the benefits of therapeutic molecules and neuropathological mechanisms that underline this human disorder. The transgenic fragment was microinjected into pronuclei of B6D2F1 X OF1 mouse hybrid strain. For Northern blots, RNAs were hybridized with a human cDNA fragment from the SCA2 gene and a mouse beta-actin cDNA fragment. Monoclonal antibody directed to the N-terminal of the ataxin 2 protein with 22Q was used for Western blot analysis. A rotating rod apparatus was utilized to measure motor coordination of mice. Immunohistochemical detection of Purkinje neurons was performed with anti-calbindin 28K as primary antibody. Ubiquitous expression of the SCA2 transgene with 75 CAG repeats regulated by the SCA2 self promoter was obtained after generation of our transgenic mice. Analysis of transgenic mice revealed significant differences of motor coordination compared with the wild type littermates. Specific degeneration of Purkinje neurons and transgene over-expression in the brain, liver and skeletal muscle, rather than in lungs and kidneys was also observed, resembling the expression pattern of the ataxin 2 in humans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
392
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
202-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Purkinje Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Rotarod Performance Test, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Spinocerebellar Degenerations, pubmed-meshheading:16203087-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Ubiquitous expression of human SCA2 gene under the regulation of the SCA2 self promoter cause specific Purkinje cell degeneration in transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gene Therapy, Division of Pharmaceutics, Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, CIGB, Ave 31 between 158 and 190, Havana City, CP 10 600 Havana, Cuba. jorge.aguiar@cigb.edu.cu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't