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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-14
pubmed:abstractText
Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by an expanded polyglutamine stretch within the huntingtin protein. Transfection of mutant huntingtin causes cell toxicity and depletion of CREB binding protein (CBP) or its recruitment into huntingtin aggregates. However, the role of CBP has been controversial and the relationship between polyglutamine-induced toxicity and CBP depletion has not been examined on an individual cell basis. Using a single-cell based assay, we found that, in HT22 cells or primary neurons transfected with mutant huntingtin, cell toxicity was accompanied by CBP depletion, rather than merely recruitment. Transfection with a htt exon1 construct containing uninterrupted polyglutamine or a polyglutamine region engineered to form a compact beta structure resulted in cell toxicity. CBP depletion was accompanied by histone hypo-acetylation. CBP overexpression rescued both acetylated histone levels and cell toxicity. These data suggest that CBP dysfunction and altered gene transcription contribute to mutant htt-induced neurotoxicity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
543-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Depletion of CBP is directly linked with cellular toxicity caused by mutant huntingtin.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neurobiology, Department of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural