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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in DJ-1 lead to early onset Parkinson's disease (PD). The aim of this study was to elucidate further the underlying mechanisms leading to neuronal cell death in DJ-1 deficiency in vivo and determine whether the observed cell loss could be prevented pharmacologically. Inactivation of DJ-1 in zebrafish, Danio rerio, resulted in loss of dopaminergic neurons after exposure to hydrogen peroxide and the proteasome inhibitor MG132. DJ-1 knockdown by itself already resulted in increased p53 and Bax expression levels prior to toxin exposure without marked neuronal cell death, suggesting subthreshold activation of cell death pathways in DJ-1 deficiency. Proteasome inhibition led to a further increase of p53 and Bax expression with widespread neuronal cell death. Pharmacological p53 inhibition either before or during MG132 exposure in vivo prevented dopaminergic neuronal cell death in both cases. Simultaneous knockdown of DJ-1 and the negative p53 regulator mdm2 led to dopaminergic neuronal cell death even without toxin exposure, further implicating involvement of p53 in DJ-1 deficiency-mediated neuronal cell loss. Our study demonstrates the utility of zebrafish as a new animal model to study PD gene defects and suggests that modulation of downstream mechanisms, such as p53 inhibition, may be of therapeutic benefit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DJ-1 protein, zebrafish, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydrogen Peroxide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Leupeptins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neurotoxins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zebrafish Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-2-Associated X Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leuci...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1626-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Hydrogen Peroxide, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Leupeptins, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Neurotoxins, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-Zebrafish Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17166173-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
p53-dependent neuronal cell death in a DJ-1-deficient zebrafish model of Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't