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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by CAG repeat expansions within the voltage-gated calcium (Ca(V)) 2.1 channel gene. It remains controversial whether the mutation exerts neurotoxicity by changing the function of Ca(V)2.1 channel or through a gain-of-function mechanism associated with accumulation of the expanded polyglutamine protein. We generated three strains of knockin (KI) mice carrying normal, expanded, or hyperexpanded CAG repeat tracts in the Cacna1a locus. The mice expressing hyperexpanded polyglutamine (Sca6(84Q)) developed progressive motor impairment and aggregation of mutant Ca(V)2.1 channels. Electrophysiological analysis of cerebellar Purkinje cells revealed similar Ca(2+) channel current density among the three KI models. Neither voltage sensitivity of activation nor inactivation was altered in the Sca6(84Q) neurons, suggesting that expanded CAG repeat per se does not affect the intrinsic electrophysiological properties of the channels. The pathogenesis of SCA6 is apparently linked to an age-dependent process accompanied by accumulation of mutant Ca(V)2.1 channels.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1091-6490
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
105
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11987-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 knockin mice develop a progressive neuronal dysfunction with age-dependent accumulation of mutant CaV2.1 channels.
pubmed:affiliation
Twenty-First Century Center of Excellence Program on Brain Integration and Its Disorders, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural