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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (INCL) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder of children, characterized by selective death of neocortical neurons. To understand early disease mechanisms in INCL, we have studied Ppt1(Deltaex4) knock-out mouse neurons in culture and acute brain slices. Global transcript profiling showed deregulation of key neuronal functions in knock-out mice including cholesterol metabolism, neuronal maturation, and calcium homeostasis. Cholesterol metabolism showed major changes; sterol biosynthesis was enhanced and steady-state amounts of sterols were altered at the cellular level. Changes were also present in early maturation of Ppt1(Deltaex4) neurons indicated by increased proliferative capacity of neuronal stem cells. Knock-out neurons presented unaltered electrophysiological properties suggesting uncompromised synaptic function in young animals. However, knock-out neurons exhibited more efficient recovery from glutamate-induced calcium transients, possibly indicating neuroprotective activation. This study established that the neuronal deregulation in INCL is linked to neuronal maturation, lipid metabolism and calcium homeostasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0969-9961
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52-64
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Homeostasis, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Mice, Congenic, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Organ Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Patch-Clamp Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:17656100-Thiolester Hydrolases
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1 (Ppt1)-deficient mouse neurons show alterations in cholesterol metabolism and calcium homeostasis prior to synaptic dysfunction.
pubmed:affiliation
National Public Health Institute, Department of Molecular Medicine, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 104, 00251 Helsinki, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't