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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-27
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanisms underlying disease manifestations in neurodegeneration remain unclear, but their understanding is critical to devising effective therapies. We carry out a longitudinal analysis in vivo of identified motoneurons selectively vulnerable (VUL) or resistant (RES) to motoneuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS) and show that subtype-selective endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress responses influence disease manifestations. VUL motoneurons were selectively prone to ER stress and showed gradually upregulated ER stress markers from birth on in three mouse models of familial ALS (FALS). 25-30 days before the earliest denervations, ubiquitin signals increased in both VUL and RES motoneurons, but an unfolded protein response coupled with microglial activation was initiated selectively in VUL motoneurons. This transition was followed by selective axonal degeneration and spreading stress. The ER stress-protective agent salubrinal attenuated disease manifestations and delayed progression, whereas chronic enhancement of ER stress promoted disease. Thus, whereas all motoneurons are preferentially affected in ALS, ER stress responses in specific motoneuron subtypes influence the progressive manifestations of weakening and paralysis.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1546-1726
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Cinnamates, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Gliosis, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Mice, Neurologic Mutants, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Microglia, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Neuroprotective Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Thiourea, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Ubiquitin, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Ubiquitination, pubmed-meshheading:19330001-Wallerian Degeneration
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A role for motoneuron subtype-selective ER stress in disease manifestations of FALS mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Friedrich Miescher Institut, Novartis Research Foundation, Basel, Switzerland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't