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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of polyglutamines which makes huntingtin more resistant to degradation. Parkin is an ubiquitin ligase which promotes proteosomal degradation of abnormal proteins. We investigated whether partial suppression of parkin increases HD phenotype. We studied the behavior and brain histology and biochemistry of the mice produced by interbreeding of R6/1 (model of HD in mice) with Park-2(-/-) (parkin null mice): R6/1, WT (wild-type), PK(+/-) (hemizygotic deletion of Park-2) and R6/1/PK(+/-). R6/1 and R6/1/PK(+/-) mice had abnormal motor and exploratory behavior. R6/1/PK(+/-) mice were more akinetic. These two groups of mice had severe but similar loss of nigrostriatal dopamine neurons and monoamine levels in striatum. R6/1/PK(+/-) mice had fewer huntingtin inclusions and a greater number of TUNEL(+) cells than R6/1 in striatum but there were no differences in the hippocampus. DARPP-32 protein was equally reduced in striatum of R6/1 and R6/1/PK(+/-) mice. Striatal levels of GSH were increased, of HSP-70 reduced and of CHIP unchanged in both R6/1 and R6/1/PK(+/-) mice. LC-3 II/I ratios were significantly increased in striatum of R6/1/PK(+/-) mice. Partial suppression of parkin slightly aggravates the phenotype in R6/1 mice, confirming a pathogenic role of the UPS in the processing of mutant huntingtin. The absence of massive additional cellular lesions in R6/1/PK(+/-) mice suggests the existence of compensatory mechanisms, such as autophagy, for the processing of huntingtin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1872-6240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
1281
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
91-100
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Biogenic Monoamines, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Exploratory Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Huntington Disease, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Microtubule-Associated Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:19464273-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of partial suppression of parkin on huntingtin mutant R6/1 mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't