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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-27
pubmed:abstractText
Glutamine tract expansion triggers nine neurodegenerative diseases by conferring toxic properties to the mutant protein. In SCA1, phosphorylation of ATXN1 at Ser776 is thought to be key for pathogenesis. Here, we show that replacing Ser776 with a phosphomimicking Asp converted ATXN1 with a wild-type glutamine tract into a pathogenic protein. ATXN1[30Q]-D776-induced disease in Purkinje cells shared most features with disease caused by ATXN1[82Q] having an expanded polyglutamine tract. However, in contrast to disease induced by ATXN1[82Q] that progresses to cell death, ATXN1[30Q]-D776 failed to induce cell death. These results support a model where pathogenesis involves changes in regions of the protein in addition to the polyglutamine tract. Moreover, disease initiation and progression to neuronal dysfunction are distinct from induction of cell death. Ser776 is critical for the pathway to neuronal dysfunction, while an expanded polyglutamine tract is essential for neuronal death.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1097-4199
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
929-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-30
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Aspartic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin D-Dependent, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Dendrites, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Motor Activity, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Neural Pathways, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Purkinje Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Rotarod Performance Test, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Serine, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Spinocerebellar Ataxias, pubmed-meshheading:20869591-Vesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 2
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
SCA1-like disease in mice expressing wild-type ataxin-1 with a serine to aspartic acid replacement at residue 776.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural