Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Dominant mutations of the SOD1 gene encoding Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase have been found in members of certain families with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To better understand the contribution of SOD1 mutations in the pathogenesis of familial ALS, we developed transgenic mice expressing one of the mutations found in familial ALS. These animals display clinical and pathological features closely resembling human ALS. Early changes observed in these animals were intra-axonal and dendritic vacuoles due to dilatation of the endoplasmic reticulum and vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria. We have reported that the Golgi apparatus of spinal cord motor neurons in patients with sporadic ALS is fragmented and atrophic. In this study we show that spinal cord motor neurons of transgenic mice for an SOD1 mutation display a lesion of the Golgi apparatus identical to that found in humans with sporadic ALS. In these mice, the stacks of the cisternae of the fragmented Golgi apparatus are shorter than in the normal organelle, and there is a reduction in Golgi-associated vesicles and adjacent cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Furthermore, the fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus occurs in an early, presymptomatic stage and usually precedes the development of the vacuolar changes. Transgenic mice overexpressing the wild-type human superoxide dismutase are normal. In familial ALS, an early lesion of the Golgi apparatus of motor neurons may have adverse functional effects, because newly synthesized proteins destined for fast axoplasmic transport pass through the Golgi apparatus.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-1141379, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-1332049, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-1387362, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-1416974, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-14189913, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-14221051, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-1546747, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2020294, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2164216, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2349244, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2355176, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2674632, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2681225, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2739919, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-2909545, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-3916320, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-4877537, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-6018874, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-6136520, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-6181072, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7033246, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7175933, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7191865, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7543854, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7593312, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7605627, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7721936, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7768993, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7796176, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7798313, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7844144, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-7943166, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8006071, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8203467, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8209258, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8350919, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8387100, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8446170, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8498841, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8530051, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/commentcorrection/8643599-8846004
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5472-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The Golgi apparatus of spinal cord motor neurons in transgenic mice expressing mutant Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase becomes fragmented in early, preclinical stages of the disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't