Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 43, Issue 3, Pages 690-697Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.05.022
Keywords
Autophagosome; Dementia with Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease; LC3; GABARAP; GATE-16; p62
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan [20590335, 20591361, 20300123]
- Hirosaki University
- Brain Research Institute, Niigata University [20102209]
- NCNP [21B-4]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20590335, 23500424, 20591361, 20300123] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Macroautophagy is a dynamic process whereby cytoplasmic molecules are sequestered within autophagosomes. Based on amino acid similarity, there exist two groups of mammalian autophagy-related gene (Atg) 8 homologues [microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) and gamma-aminobutyric-acid type A receptor associated proteins (GABARAPs)], which play essential role in autophagosomal formation. Despite recent progress in studies on LC3, the other Atg8 homologues remain to be poorly understood, especially in pathological condition. In this study, we determined whether Atg8 homologues are affected in Lewy body disease, including Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Our findings indicated that biochemical and pathological properties of LC3 were altered and that the level of LC3 was increased in an insoluble fraction from the brain of patients with DLB, whereas the level of GABARAPs was decreased in DLB. Furthermore, immunohistochemical staining revealed that both LC3 and GABARAPs were localized in Lewy bodies in PD and DLB. These findings suggest that autophagic function is impaired through alteration of Atg8 homologues in Lewy body disease. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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