Journal
GENES
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes12050720
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Mitoepigenetics; DNA methylation; D-loop region; Parkinson’ s disease
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- UNIVERSITY OF PISA INTRAMURAL FUNDS [559999_2017_Migliore_Ateneo, 559999_2017_Coppede_Ateneo]
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The study found that the methylation levels of the D-loop region in the peripheral blood of Parkinson's disease patients were not altered and not influenced by dopaminergic treatment. Additionally, there were no differences in mtDNA copy number between PD patients and control subjects.
Altered mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) methylation has been detected in several human pathologies, although little attention has been given to neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, altered methylation levels of the mitochondrial displacement loop (D-loop) region, which regulates mtDNA replication, were observed in peripheral blood cells of Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. However, nothing is yet known about D-loop region methylation levels in peripheral blood of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. In the current study, we investigated D-loop methylation levels and mtDNA copy number in peripheral blood of 30 PD patients and 30 age- and sex-matched control subjects. DNA methylation analyses have been performed by means of methylation-sensitive high-resolution melting (MS-HRM) and pyrosequencing techniques, while mtDNA copy number was analyzed by quantitative PCR. MS-HRM and pyrosequencing analyses provided very similar D-loop methylation levels in PD patients and control subjects, and no differences between the two groups have been observed. Treatment with L-dopa and duration of the disease had no effect on D-loop methylation levels in PD patients. Additionally, mtDNA copy number did not differ between PD patients and control subjects. Current results suggest that D-loop methylation levels are not altered in peripheral blood of PD patients nor influenced by dopaminergic treatment.
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