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NEUROCHEMICAL RESEARCH
Volume 32, Issue 2, Pages 167-176Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-006-9122-y
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oligodendrocyte; myelin; CHOP; proteolipid protein; rumpshaker; misfolded protein; Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
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Mutations of the proteolipid protein gene (PLP1) cause Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) and Spastic paraplegia type 2 (SPG2). The rumpshaker mutation is associated with mild forms of PMD or SPG2 in man and the identical mutation occurs in mice, the phenotype depending on genetic background. The mild phenotype in C3H mice becomes a lethal disease when expressed on the C57BL/6 background. rumpshaker PLP is synthesised at a similar rate to wild type but is rapidly degraded by the proteasome. We show that the rates of synthesis, degradation and myelin incorporation of PLP/DM20 are similar in mutants on both backgrounds and therefore differences in PLP processing are unlikely to be the basis of the phenotypic variation. An unfolded protein response (UPR) is activated in rumpshaker. Whereas activation of CHOP correlates with phenotypic severity, we find no difference in the response of BiP and X-box protein1 (Xbp1) between the two strains.
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