期刊
NEUROSCIENCE
卷 352, 期 -, 页码 79-87出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.03.051
关键词
Huntington's disease; YAC128 mouse model; P35; P25; transgenic mice; mutant huntingtin
资金
- CIHR
- HSC
- CHDI
Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary neurodegenerative disorder resulting from N-terminal polyglutamine expansion in the huntingtin protein. A relatively selective and early loss of medium spiny neurons in the striatum Is a hallmark of HD neuropathology. Although the exact mechanism of mutant huntingtin-mediated neurodegeneration is unclear, recent evidence suggests that NMDA-receptor-mediated excitotoxicity Is involved. Our previously published findings show that decreasing levels of the cdk5 activators, p35 and p25, reduces NMDA receptor mediated excitotoxicity in striatal neurons in vivo. In this study we directly examined the effect of reducing levels of p35 and p25 in the context of mutant huntingtin toxicity, using the B6 YAC128 mouse model of HD. Our findings demonstrate that deletion of a single allele of p35 in the B6 YAC128 mice results in an upregulation of Akt activity, and increases phosphorylation of mutant huntingtin at Ser421. Longitudinal behavioral analysis showed that this 50% reduction in p35 and p25 levels did not improve accelerating Rotarod performance in these YAC128 mice. However, a complete deletion of p35 normalized the accelerating Rotarod performance relative to their non-transgenic littermates at four months of age. (C) 2017 IBRO. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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