期刊
BRAIN PATHOLOGY
卷 21, 期 4, 页码 374-388出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2010.00461.x
关键词
Cajal bodies; DNA damage; gene silencing; nucleolus; Purkinje cell degeneration; ribophagy
资金
- Direccion General de Investigacion, Spain [BFU2008-00175]
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (CIBERNED), Spain [CB06/05/0037]
- Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Spain [BFU2010-18284]
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Spain
- Politica Social e Igualdad (Plan Nacional Sobre Drogas), Spain
- Instituto de Formacion e Investigacion Marques de Valdecilla (IFIMAV), Spain [FMV/UC09-02]
- Junta de Castilla y Leon, Spain
- Centro en Red de Medicina Regenerativa y Terapia Celular de Castilla y Leon, Spain
- Fundacion Memoria D. Samuel Solorzano-Barruso, Spain
The Purkinje cell (PC) degeneration (pcd) phenotype results from mutation in nna1 gene and is associated with the degeneration and death of PCs during the postnatal life. Although the pcd mutation is a model of the ataxic mouse, it shares clinical and pathological characteristics of inherited human spinocerebellar ataxias. PC degeneration in pcd mice provides a useful neuronal system to study nuclear mechanisms involved in DNA damage-dependent neurodegeneration, particularly the contribution of nucleoli and Cajal bodies (CBs). Both nuclear structures are engaged in housekeeping functions for neuronal survival, the biogenesis of ribosomes and the maturation of snRNPs and snoRNPs required for pre-mRNA and pre-rRNA processing, respectively. In this study, we use ultrastructural analysis, in situ transcription assay and molecular markers for DNA damage, nucleoli and CB components to demonstrate that PC degeneration involves the progressive accumulation of nuclear DNA damage associated with disruption of nucleoli and CBs, disassembly of polyribosomes into monoribosomes, ribophagy and shut down of nucleolar and extranucleolar transcription. Microarray analysis reveals that four genes encoding repressors of nucleolar rRNA synthesis (p53, Rb, PTEN and SNF2) are upregulated in the cerebellum of pcd mice. Collectively, these data support that nucleolar and CB alterations are hallmarks of DNA damage-induced neurodegeneration.
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