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ArticleNeurochemical research2009

Parkin expression profile in dopamine d3 receptor knock-out mice brains.

Velia D'Agata, Adriana Tiralongo, Alessandro Castorina, Gian Marco Leggio, Vincenzo Micale, Maria Luisa Carnazza, Filippo Drago

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Article in Neurochemical research, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  3. Dopamine receptors and Parkinson's disease.International journal of medicinal chemistry · 2011
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7 authors.

Velia D'AgataDepartment of Anatomy, Diagnostic Pathology, Legal Medicine, Hygiene and Public Health, University of Catania Medical School, Via S. Sofia, 87, 95123, Catania, Italy. vdagata@unict.it
Adriana Tiralongo
Alessandro Castorina
Gian Marco Leggio
Vincenzo Micale
Maria Luisa Carnazza
Filippo Drago

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients affected by autosomic recessive juvenile parkinsonism (ARJP) exhibit parkin gene mutations with brain decrease in dopamine D2/D3 binding sites. To date, there are no data indicating whether the reduction in dopamine D3 receptors (DRD3) may be associated with the expression of specific parkin variants. In the present study we investigated parkin expression profile in DRD3 knock-out mice brains. RT-PCR analysis was performed to assess qualitative changes in parkin isoforms' distribution pattern and in exons' expression both in wild type controls and dopamine D3 receptor's knock-out mice. Real-time PCR was performed to quantify single exons mRNA. Results demonstrated that exons 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, were more expressed in wild type compared to dopamine D3 receptor KO mice brains while some other (3, 9, 10) were lower expressed. The expression levels of exons 5, 11 and 12 did not change in both animal groups. Our analysis was confirmed by western blot, which showed that parkin protein levels were influenced by the absence of DRD3.

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Gene Expression ProfilingAnimalsBase SequenceBlotting, WesternDNA PrimersExonsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutReceptors, Dopamine D3Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerUbiquitin-Protein LigasesDNA Primersparkin proteinReceptors, Dopamine D3RNA, MessengerUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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