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ArticleJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2012

A53T-alpha-synuclein-overexpression in the mouse nigrostriatal pathway leads to early increase of 14-3-3 epsilon and late increase of GFAP.

Alexander Kurz, Caroline May, Oliver Schmidt, Thorsten Müller, Christian Stephan, Helmut E Meyer, Suzana Gispert, Georg Auburger, Katrin Marcus

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Article in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexander KurzDepartment of Neurology, Goethe University Medical School, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
Caroline May
Oliver Schmidt
Thorsten Müller
Christian Stephan
Helmut E Meyer
Suzana Gispert
Georg Auburger
Katrin Marcus
Ruhr University Bochum · DEGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder frequent at old age characterized by atrophy of the nigrostriatal projection. Overexpression and A53T-mutation of the presynaptic, vesicle-associated chaperone alpha-synuclein are known to cause early-onset autosomal dominant PD. We previously generated mice with transgenic overexpression of human A53T-alpha-synuclein (A53T-SNCA) in dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons as a model of early PD. To elucidate the early and late effects of A53T-alpha-synuclein on the proteome of dopaminergic nerve terminals in the striatum, we now investigated expression profiles of young and old mice using two-dimensional fluorescence difference in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) and mass spectrometry. In total, 15 proteins were upregulated and 2 downregulated. Mice before the onset of motor anomalies showed an upregulation of the spot containing 14-3-3 proteins, in particular the epsilon isoform, as well as altered levels of chaperones, vesicle trafficking and bioenergetics proteins. In old mice, the persistent upregulation of 14-3-3 proteins was aggravated by an increase of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) suggesting astrogliosis due to initial neurodegeneration. Independent immunoblots corroborated GFAP upregulation and 14-3-3 upregulation for the epsilon isoform, and also detected significant eta and gamma changes. Only for 14-3-3 epsilon a corresponding mRNA increase was observed in midbrain, suggesting it is transcribed in dopaminergic perikarya and accumulates as protein in presynapses, together with A53T-SNCA. 14-3-3 proteins associate with alpha-synuclein in vitro and in pathognomonic Lewy bodies of PD brains. They act as chaperones in signaling, dopamine synthesis and stress response. Thus, their early dysregulation probably reflects a response to alpha-synuclein toxicity.

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14-3-3 Proteinsalpha-SynucleinAnimalsCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinMiceMice, TransgenicParkinson DiseaseSubstantia Nigra14-3-3 Proteinsalpha-SynucleinGlial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

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