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ArticleMolecular neurodegeneration2011

Analysis of striatal transcriptome in mice overexpressing human wild-type alpha-synuclein supports synaptic dysfunction and suggests mechanisms of neuroprotection for striatal neurons.

Yofre Cabeza-Arvelaiz, Sheila M Fleming, Franziska Richter, Eliezer Masliah, Marie-Francoise Chesselet, Robert H Schiestl

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Article in Molecular neurodegeneration, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yofre Cabeza-ArvelaizDepartment of Pathology and Environmental Health Sciences, The Geffen School of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, 650 Charles E, Young Dr. S, CHS 71-295, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. yofrecabeza@gmail.com
Sheila M Fleming
Franziska Richter
Eliezer Masliah
Marie-Francoise Chesselet
Robert H Schiestl
University of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

UCLA CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF PARKINSON'S DISEASEP50NS038367 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHESSELET, MARIE-FRANCOISE S · 1999 to 2011
$15.3M
Center for Gene-Environment Studies in Parkinson DiseaseU54ES012078 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI CHESSELET, MARIE-FRANCOISE S · 2002 to 2006
$7.1M
Project 4: Pesticides and Genes In PD: Studies In HumansP01ES016732 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI RITZ, BEATE R. · 2008 to 2012
$6.7M
NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES016732NIEHS NIH HHS U54 ES12078NINDS NIH HHS P50 NS38367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlpha synuclein (SNCA) has been linked to neurodegenerative diseases (synucleinopathies) that include Parkinson's disease (PD). Although the primary neurodegeneration in PD involves nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, more extensive yet regionally selective neurodegeneration is observed in other synucleinopathies. Furthermore, SNCA is ubiquitously expressed in neurons and numerous neuronal systems are dysfunctional in PD. Therefore it is of interest to understand how overexpression of SNCA affects neuronal function in regions not directly targeted for neurodegeneration in PD.

resultsThe present study investigated the consequences of SNCA overexpression on cellular processes and functions in the striatum of mice overexpressing wild-type, human SNCA under the Thy1 promoter (Thy1-aSyn mice) by transcriptome analysis. The analysis revealed alterations in multiple biological processes in the striatum of Thy1-aSyn mice, including synaptic plasticity, signaling, transcription, apoptosis, and neurogenesis.

conclusionThe results support a key role for SNCA in synaptic function and revealed an apoptotic signature in Thy1-aSyn mice, which together with specific alterations of neuroprotective genes suggest the activation of adaptive compensatory mechanisms that may protect striatal neurons in conditions of neuronal overexpression of SNCA.

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alpha-SynucleinAnimalsCorpus StriatumFemaleGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred DBAMice, TransgenicMicroarray AnalysisNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsSignal Transductionalpha-SynucleinNeuroprotective AgentsSNCA protein, human

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PMCPMC3271045
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