1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
IN VITRO CELLULAR MODEL FOR MACHADO-JOSEPH DESEASE, A MODEL FOR TRIPLET REPEAT DISEASES.
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10670572
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Neurology
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHIZAWA Toshihiro ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA, 臨床医学系, 講師 (50212311)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1998 – 1999
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| Keywords | Machado-Joseph disease / polyglutamine / ataxin-3 / cell death / cell cycle / aggregation / neuron |
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| Research Abstract |
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the expansion of the polyglutamine stretch in the MJD-gene coding protein (ataxin-3). Using a series of deletion constructs expressing ataxin-3 fragments with the expanded polyglutamine stretch, we observed aggregate formation and cell death in the cultured BHK-21 cells. The cytotoxic effect of the N-terminal-truncated ataxin-3 with the expanded polyglutamine tract was enhanced under the serum-starved culture condition, in which the cells were arrested in the G0/G1 phase. Co-expression of p21ィイD1waf1/cip1/sdi1ィエD1, a cyclin-Cdk inhibitor, that induced cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase, also increased the susceptibility to cell death produced by the mutant ataxin-3 fragment in BHK-21 cells. Finally, the elevated susceptibility to cell death in the G0/G1 phase was confirmed in the nerve growth factor-treated, postmitotic neuronal PC12 cells compared to the undifferentiated proliferating PC12 cells. These results strongly suggest that the cellular toxicity of the truncated ataxin-3 with the expanded polyglutamine stretch is enhanced by cell cycle arrest in the G0/G1 phase. The mutant ataxin-3 may confer a higher susceptibility to cell death on the cells in the G0/G1 phase.
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Research Products
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