Journal of neuroscience research, 2010-01, Vol.88 (1), p.179-190
2010
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- Titel
- Mutant huntingtin and glycogen synthase kinase 3-β accumulate in neuronal lipid rafts of a presymptomatic knock-in mouse model of Huntington's disease
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of neuroscience research, 2010-01, Vol.88 (1), p.179-190
- Ort / Verlag
- Hoboken: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2010
- Quelle
- Wiley-Blackwell Full Collection
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Patients with Huntington's disease have an expanded polyglutamine tract in huntingtin and suffer severe brain atrophy and neurodegeneration. Because membrane dysfunction can occur in Huntington's disease, we addressed whether mutant huntingtin in brain and primary neurons is present in lipid rafts, which are cholesterol‐enriched membrane domains that mediate growth and survival signals. Biochemical analysis of detergent‐resistant membranes from brains and primary neurons of wild‐type and presymptomatic Huntington's disease knock‐in mice showed that wild‐type and mutant huntingtin were recovered in lipid raft‐enriched detergent‐resistant membranes. The association with lipid rafts was stronger for mutant huntingtin than wild‐type huntingtin. Lipid rafts extracted from Huntington's disease mice had normal levels of lipid raft markers (Gαq, Ras, and flotillin) but significantly more glycogen synthase kinase 3‐β. Increases in glycogen synthase kinase 3‐β have been associated with apoptotic cell death. Treating Huntington's disease primary neurons with inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase 3‐β reduced neuronal death. We speculate that accumulation of mutant huntingtin and glycogen synthase kinase 3‐β in lipid rafts of presymptomatic Huntington's disease mouse neurons contributes to neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0360-4012, 1097-4547eISSN: 1097-4547DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22184Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_883029083
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- Analysis of Variance, Animals, Blotting, Western, Cell Fractionation, Cell Survival - drug effects, Cell Survival - physiology, Cells, Cultured, Cerebral Cortex - drug effects, Cerebral Cortex - metabolism, Cerebral Cortex - pathology, detergent-resistant membranes, Disease Models, Animal, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 - genetics, Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 - metabolism, GSK3-β, Huntingtin Protein, Huntington, Huntington Disease - genetics, Huntington Disease - metabolism, Huntington Disease - pathology, Indoles - pharmacology, lipid rafts, Maleimides - pharmacology, Membrane Microdomains - genetics, Membrane Microdomains - metabolism, Membrane Microdomains - pathology, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Microscopy, Confocal, Nerve Degeneration - genetics, Nerve Degeneration - metabolism, Nerve Tissue Proteins - genetics, Nerve Tissue Proteins - metabolism, neurodegeneration, Neurons - drug effects, Neurons - metabolism, Neurons - pathology, Nuclear Proteins - genetics, Nuclear Proteins - metabolism