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Genes Brain Behav ; 9(3): 305-17, 2010 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20039949

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Loss of function of DJ-1 (PARK7) is associated with autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD), one of the major age-related neurological diseases. In this study, we extended former studies on DJ-1 knockout mice by identifying subtle morphological and behavioural phenotypes. The DJ-1 gene trap-induced null mutants exhibit less dopamine-producing neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). They also exhibit slight changes in behaviour, i.e. diminished rearing behaviour and impairments in object recognition. Furthermore, we detected subtle phenotypes, which suggest that these animals compensate for the loss of DJ-1. First, we found a significant upregulation of mitochondrial respiratory enzyme activities, a mechanism known to protect against oxidative stress. Second, a close to significant increase in c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 phosphorylation in old DJ-1-deficient mice hints at a differential activation of neuronal cell survival pathways. Third, as no change in the density of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)-positive terminals in the striatum was observed, the remaining dopamine-producing neurons likely compensate by increasing axonal sprouting. In summary, the present data suggest that DJ-1 is implicated in major non-motor symptoms of PD appearing in the early phases of the disease-such as subtle impairments in motivated behaviour and cognition-and that under basal conditions the loss of DJ-1 is compensated.


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Neurônios/metabolismo , Proteínas Oncogênicas/genética , Tirosina 3-Mono-Oxigenase/metabolismo , Área Tegmentar Ventral/metabolismo , Fatores Etários , Análise de Variância , Animais , Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Western Blotting , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão , Dopamina/metabolismo , Feminino , Genótipo , Imuno-Histoquímica , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/genética , Proteínas Quinases JNK Ativadas por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Knockout , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Proteína Quinase 8 Ativada por Mitógeno/genética , Proteína Quinase 8 Ativada por Mitógeno/metabolismo , Atividade Motora/genética , Proteínas Oncogênicas/metabolismo , Peroxirredoxinas , Fosforilação/genética , Proteína Desglicase DJ-1 , Reconhecimento Psicológico/fisiologia , Regulação para Cima/genética
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Curr Pharm Biotechnol ; 10(2): 236-43, 2009 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19199957

RESUMO

The German Mouse Clinic (GMC) is a large scale phenotyping center where mouse mutant lines are analyzed in a standardized and comprehensive way. The result is an almost complete picture of the phenotype of a mouse mutant line--a systemic view. At the GMC, expert scientists from various fields of mouse research work in close cooperation with clinicians side by side at one location. The phenotype screens comprise the following areas: allergy, behavior, clinical chemistry, cardiovascular analyses, dysmorphology, bone and cartilage, energy metabolism, eye and vision, host-pathogen interactions, immunology, lung function, molecular phenotyping, neurology, nociception, steroid metabolism, and pathology. The German Mouse Clinic is an open access platform that offers a collaboration-based phenotyping to the scientific community (www.mouseclinic.de). More than 80 mutant lines have been analyzed in a primary screen for 320 parameters, and for 95% of the mutant lines we have found new or additional phenotypes that were not associated with the mouse line before. Our data contributed to the association of mutant mouse lines to the corresponding human disease. In addition, the systemic phenotype analysis accounts for pleiotropic gene functions and refines previous phenotypic characterizations. This is an important basis for the analysis of underlying disease mechanisms. We are currently setting up a platform that will include environmental challenge tests to decipher genome-environmental interactions in the areas nutrition, exercise, air, stress and infection with different standardized experiments. This will help us to identify genetic predispositions as susceptibility factors for environmental influences.


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Pesquisa Biomédica/métodos , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Camundongos Mutantes/genética , Fenótipo , Criação de Animais Domésticos , Animais , Pesquisa Biomédica/normas , Alemanha , Camundongos , Camundongos Mutantes/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Controle de Qualidade
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