A Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease

被引：1624

作者：

Feany, MB

Bender, WW

机构：

[1] Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Pathol, Div Neuropathol, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Biol Chem & Mol Pharmacol, Boston, MA 02115 USA

来源：

NATURE | 2000年 / 404卷 / 6776期

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D O I：

10.1038/35006074

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, formation of filamentous intraneuronal inclusions (Lewy bodies) and an extrapyramidal movement disorder. Mutations in the alpha-synuclein gene are linked to familial Parkinson's disease(1,2) and alpha-synuclein accumulates in Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites(3-5). Here we express normal and mutant forms of alpha-synuclein in Drosophila and produce adult-onset loss of dopaminergic neurons, filamentous intraneuronal inclusions containing alpha-synuclein and locomotor dysfunction. Our Drosophila model thus recapitulates the essential features of the human disorder, and makes possible a powerful genetic approach to Parkinson's disease.

引用

页码：394 / 398

页数：5

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