TYROSINE-HYDROXYLASE PROTEIN AND MESSENGER-RNA IN THE DOPAMINERGIC NIGRAL NEURONS OF PATIENTS WITH PARKINSONS-DISEASE

被引:81
作者
KASTNER, A
HIRSCH, EC
AGID, Y
JAVOYAGID, F
机构
[1] INSERM U289, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris
关键词
TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE; PARKINSONS DISEASE; QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSITU HYBRIDIZATION;
D O I
10.1016/0006-8993(93)91005-D
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
To analyze the roles of transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene expression during dopaminergic denervation in Parkinson's disease (PD), the cellular content of TH messenger RNA (mRNA) and TH protein in the substantia nigra were compared in control subjects and patients with PD. The average amounts of TH mRNA as well as those of TH protein per neuron were variable among controls but correlated to each other. In PD patients, both TH mRNA and TH protein content in nigral neurons were reduced relative to controls, however, the ratio between TH protein and TH mRNA levels was unaffected. The data suggest that, in PD: (1) TH protein content is decreased in the surviving nigral dopaminergic neurons, most likely as a result of a lowered TH mRNA cellular content. Thus the surviving neurons at end stages of the disease may be in a premorbid state. (2) The TH mRNA translation rate is not modified to compensate for dopamine deficiency.
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页码:341 / 345
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