RGD Reference Report - Aberrant Alterations of Mitochondrial Factors Drp1 and Opa1 in the Brains of Scrapie Experiment Rodents. - Rat Genome Database

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Aberrant Alterations of Mitochondrial Factors Drp1 and Opa1 in the Brains of Scrapie Experiment Rodents.

Authors: Yang, Xiao -Dong  Shi, Qi  Sun, Jing  Lv, Yan  Ma, Yue  Chen, Cao  Xiao, Kang  Zhou, Wei  Dong, Xiao-Ping 
Citation: Yang X-, etal., J Mol Neurosci. 2017 Mar;61(3):368-378. doi: 10.1007/s12031-016-0866-9. Epub 2016 Dec 6.
RGD ID: 13782156
Pubmed: PMID:27921253   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1007/s12031-016-0866-9   (Journal Full-text)

The abnormal mitochondrial dynamics has been reported in the brains of some neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD), but limitedly described in prion disease. Dynamin-related protein 1 (Drpl) and optic atrophy protein 1 (Opa1) are two essential elements for mitochondria fission and fusion. To evaluate possible changes of mitochondria dynamics during prion infection, the situations of brain Drp1 and Opa1 of scrapie strains 139A, ME7, and S15 mice, as well as 263K-infected hamsters, were analyzed. Significant decreases of brain Drp1 were observed in scrapie-infected rodents at terminal stage by Western blots and immunohistochemical assays, while the levels of Opa1 also showed declined tendency in the brains of scrapie-infected rodents. Immunofluorescent assays illustrated well localization of Drp1 or Opa1 within NeuN-positive cells. Moreover, the S-nitrosylated forms of Drp1significantly increased in the brain tissues of 139A- and ME7-infected mice at terminal stage. Dynamic analysis of Drp1 and SNO-Dpr1 in the brains collected at different time points within the incubation period of 139A-infected mice demonstrated that the whole Drp1 decreased at all tested samples, whereas the SNO-Drp1 remarkably increased in the sample of 90-day post-infection (dpi), reached to the peak in that of 120 dpi and dropped down but still maintained at higher level at the end of disease. The levels of apoptotic factors cleaved caspase 9, caspase 3, and Bax were also markedly increased in the brain tissues of the mice infected with agents 139A and ME7. Our data indicate a disorder of mitochondria dynamics in the brains of prion infection, largely depending on the abnormal alteration of brain Drp1.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
scrapie  ISOBax (Mus musculus)13782156; 13782156 RGD 
scrapie  IEP 13782156; 13782156; 13782156 RGD 
scrapie  ISOCasp3 (Mus musculus)13782156; 13782156 RGD 
scrapie  ISOCasp9 (Mus musculus)13782156; 13782156 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Bax  (BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator)
Casp3  (caspase 3)
Casp9  (caspase 9)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Bax  (BCL2-associated X protein)
Casp3  (caspase 3)
Casp9  (caspase 9)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
BAX  (BCL2 associated X, apoptosis regulator)
CASP3  (caspase 3)
CASP9  (caspase 9)


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