RGD Reference Report - Gene expression patterns for GDNF and its receptors in the human putamen affected by Parkinson's disease: a real-time PCR study. - Rat Genome Database

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Gene expression patterns for GDNF and its receptors in the human putamen affected by Parkinson's disease: a real-time PCR study.

Authors: Backman, CM  Shan, L  Zhang, YJ  Hoffer, BJ  Leonard, S  Troncoso, JC  Vonsatel, P  Tomac, AC 
Citation: Backman CM, etal., Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2006 Jun 27;252(1-2):160-6. Epub 2006 Apr 27.
RGD ID: 6218968
Pubmed: PMID:16644101   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1016/j.mce.2006.03.013   (Journal Full-text)

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, is a potent trophic factor for dopaminergic neurons of the ventral midbrain, which are known to degenerate during Parkinson's disease (PD). The neuroprotective, neurorestorative, and stimulatory properties of GDNF has prompted numerous suggestions that this trophic factor may be a potential therapeutic tool to treat PD, and it has also been widely speculated that altered GDNF expression levels may be involved in the pathophysiology of the disease. In this study, we have investigated if mRNA expression levels for GDNF and/or its receptors are altered during PD in the human putamen, a target area for dopamine neurons of the substantia nigra compacta. Expression levels were analyzed with quantitative real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase reaction (RT qPCR) in post-mortem tissues from PD patients and aged matched controls. Primer pairs specific for GDNF (isoforms I and II), and its receptor molecules, GFRalpha1 and cRET were utilized. GDNF, cRET and GFRalpha1 mRNA expression was clearly detected in the putamen of control and Parkinson's disease patients. A modest but significant upregulation of GDNF mRNA levels (Isoform I) was observed in the putamen of Parkinson's disease patients with a marked loss of nigral neurons. No significant changes were observed for the expression of cRet and GFRa1. These data suggest that the extensive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra, and concomitant loss of striatal dopamine, may induce compensatory changes in the expression of target derived GDNF, but not its receptor system.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Parkinson's disease  IEP 6218968mRNA:increased expression:putamenRGD 
Parkinson's disease  ISOGDNF (Homo sapiens)6218968; 6218968mRNA:increased expression:putamenRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Gdnf  (glial cell derived neurotrophic factor)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Gdnf  (glial cell line derived neurotrophic factor)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
GDNF  (glial cell derived neurotrophic factor)


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