Lee Yoontae, Samaco Rodney C, Gatchel Jennifer R, Thaller Christina, Orr Harry T, Zoghbi Huda Y
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Nat Neurosci. 2008 Oct;11(10):1137-9. doi: 10.1038/nn.2183. Epub 2008 Aug 31.
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 is caused by expansion of a translated CAG repeat in ataxin1 (ATXN1). The level of the polyglutamine-expanded protein is one of the factors that contributes to disease severity. Here we found that miR-19, miR-101 and miR-130 co-regulate ataxin1 levels and that their inhibition enhanced the cytotoxicity of polyglutamine-expanded ATXN1 in human cells. We provide a new candidate mechanism for modulating the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases sensitive to protein dosage.
1型脊髓小脑共济失调是由ataxin1(ATXN1)中一个可翻译的CAG重复序列扩增引起的。聚谷氨酰胺扩增蛋白的水平是导致疾病严重程度的因素之一。在此,我们发现miR-19、miR-101和miR-130共同调节ataxin1的水平,并且抑制它们会增强聚谷氨酰胺扩增的ATXN1在人细胞中的细胞毒性。我们为调节对蛋白质剂量敏感的神经退行性疾病的发病机制提供了一种新的候选机制。