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Title: | Parkinson phenotype in aged PINK1-deficient mice is accompanied by progressive mitochondrial dysfunction in absence of neurodegeneration | Authors: | Gispert, Suzana Ricciardi, Filomena Kurz, Alexander Azizov, Mekhman Hoepken, Hans Hermann Becker, Dorothea Voos, Wolfgang Leuner, Kristina Müller, Walter E. Kudin, Alexei P. Kunz, Wolfram S. Zimmerman, Annabelle Roeper, Jochen Wenzel, Dirk Jendrach, Marina Garcia-Arencibia, Moises Fernández-Ruiz, Javier Huber, Leslie Rohrer, Hermann Barrera, Miguel Reichert, Andreas S. Rüb, Udo Chen, Amy Nussbaum, Robert L. Auburger, Georg |
UNESCO Clasification: | 320507 Neurología | Issue Date: | 2009 | Journal: | PLoS ONE | Abstract: | Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is an adult-onset movement disorder of largely unknown etiology. We have previously shown that loss-of-function mutations of the mitochondrial protein kinase PINK1 (PTEN induced putative kinase 1) cause the recessive PARK6 variant of PD. Methodology/Principal Findings Now we generated a PINK1 deficient mouse and observed several novel phenotypes: A progressive reduction of weight and of locomotor activity selectively for spontaneous movements occurred at old age. As in PD, abnormal dopamine levels in the aged nigrostriatal projection accompanied the reduced movements. Possibly in line with the PARK6 syndrome but in contrast to sporadic PD, a reduced lifespan, dysfunction of brainstem and sympathetic nerves, visible aggregates of α-synuclein within Lewy bodies or nigrostriatal neurodegeneration were not present in aged PINK1-deficient mice. However, we demonstrate PINK1 mutant mice to exhibit a progressive reduction in mitochondrial preprotein import correlating with defects of core mitochondrial functions like ATP-generation and respiration. In contrast to the strong effect of PINK1 on mitochondrial dynamics in Drosophila melanogaster and in spite of reduced expression of fission factor Mtp18, we show reduced fission and increased aggregation of mitochondria only under stress in PINK1-deficient mouse neurons. Conclusion Thus, aging Pink1−/− mice show increasing mitochondrial dysfunction resulting in impaired neural activity similar to PD, in absence of overt neuronal death. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/43009 | ISSN: | 1932-6203 | DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0005777 WOS:000266624300013 |
Source: | Plos One [ISSN 1932-6203], v. 4 (6) |
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