神经退行性变
帕金森病
疾病
阻塞(统计)
细胞生物学
果蝇属(亚属)
神经科学
生物
医学
遗传学
基因
病理
计算机科学
计算机网络
作者
Rebeka Popovic,Amrita Mukherjee,Nuno Santos Leal,Lydia Morris,Yao Yu,Samantha H. Y. Loh,L. Miguel Martins
标识
DOI:10.1038/s41419-023-05729-9
摘要
Abstract Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterised by selective death of dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the midbrain and motor function impairment. Gastrointestinal issues often precede motor deficits in PD, indicating that the gut-brain axis is involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. The features of PD include both mitochondrial dysfunction and activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). PINK1 is a mitochondrial kinase involved in the recycling of defective mitochondria, and PINK1 mutations cause early-onset PD. Like PD patients, pink1 mutant Drosophila show degeneration of DA neurons and intestinal dysfunction. These mutant flies also lack vital proteins due to sustained activation of the kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (dPerk), a kinase that induces the UPR. Here, we investigated the role of dPerk in intestinal dysfunction. We showed that intestinal expression of dPerk impairs mitochondrial function, induces cell death, and decreases lifespan. We found that suppressing dPerk in the intestine of pink1 -mutant flies rescues intestinal cell death and is neuroprotective. We conclude that in a fly model of PD, blocking gut-brain transmission of UPR-mediated toxicity, is neuroprotective.
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