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Expression of tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms and phosphorylation at serine 40 in the human nigrostriatal system in Parkinson's disease

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العنوان: Expression of tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms and phosphorylation at serine 40 in the human nigrostriatal system in Parkinson's disease
المؤلفون: Shehadeh, Jacqueline, Double, Kay L., Murphy, Karen E., Bobrovskaya, Larisa, Reyes, Stefanie, Dunkley, Peter R., Halliday, Glenda M., Dickson, Phillip W.
المساهمون: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health & Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
بيانات النشر: Academic Press
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: NOVA: The University of Newcastle Research Online (Australia)
مصطلحات موضوعية: tyrosine hydroxylase, human, isoform, parkinson's disease, phosphorylation, neurodegeneration
الوصف: Tyrosine hydroxylase is the key enzyme controlling the synthesis of the catecholamines including dopamine. The breakdown of dopamine into toxic compounds has been suggested to have a key role in the degeneration of the dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease. Humans are unique in containing four isoforms of tyrosine hydroxylase, but understanding of the role of these isoforms under normal conditions and in disease states is limited. The aim of this work was to determine the level and distribution of the four human isoforms in tissues from healthy controls and patients with Parkinson's disease. The results show that isoform 1 and isoform 2 are the major tyrosine hydroxylase isoforms in human brain, but that tyrosine hydroxylase isoform 2 is more abundant in the substantia nigra than the tyrosine hydroxylase isoform 1. The two minor isoforms, isoform 3 and isoform 4, are expressed at a proportionally higher level in the terminal field regions (caudate and putamen) compared to the substantia nigra. There was a selective loss of tyrosine hydroxylase isoform 1 in Parkinson's disease compared to age-matched controls and a corresponding increase in the proportion of tyrosine hydroxylase isoform 2. Phosphorylation of serine 40 was significantly increased in caudate, putamen and ventral tegmental area, but not in the substantia nigra, in Parkinson's disease brain. These results show a selective sparing of tyrosine hydroxylase isoform 2 in Parkinson's disease. Isoform 2 exhibits a reduced capacity for activation compared to isoform 1, which may account for the selective sparing of cells expressing isoform 2 in Parkinson's disease. Surviving neurons in Parkinson's disease brain exhibit a substantial increase in tyrosine hydroxylase phosphorylation consistent with a compensatory mechanism of increased dopamine synthesis in the terminal field regions.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 0969-9961
Relation: NHMRC.1079679; Neurobiology of Disease Vol. 130, Issue october, no. 104524; http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1416133; uon:37005
الاتاحة: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1416133
Rights: © 2019. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.18B56844
قاعدة البيانات: BASE