title: Amino acids in a region of ataxin-1 outside of the polyglutamine tract influence the course of disease in SCA1 transgenic mice.
abstract: Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) belongs to a family of polyglutamine induced neurodegenerative disorders. Transgenic mice that overexpress a mutant allele of the SCA1 gene develop a progressive ataxia and Purkinje cell pathology. In this report, the pathological importance of a segment of ataxin-1 previously shown to be important for protein-protein interactions was examined. While the absence of a 122 amino acid segment from the protein-protein interaction region of ataxin-1 did not effect the initiation of disease, its absence substantially suppressed the progression of disease in SCA1 transgenic mice. Thus, these data suggest that this region of ataxin-1 has a role in disease progression. Furthermore, these results provide evidence that ataxin-1-induced disease initiation and disease progression involve distinct molecular events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Pamela J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: Cynthia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vierra-Green
authors.forename: Effat
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emamian
authors.forename: Huda Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
authors.forename: Harry T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Orr
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D000067696:Ataxin-1; D000067528:Ataxins; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D010455:Peptides; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D020754:Spinocerebellar Ataxias / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000067696:Ataxin-1; D000067528:Ataxins; C000593750:Atxn1 protein, mouse; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C097188:polyglutamine