title: Spatio-temporal analysis of molecular determinants of neuronal degeneration in the aging mouse cerebellum.
abstract: The accumulation of cellular damage, including DNA damage, is hypothesized to contribute to aging-related neurodegenerative changes. DNA excision repair cross-complementing group 1 (Ercc1) knock-out mice represent an accepted model of neuronal aging, showing gradual neurodegenerative changes, including loss of synaptic contacts and cell body shrinkage. Here, we used the Purkinje cell-specific Ercc1 DNA-repair knock-out mouse model to study aging in the mouse cerebellum. We performed an in-depth quantitative proteomics analysis, using stable isotope dimethyl labeling, to decipher changes in protein expression between the early (8 weeks), intermediate (16 weeks), and late (26 weeks) stages of the phenotypically aging Ercc1 knock-out and healthy littermate control mice. The expression of over 5,200 proteins from the cerebellum was compared quantitatively, whereby 79 proteins (i.e. 1.5%) were found to be substantially regulated during aging. Nearly all of these molecular markers of the early aging onset belonged to a strongly interconnected network involved in excitatory synaptic signaling. Using immunohistological staining, we obtained temporal and spatial profiles of these markers confirming not only the proteomics data but in addition revealed how the change in protein expression correlates to synaptic changes in the cerebellum. In summary, this study provides a highly comprehensive spatial and temporal view of the dynamic changes in the cerebellum and Purkinje cell signaling in particular, indicating that synapse signaling is one of the first processes to be affected in this premature aging model, leading to neuron morphological changes, neuron degeneration, inflammation, and ultimately behavior disorders.
authors: Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences and Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Erik L
authors: EL
authors: de Graaf
authors: Wilbert P
authors: WP
authors: Vermeij
authors: Monique C
authors: MC
authors: de Waard
authors: Yvonne
authors: Y
authors: Rijksen
authors: Ingrid
authors: I
authors: van der Pluijm
authors: Casper C
authors: CC
authors: Hoogenraad
authors: Jan H J
authors: JH
authors: Hoeijmakers
authors: A F Maarten
authors: AF
authors: Altelaar
authors: Albert J R
authors: AJ
authors: Heck
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D048430:Cell Shape; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009410:Nerve Degeneration / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism; D011689:Purkinje Cells / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020543:Proteome; D004720:Endonucleases; C499360:Ercc1 protein, mouse
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