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Parkinson's disease, a prevalent neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by the reduction of dopaminergic neurons resulting in the loss of motor control, resting tremor, the formation of neuronal inclusions and ultimately premature death. Two inherited forms of PD have been linked to mutations in the α-synuclein and parkin genes. The parkin protein functions as an ubiquitin ligase targeting specific proteins for degradation. Expression of human α-synuclein in Drosophila neurons recapitulates the loss of motor control, the development of neuronal inclusions, degeneration of dopaminergic neurons and the ommatidial array to provide an excellent genetic model of PD.Results
To investigate the role of parkin, we have generated transgenic Drosophila that conditionally express parkin under the control of the yeast UAS enhancer. While expression of parkin has little consequence, co-expression of parkin with α-synuclein in the dopaminergic neurons suppresses the α-synuclein-induced premature loss of climbing ability. In addition directed expression of parkin in the eye counteracts the α-synuclein-induced degeneration of the ommatidial array. These results show that parkin suppresses the PD-like symptoms observed in the α-synuclein-dependent Drosophila model of PD.Conclusion
The highly conserved parkin E3 ubiquitin ligase can suppress the damaging effects of human α-synuclein. These results are consistent with a role for parkin in targeting α-synuclein to the proteasome. If this relationship is conserved in humans, this suggests that up-regulation of parkin should suppress α-synucleinopathic PD. The development of therapies that regulate parkin activity may be crucial in the treatment of PD.3.
The phase behavior of rod-plate mixtures was investigated using model systems containing unambiguously rod- and plate-shaped colloids. We find that the theoretically disputed biaxial nematic phase is unstable with respect to demixing into an isotropic and two uniaxial nematic phases. The phase behavior at very high densities is exceptionally rich and includes the coexistence of up to four different liquid crystalline phases, which stem from the coupling between the employed particle shapes and polydispersity. 相似文献
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P. Dougan Dr. T. Kivikas FM K. Lugnér V. Ramsay W. Stiefler 《Zeitschrift für Physik A Hadrons and Nuclei》1976,276(1):55-64
The cross-sections for deuteron photo-disintegration have been measured at nine c.m. angles from 37 to 143 degrees. The minimum and maximum photon energies have been 139 and 832 MeV respectively. The results are in agreement with earlier data above 300 MeV, but are significantly larger below 200 MeV, the discrepancies being up to 50% at the lowest energies measured. 相似文献
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Strachan JD Bitter M Ramsey AT Zarnstorff MC Arunasalam V Bell MG Bretz NL Budny R Bush CE Davis SL Dylla HF Efthimion PC Fonck RJ Fredrickson E Furth HP Goldston RJ Grisham LR Grek B Hawryluk RJ Heidbrink WW Hendel HW Hill KW Hsuan H Jaehnig KP Jassby DL Jobes F Johnson DW Johnson LC Kaita R Kampershroer J Knize RJ Kozub T LeBlanc B Levinton F La Marche PH Manos DM Mansfield DK McGuire K McNeill DH Meade DM Medley SS Morris W Mueller D Nieschmidt EB Owens DK Park H Schivell J Schilling G 《Physical review letters》1987,58(10):1004-1007