Transcriptional Mutagenesis By 8-Oxodg In Α-Synuclein Aggregation And The Pathogenesis Of Parkinson'S Disease

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with selective loss of dopaminergic neurons. The characteristic hallmark of the disease is intracytoplasmic proteinacious inclusion bodies called Lewy bodies, primarily consisting of a presynaptic protein α-synuclein. Oxidative stress-mediated damage to macromolecules have been shown to occur frequently in PD. Oxidative damage to DNA in the form of oxidized guanine (8-oxodG) accumulates in both the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra in PD. 8-oxodG-mediated transcriptional mutagenesis has been shown to have the potential to alter phenotype of cells through production of mutant pool of proteins. This review comprehensively summarizes the role of oxidative stress-mediated damage incurred during neurodegeneration, and highlights the scope of transcriptional mutagenesis event in leading to α-synuclein aggregation as seen in PD.

Publication Date

8-28-2015

Publication Title

Experimental & molecular medicine

Volume

47

Number of Pages

e179-

Document Type

Editorial Material

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1038/emm.2015.54

Socpus ID

85018638244 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85018638244

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