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Reduced mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor expression by mutant androgen receptor contributes to neurodegeneration in a model of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy pathology
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Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy is a neurodegenerative disease caused by extended CAG trinucleotide repeats in the androgen receptor gene,which encodes a ligand-dependent transcription factor.The mutant androgen receptor protein,characterized by polyglutamine expansion,is prone to misfolding and forms aggregates in both the nucleus and cytoplasm in the brain in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy patients.These aggregates alter protein-protein interactions and compromise transcriptional activity.In this study,we reported that in both cultured N2a cells and mouse brain,mutant androgen receptor with polyglutamine expansion causes reduced expression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor.Overexpression of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor ameliorated the neurotoxicity of mutant androgen receptor through the inhibition of mutant androgen receptor aggregation.Conversely,knocking down endogenous mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor in the mouse brain exacerbated neuronal damage and mutant androgen receptor aggregation.Our findings suggest that inhibition of mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor expression by mutant androgen receptor is a potential mechanism underlying neurodegeneration in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy.
Yiyang Qin、Wenzhen Zhu、Tingting Guo、Yiran Zhang、Tingting Xing、Peng Yin、Shihua Li、Xiao-Jiang Li、Su Yang
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Guangdong Key Laboratory of Non-human Primate Research,Key Laboratory of CNS Regeneration(Ministry of Education),Guangdong-HongKong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration,Jinan University,Guangzhou,Guangdong Province,China
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