| Literature DB >> 18758459 |
Yoontae Lee1, Rodney C Samaco, Jennifer R Gatchel, Christina Thaller, Harry T Orr, Huda Y Zoghbi.
Abstract
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 is caused by expansion of a translated CAG repeat in ataxin1 (ATXN1). The level of the polyglutamine-expanded protein is one of the factors that contributes to disease severity. Here we found that miR-19, miR-101 and miR-130 co-regulate ataxin1 levels and that their inhibition enhanced the cytotoxicity of polyglutamine-expanded ATXN1 in human cells. We provide a new candidate mechanism for modulating the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases sensitive to protein dosage.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18758459 PMCID: PMC2574629 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2183
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884