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Elena M Cornejo Castro1, Jens Waak, Stephanie S Weber, Fabienne C Fiesel, Philipp Oberhettinger, Monika Schütz, Ingo B Autenrieth, Wolfdieter Springer, Philipp J Kahle.
Abstract
DJ-1 is a neuroprotective gene mutated in recessive Parkinson's disease (PD). In addition to direct protective functions in neurons, DJ-1 regulates neuroinflammatory signaling in primary mouse brain astrocytes. To assess the influence of DJ-1 on innate immunity signaling in vivo, we have generated djr-1 knockout Caenorhabditis elegans. When grown on pathogenic gram-negative bacteria, djr-1 (-/-) worms showed stronger phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (PMK-1) and hyper-induction of PMK-1 target genes. Thus, PD-associated DJ-1 contributes to regulation of innate immunity.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20376509 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0397-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neural Transm (Vienna) ISSN: 0300-9564 Impact factor: 3.575