Peripheral proteasome and caspase activity in Parkinson disease and Alzheimer disease

Neurology
F BlandiniE Martignoni

Abstract

Defects of the ubiquitin-proteasome (UP) system, a multicatalytic complex degrading polyubiquitinated proteins, may intervene in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by intracellular formation of protein aggregates such as Parkinson disease (PD) and Alzheimer disease (AD) by inducing proapoptotic conditions. The authors measured the activity of proteolytic UP core, proteasome 20S, and of proapoptotic caspase-3 and -9 in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) of PD and AD patients to establish whether changes in these systems are detectable peripherally. Proteasome 20S activity was reduced in PBLs of treated PD patients vs healthy controls (mean +/- SEM: 1.0 +/- 0.1 vs 2.3 +/- 0.2 nmol 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin (AMC)/10(6) cells, p < 0.001), whereas marked increases in caspase-3 activity (1370 +/- 153 vs 586 +/- 104 pmol AMC/10(6) cells, p < 0.001) and caspase-9 activity (873 +/- 86 vs 304 +/- 27 U/10(6) cells, p < 0.001) were found. Increased caspase-9 activity was also detected in PBLs of untreated PD patients (900 +/- 193 U/10(6) cells). PD duration and severity (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale score) were inversely correlated with proteasome 20S activity and directly correlated with caspase-3 ac...Continue Reading

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