Reduced immunoreactivity to calcium-binding proteins in Purkinje cells precedes onset of ataxia in spinocerebellar ataxia-1 transgenic mice

Neurology
P J VigZ Qin

Abstract

Earlier we have shown alterations in immunoreactivity (IR) to the calcium-binding proteins parvalbumin (PV) and calbindin D-28k (CaB) in surviving Purkinje cells of patients with spinocerebellar ataxia-1 (SCA-1). In the present study we determined PV and CaB expression (by immunohistochemical and immunoblot analyses) in Purkinje cells of transgenic mice (TM) expressing the human SCA-1 gene with an expanded (line B05) and normal (line A02) CAG tract, as well as in age-matched nontransgenic mice (nTM). Heterozygotes in the B05 line develop progressive ataxia beginning around 12 weeks of age. A02 animals are phenotypically indistinguishable from wild-type (nontransgenic) animals. In the cerebella of 8-, 9-, and 12-week-old TM-B05 there was a progressive decrease in PV IR in Purkinje cells compared with nTM and TM-A02. Parvalbumin immunostaining in interneurons was well preserved in all groups. A progressive decrease was also observed in CaB IR in Purkinje cells of 8-, 9-, and 12-week-old TM-B05. Cerebellar Purkinje cells of 6-week-old TM-B05, which exhibit no ataxia and even lack demonstrable Purkinje cell loss, also revealed reduction in PV IR. This change was matched by a significant decrease in the amount of cerebellar PV in 6-...Continue Reading

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