Effect of Lithium on Abeta utilising microarray analyses
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ABSTRACT: Our previous work in a Drosophila model of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has shown that we can intervene into the pathways to slow or prevent AD progression. Lithium was able to rescue toxicity in the Drosophila AD model which corresponded with a reduction in Abeta levels. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that Lithium affects Abeta protein translation. To this end, we were interested in studying the effect of Lithium on Abeta using microarray analyses, to determine if we could uncover any interesting downstream pathways. Flies were expressing a mutant version of Abeta, the Arctic mutation, which increases the aggregation or production of Abeta (UAS-ArcAb42/+;elavGS/+). We collected flies 2 days post eclosion that either had no Arctic Abeta protein, or expressed Arctic with or without Lithium treatment for 17 days post eclosion. Samples were homogenised using RLT buffer with betamercaptoethanol.
ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster
SUBMITTER: Fiona Kerr
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-4611 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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