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Loss of park7 activity has differential effects on expression of iron responsive element (IRE) gene sets in the brain transcriptome in a zebrafish model of Parkinson's disease.


ABSTRACT: Mutation of the gene PARK7 (DJ1) causes monogenic autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD) in humans. Subsequent alterations of PARK7 protein function lead to mitochondrial dysfunction, a major element in PD pathology. Homozygous mutants for the PARK7-orthologous genes in zebrafish, park7, show changes to gene expression in the oxidative phosphorylation pathway, supporting that disruption of energy production is a key feature of neurodegeneration in PD. Iron is critical for normal mitochondrial function, and we have previously used bioinformatic analysis of IRE-bearing transcripts in brain transcriptomes to find evidence supporting the existence of iron dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer's disease. Here, we analysed IRE-bearing transcripts in the transcriptome data from homozygous park7-/- mutant zebrafish brains. We found that the set of genes with "high quality" IREs in their 5' untranslated regions (UTRs, the HQ5'IRE gene set) was significantly altered in these 4-month-old park7-/- brains. However, sets of genes with IREs in their 3' UTRs appeared unaffected. The effects on HQ5'IRE genes are possibly driven by iron dyshomeostasis and/or oxidative stress, but illuminate the existence of currently unknown mechanisms with differential overall effects on 5' and 3' IREs.

SUBMITTER: Chin HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8146209 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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