Abstract
Mitochondrial transgenic cells or cybrids prepared from Indian population could express mitochondrial defects from Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. The present study examined respiratory potential of control and PD cybrids, and compared with ρ0 and the parent cell line, SH-SY5Y. We also evaluated altered protein expression in these cell lines. The cybrids were created by fusing platelets from PD patients or controls with SH-SY5Y derived ρ0 cells. Mitochondrial proteome was studied using 2D gel electrophoresis followed by MALDI-TOF-TOF analysis. Status of certain proteins was confirmed using PCR, immunoblot and immunocytochemistry. Respiration was monitored using an oxygraph. MTT assay and trypan blue staining provided cell viability status. State 3 respiration was found to be significantly reduced in PD cybrids in comparison to both SH-SY5Y and control cybrids. Analysis of mitochondrial proteome revealed a significant alteration in prohibitin in PD cybrids, which was confirmed by immunoblot assay. Detailed immunocytochemical analysis evolved differential localization of this protein in these cell lines. Dynamin related protein 1 (DRP1) was found to be over-expressed in PD cybrids as compared to other cell lines. Significantly reduced survivability was observed for PD cybrids, as compared to control cybrids and SH-SY5Y cells. PD cybrids established from Indian population clearly revealed mitochondrial dysfunction, and changes in its protein levels. It has become evident from the present study that prohibitin is localized predominantly in the nucleus of these cells and it may be unrelated to mitochondrial respiration. These results warrant investigation of prohibitin in relation to cell death and survivability, following differentiation into neurons, since this protein is known to be associated with cell proliferation.
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - Jun 2013 |
| Event | 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and the American Society for Neurochemistry Cancun, Mexico, 20–24th, April 2013 - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 20 Apr 2013 → 24 Apr 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Neurochemistry and the American Society for Neurochemistry Cancun, Mexico, 20–24th, April 2013 |
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| Abbreviated title | ISN-ASN |
| Country/Territory | Mexico |
| City | Cancun |
| Period | 20/04/13 → 24/04/13 |