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2,5‐hexanedione‐induced intermediate filament aggregates contain ubiquitin‐protein conjugate immunoreactivity and resemble Rosenthal fibres
Author(s) -
TUCKWELL D. S.,
LÁSZLÓ L.,
MAYER R. J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
neuropathology and applied neurobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.538
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1365-2990
pISSN - 0305-1846
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1992.tb00831.x
Subject(s) - ubiquitin , conjugate , glial fibrillary acidic protein , chemistry , intermediate filament , vimentin , inclusion bodies , pathology , protein aggregation , protein filament , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , biology , immunohistochemistry , biochemistry , medicine , cell , cytoskeleton , mathematical analysis , mathematics , escherichia coli , gene
A number of chronic degenerative disorders including cerebellar astrocytomas and Parkinson's disease are characterized by the presence of cytosolic inclusions which contain intermediate filament (IF) aggregates and ubiquitin‐protein conjugate immunoreactivity. In cerebellar astrocytomas these inclusions are known as Rosenthal fibres. 2,5‐hexanedione (HD) treatment is known to induce IF aggregates in cells in culture. HD‐induced aggregates have therefore been studied as a potential model for the clinical inclusions. Exposure of astrocyte cultures to 2 mm HD for 2 or 4 weeks led to the formation of aggregates of the IFs (glial fibrillary acidic protein and vimentin). The aggregates contained ubiquitin‐protein conjugates, which, on electron microscopy appeared to be localized in a peripheral shell. In addition, ubiquitin mRNA levels were found to be elevated approximately threefold by HD treatment. HD‐induced inclusions and Rosenthal fibres were found to share a number of features. HD administration, therefore, appears to be a suitable model for the production of pathological inclusions.