Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease.
Abnormalities of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and signalling as well as the down-regulation of neurotrophic factors in several areas of the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues are hallmarks of Huntington's disease (HD). As there is no therapy for this hereditary, neurodegenerativ...
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doaj-f43d1c61abc34fdfb5161fb230ecb7662020-11-25T01:30:50ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-01104e012525910.1371/journal.pone.0125259Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease.Federica CescaElisa BregantBorut PeterlinMaja ZadelGiorgia Dubsky de WittenauGabriele SicilianoRoberto CeravoloLucia PetrozziGiada PaulettoLorenzo VerrielloPaolo BergonziGiuseppe DamanteGiovanni BarillariBruno LucciFrancesco CurcioIncoronata Renata LonigroAbnormalities of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and signalling as well as the down-regulation of neurotrophic factors in several areas of the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues are hallmarks of Huntington's disease (HD). As there is no therapy for this hereditary, neurodegenerative fatal disease, further effort should be made to slow the progression of neurodegeneration in patients through the definition of early therapeutic interventions. For this purpose, molecular biomarker(s) for monitoring disease onset and/or progression and response to treatment need to be identified. In the attempt to contribute to the research of peripheral candidate biomarkers in HD, we adopted a multiplex real-time PCR approach to analyse the mRNA level of targeted genes involved in the control of cellular calcium homeostasis and in neuroprotection. For this purpose we recruited a total of 110 subjects possessing the HD mutation at different clinical stages of the disease and 54 sex- and age-matched controls. This study provides evidence of reduced transcript levels of sarco-endoplasmic reticulum-associated ATP2A2 calcium pump (SERCA2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of manifest and pre-manifest HD subjects. Our results provide a potentially new candidate molecular biomarker for monitoring the progression of this disease and contribute to understanding some early events that might have a role in triggering cellular dysfunctions in HD.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4411078?pdf=render |
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Federica Cesca Elisa Bregant Borut Peterlin Maja Zadel Giorgia Dubsky de Wittenau Gabriele Siciliano Roberto Ceravolo Lucia Petrozzi Giada Pauletto Lorenzo Verriello Paolo Bergonzi Giuseppe Damante Giovanni Barillari Bruno Lucci Francesco Curcio Incoronata Renata Lonigro |
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Federica Cesca Elisa Bregant Borut Peterlin Maja Zadel Giorgia Dubsky de Wittenau Gabriele Siciliano Roberto Ceravolo Lucia Petrozzi Giada Pauletto Lorenzo Verriello Paolo Bergonzi Giuseppe Damante Giovanni Barillari Bruno Lucci Francesco Curcio Incoronata Renata Lonigro Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. PLoS ONE |
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Federica Cesca Elisa Bregant Borut Peterlin Maja Zadel Giorgia Dubsky de Wittenau Gabriele Siciliano Roberto Ceravolo Lucia Petrozzi Giada Pauletto Lorenzo Verriello Paolo Bergonzi Giuseppe Damante Giovanni Barillari Bruno Lucci Francesco Curcio Incoronata Renata Lonigro |
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Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. |
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Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. |
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Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. |
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Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. |
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Evaluating the SERCA2 and VEGF mRNAs as Potential Molecular Biomarkers of the Onset and Progression in Huntington's Disease. |
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evaluating the serca2 and vegf mrnas as potential molecular biomarkers of the onset and progression in huntington's disease. |
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Abnormalities of intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis and signalling as well as the down-regulation of neurotrophic factors in several areas of the central nervous system and in peripheral tissues are hallmarks of Huntington's disease (HD). As there is no therapy for this hereditary, neurodegenerative fatal disease, further effort should be made to slow the progression of neurodegeneration in patients through the definition of early therapeutic interventions. For this purpose, molecular biomarker(s) for monitoring disease onset and/or progression and response to treatment need to be identified. In the attempt to contribute to the research of peripheral candidate biomarkers in HD, we adopted a multiplex real-time PCR approach to analyse the mRNA level of targeted genes involved in the control of cellular calcium homeostasis and in neuroprotection. For this purpose we recruited a total of 110 subjects possessing the HD mutation at different clinical stages of the disease and 54 sex- and age-matched controls. This study provides evidence of reduced transcript levels of sarco-endoplasmic reticulum-associated ATP2A2 calcium pump (SERCA2) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of manifest and pre-manifest HD subjects. Our results provide a potentially new candidate molecular biomarker for monitoring the progression of this disease and contribute to understanding some early events that might have a role in triggering cellular dysfunctions in HD. |
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