SPELL - Nematode

Citation	Asikainen S, Rudgalvyte M, Heikkinen L, Louhiranta K, Lakso M, Wong G, Nass R. Global microRNA expression profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Parkinson's disease models. J Mol Neurosci, 2010.
PubMed ID	20091141
Short Description	Global microRNA expression profiling of Caenorhabditis elegans Parkinson's disease models. GEO Record: GSE14899 Platform: GPL8200 Download gene-centric, log2 transformed data: WBPaper00035654.ce.mr.csv
# of Conditions	12
Full Description	MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in human brain development and maintenance. To search for miRNAs that may be involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinsons disease (PD), we utilized miRNA microarrays to identify potential gene expression changes in 115 annotated miRNAs in PD-associated Caenorhabditis elegans models that either overexpress human A53T alpha-synuclein or have mutations within the vesicular catecholamine transporter (cat-1) or parkin (pdr-1) ortholog. Here, we show that 12 specific miRNAs are differentially regulated in the animals overexpressing alpha-synuclein, five in cat-1, and three in the pdr-1 mutants. The family of miR-64 and miR-65 are co-underexpressed in the alpha-synuclein transgenic and cat-1 strains, and members of let-7 family co-underexpressed in the alpha-synuclein and pdr-1 strains; mdl-1 and ptc-1 genes are target candidates for miR-64 and miR-65 and are overexpressed in alpha-synuclein transgenic as well as miR-64/65 (tm3711) knockout animals. These results indicate that miRNAs are differentially expressed in C. elegans PD models and suggest a role for these molecules in disease pathogenesis. Experimental Details: WBPaper00035654:alpha-synuclein-Is10_vs_N2_rep1 WBPaper00035654:alpha-synuclein-Is10_vs_N2_rep2 WBPaper00035654:alpha-synuclein-Is10_vs_N2_rep3 WBPaper00035654:alpha-synuclein-Is10_vs_N2_rep4 WBPaper00035654:cat-1(e1111)_vs_N2_rep1 WBPaper00035654:cat-1(e1111)_vs_N2_rep2 WBPaper00035654:cat-1(e1111)_vs_N2_rep3 WBPaper00035654:cat-1(e1111)_vs_N2_rep4 WBPaper00035654:pdr-1(gk448)_vs_N2_rep1 WBPaper00035654:pdr-1(gk448)_vs_N2_rep2 WBPaper00035654:pdr-1(gk448)_vs_N2_rep3 WBPaper00035654:pdr-1(gk448)_vs_N2_rep4.
Tags	Method: microarray, Species: Caenorhabditis elegans, Topic: disease