investigation of the effects of innate immune activation
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Investigation of the effects of Innate immune
activation on synaptic protein expression in a
Dopaminergic like neuronal cell line.
Presented by Darragh Gallagher
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disease involving the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra in the brain.
Background
Background Risk factors associated with Parkinson's
disease:
1) Age2) Viral infection3) Family history4) Male gender5) Environmental: Toxins, repeated head injury
Background Neurotransmission is dependent on synaptic
proteins.
Background
Virus types associated with Parkinson's disease:
1. Influenza type A2. H.I.V3. Pox 4. HCV
Background
BackgroundNumerous Viruses are
neurotropic and induce inflammation.
Secondary consequence can be Parkinsonism.
1918 Influenza pandemic concurrent with encephalitis lethargica 1916-1927 (Ravenholt and Foege, 1982).
Background Neurons express Toll Like Receptors.
Background Polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid (Poly I:C).
Immunostimulant used to simulate viral infections.
Synthetic analog of double-stranded RNA which is a molecular pattern associated with viral infection.
Recognized by TLR3 inducing NFĸB and production of cytokines.
6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA).
Neurotoxic synthetic organic compound.
Used with selective noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor.
Background
Expect 6-OHDA to have a retrograde loss of Tyrosine Hydroxylase -positive neurons in the substania nigra. (Debeir, Ginestet et al. 2005)
Expect to see increased levels of PSD95 because it inhibits D1 signalling by reduced D1 expression at cell surface as a consequence of enhanced constitutive endocytosis. (Porras, Berthet et al.)
Background
SH-SY5Y cells.
Sub cloned and isolated from human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH.
Express Dopaminergic markers.
Background
H1: If a cell culture system is infected with a Virus or Neurotoxin it will change expression in synaptic proteins.
H0: If a cell culture system is infected with a Virus or Neurotoxin it will not change expression in synaptic proteins.
Hypothesis
To determine if viral infection in a cell culture system results in expression changes in synaptic proteins Tyrosine Hydroxylase (TH) and Post Synaptic Density 95 (PSD-95)
This will be achieved by treating SHSY5Y cells with a viral mimetic Poly I:C and a Neurotoxin 6-OHDA.
Western blotting will measure synaptic protein expression patterns.
Aim of Experiment
Experimental Design
TREATMENT 1 TREATMENT 2 TREATMENT 3 TREATMENT 4CONTROL 1
(20µl medium)POLY I:C
(20µg/ml)CONTROL 1
(20µl medium)POLY I:C
(20µg/ml)
+ + + +CONTROL 2
(20µl medium)CONTROL 2
(20µl medium)6-OHDA (20µM) 6-OHDA (20µM)
SH-SY5Y CELLS
Western Blotting
Experimental Design
CONTROLCONTROL 6-OHDACONTROL
CONTROL
CONTROL
CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL
CONTROL CONTROL CONTROLCONTROL
Poly I:C Poly I:C Poly I:C Poly I:C Poly I:CPoly I:C
6-OHDA 6-OHDA
6-OHDA 6-OHDA 6-OHDA
Experimental DesignWestern Blot procedure
Antibodies for experiment
Experiemntal Design
ANTIBODY Species cross reactivity
Molecular Weight
Source
Tyrosine Hydroxylase
Human, Mouse, Rat 50-60kDa
Rabbit
PSD-95Human, Mouse, Rat 95kDa Rabbit IgG
1. SHSY-5Y cells seeded.
2. Treatment with POLY I:C and 6-OHDA.
3. Cells lysed and proteins assessed by Bradford assay.
4. Western blot performed to detect changes in expression.
Methods
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