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Mitochondrial DNA Quality Control and Neurodegeneration

Mitochondrial DNA Quality Control and Neurodegeneration
线粒体 DNA 质量控制和神经变性
批准号:
8640771
负责人:
MING GUO
金额:
$30.8万
依托单位国家:
美国
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财政年份:
2013
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2013-09-30 至 2017-08-31

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描述(由申请人提供):神经退行性疾病影响超过50%的80岁以上人群,没有任何治疗可以阻止疾病的进展。对于大多数(如果不是全部的话)神经退行性疾病来说,最大的风险因素是衰老。线粒体DNA (mtDNA)突变的积累在人类衰老过程中可见,并导致细胞功能障碍和死亡。因此,减少mtDNA负荷和改善线粒体DNA质量的策略可能会延缓衰老并减少与年龄相关的神经退行性疾病的病理。我们在活的黑腹果蝇身上制造了一种独特的工具,它包含了工程mtDNA突变。我们的目标是利用这些果蝇进行全基因组遗传筛选,以确定那些基因,当突变时,导致线粒体质量控制的抑制或增强。
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neurodegenerative disorders affect more than 50% of the population over the age of 80, and no treatment can halt the progression of the disease. The strongest risk factor for most, if not all, neurodegenerative disorders are aging. Accumulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations is seen during human aging and leads to cellular dysfunction and death. Thus strategies that reduce the mtDNA load and improve mitochondrial DNA quality are likely to delay aging and reduce the age-related pathologies of neurodegenerative diseases. We have generated a unique tool in living Drosophila melanogaster that contains engineered mtDNA mutations. We aim to use these flies to carry out genome-wide genetic screens to identify those genes, when mutated, lead to suppression or enhancement of the mitochondrial quality control.
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Identifying Regulators of Degeneration due to Defective Mitochondrial DNA
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