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Differential nigral expression of bcl-2 protein family in the pure and common forms of Dementia with Lewy bodies: relevance for dopaminergic neuronal vulnerability

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We investigated whether bcl-2 protein family is involved in the pathogenesis of the dopaminergic neurodegeneration that occurs in Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The expression of the proapoptotic protein bax and the antiapoptotic proteins bcl-2 and bcl-xL was investigated by Western blot in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra of pure and common DLB forms.

No changes in the nigral expression levels of bax, bcl-2 and bcl-xL proteins were found between control and DLB pure cases. In the common DLB forms, nigral bcl-xL and bcl-2 proteins levels were significantly decreased in the DLB cases associated with a concomitant severe AD pathology (p < 0.05). An increase in nigral bcl-2 protein expression was observed in the DLB cases with a mild AD-associated pathology (p < 0.05).

The present results are in agreement with previous observations indicating that DLB cases with severe AD pathology tend to show severe Lewy pathology suggesting that AD pathology might exacerbate Lewy pathology.

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Saldaña, M., Aguilar, E., Bonastre, M. et al. Differential nigral expression of bcl-2 protein family in the pure and common forms of Dementia with Lewy bodies: relevance for dopaminergic neuronal vulnerability. J Neural Transm 114, 1469–1477 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00702-007-0765-x

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