Drosophila

Table 3.

Neuroprotective Genes and Compounds Identified Using Drosophila Model

Gene or Treatment Affect/Mode of Therapy Key References
Ataxin-3 Ubiquitin protease activity (52)
C2-8 Reduce PolyQ aggregation (91)
C4 sFv intrabodies Reduce PolyQ aggregation (92)
CREB-binding protein Recovery of histone acetylation (59)
dHDJ (HSP 40) Chaperone activity (15)
dTPR2 Chaperone activity (15)
Drob-1 Mitochondrial homeostasis (93)
Geldanamycin Hsp90 inhibitor (56, 94)
Glutathione S-transferase Supressor of parkin pathology (7)
Hsp70 Chaperone activity (50, 95)
SAHA Histone deactylase inhibitor (94)
SUMO-1 Reduce PolyQ aggregation (96)
Supressor peptides (3-14 + 3-17) Supress ND in polyQ (97)
Y-27632 Inhibits Rho-associated kinase (98)

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  1. MI October 2005 vol. 5 no. 5 292-303