Increased Hydrogen Peroxide and Decreased Glutathione Redox Potential May Cause Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Parkin Loss-of-Function Drosophila

The Scientific Committee of WMS is honored to announce that Dr. Lori Buhlman, Associate Professor from the College of Graduate Studies of Midwestern University, USA, will be joining us for our 10th Anniversary Edition of Targeting Mitochondria World Congress, which will be held in Berlin on October 28th-29th, 2019.

In her presentation entitled "Increased Hydrogen Peroxide and Decreased Glutathione Redox Potential May Cause Dopaminergic Neurodegeneration in Parkin Loss-of-Function Drosophila", Dr. Buhlman will discuss with us her recent studies on the mechanism of selective neurodegeneration in familial Parkinson’s disease. They use parkin loss-of-function Drosophila, which have selective dopaminergic neurodegeneration and motor behavior deficits.  "We have observed that degenerating neurons have transiently decreased mitophagy initiation, disrupted mitochondrial dynamics and increased mitochondrial protein oxidation, none of which were detected in non-degenerating dopaminergic neurons. Current goals are to understand important differences between vulnerable and non-degenerating dopaminergic degeneration in adult and developing flies and use genetic and pharmacological interventions to address them."       

For more information about Targeting Mitochondria 2019: https://targeting-mitochondria.com