Effect of 6OHDA-induced dopaminergic neuron loss on level of astakine 1 cytokine in crayfish brain and blood cells

Sammanfattning: Prokineticin 2 has been recently discovered to be up regulated in the mice having the Parkinson's disease. The homologue protein of prokineticin 2 in the crayfish, named astatine 1, has been reported to be highly expressed in crayfish blood cells and have very similar functions with the prokineticin 2. However, the role of astakine 1 in the Parkinson's disease has never been researched. Therefore, in this study 6OHDA which is a compound widely used to induce Parkinson’s disease model organisms such as mice and rats was injected into crayfish. After injection, levels of astakine 1 in crayfish brain and blood cells were examined by the western blot. In addition, the number of blood cells was determined and movement of crayfish was observed.