Microbial infections are a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases

SK Lotz, BM Blackhurst, KL Reagin… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, comprise a family of disorders characterized by progressive …

The role of RNA binding proteins for local mRNA translation: implications in neurological disorders

MP Thelen, MJ Kye - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As neurons are one of the most highly polarized cells in our body, they require sophisticated
cellular mechanisms to maintain protein homeostasis in their subcellular compartments such …

Thermodynamic forces from protein and water govern condensate formation of an intrinsically disordered protein domain

S Mukherjee, LV Schäfer - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) can drive a multitude of cellular processes by
compartmentalizing biological cells via the formation of dense liquid biomolecular …

[HTML][HTML] RNA methylation influences TDP43 binding and disease pathogenesis in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

M McMillan, N Gomez, C Hsieh, M Bekier, X Li… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
RNA methylation at adenosine N6 (m6A) is one of the most common RNA modifications,
impacting RNA stability, transport, and translation. Previous studies uncovered RNA …

Interactions between ALS-linked FUS and nucleoporins are associated with defects in the nucleocytoplasmic transport pathway

YC Lin, MS Kumar, N Ramesh, EN Anderson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nucleocytoplasmic transport (NCT) decline occurs with aging and neurodegeneration. Here,
we investigated the NCT pathway in models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis–fused in …

Yin and yang regulation of stress granules by Caprin-1

D Song, L Kuang, L Yang, L Wang, H Li, X Li… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - pnas.org
Stress granules (SGs) are cytoplasmic biomolecular condensates containing proteins and
RNAs in response to stress. Ras-GTPase–activating protein binding protein 1 (G3BP1) is a …

The key role of solvent in condensation: Map** water in liquid-liquid phase-separated FUS

J Ahlers, EM Adams, V Bader, S Pezzotti… - Biophysical journal, 2021 - cell.com
Formation of biomolecular condensates through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has
emerged as a pervasive principle in cell biology, allowing compartmentalization and …

Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay in neuronal physiology and neurodegeneration

MP Howe, R Patani - Trends in Neurosciences, 2023 - cell.com
The processes of mRNA export from the nucleus and subsequent mRNA translation in the
cytoplasm are of particular relevance in eukaryotic cells. In highly polarised cells such as …

Protein structural transitions critically transform the network connectivity and viscoelasticity of RNA-binding protein condensates but RNA can prevent it

AR Tejedor, I Sanchez-Burgos… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates, some of which are liquid-like during health, can age over time
becoming gel-like pathological systems. One potential source of loss of liquid-like properties …

Synaptic dysfunction in ALS and FTD: anatomical and molecular changes provide insights into mechanisms of disease

PA Gelon, PA Dutchak, CF Sephton - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synaptic loss is a pathological feature of all neurodegenerative diseases including
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). ALS is a disease of …