Triad of TDP43 control in neurodegeneration: autoregulation, localization and aggregation

P Tziortzouda, L Van Den Bosch, F Hirth - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43; also known as TARDBP
or TDP-43) is a key pathological feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including …

RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in health and disease

AF Harrison, J Shorter - Biochemical Journal, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Approximately 70 human RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) contain a prion-like domain (PrLD).
PrLDs are low-complexity domains that possess a similar amino acid composition to prion …

Mutations in prion-like domains in hnRNPA2B1 and hnRNPA1 cause multisystem proteinopathy and ALS

HJ Kim, NC Kim, YD Wang, EA Scarborough, J Moore… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Algorithms designed to identify canonical yeast prions predict that around 250 human
proteins, including several RNA-binding proteins associated with neurodegenerative …

Protein aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AM Blokhuis, EJN Groen, M Koppers… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins in affected motor neurons. Recent studies have …

Exosome secretion is a key pathway for clearance of pathological TDP-43

Y Iguchi, L Eid, M Parent, G Soucy, C Bareil, Y Riku… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cytoplasmic TDP-43 aggregation is a pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Here we investigated the role of exosomes in the …

Characterizing the RNA targets and position-dependent splicing regulation by TDP-43

JR Tollervey, T Curk, B Rogelj, M Briese… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
TDP-43 is a predominantly nuclear RNA-binding protein that forms inclusion bodies in
frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The …

Ataxin-2 intermediate-length polyglutamine expansions are associated with increased risk for ALS

AC Elden, HJ Kim, MP Hart, AS Chen-Plotkin… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
The causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a devastating human neurodegenerative
disease, are poorly understood, although the protein TDP-43 has been suggested to have a …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of TAX1BP1-directed autophagy results in protein aggregate accumulation in the brain

SA Sarraf, HV Shah, G Kanfer, AM Pickrell… - Molecular Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregates disrupt cellular homeostasis, causing toxicity linked to
neurodegeneration. Selective autophagic elimination of aggregates is critical to protein …

The tip of the iceberg: RNA-binding proteins with prion-like domains in neurodegenerative disease

OD King, AD Gitler, J Shorter - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
Prions are self-templating protein conformers that are naturally transmitted between
individuals and promote phenotypic change. In yeast, prion-encoded phenotypes can be …

TDP-43 and FUS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

IRA Mackenzie, R Rademakers… - The Lancet Neurology, 2010 - thelancet.com
Abnormal intracellular protein aggregates comprise a key characteristic in most
neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …