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Synaptic dysfunction in Huntington's disease: a new perspective
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Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by a polyglutamine expansion in the protein huntingtin and is characterized by intraneuronal inclusions and widespread neuronal death at the late stage of the disease. In research, most of the emphasis has been on understanding the cell death and its mechanisms. Until recently, it was believed that the vast majority, if not all, of the symptoms in HD are a direct consequence of neurodegeneration. However, increasing evidence shows that subtle alterations in synaptic function could underlie the early symptoms. It is of particular interest to understand the nature of this neuronal dysfunction. Normal huntingtin interacts with various cytoskeletal and synaptic vesicle proteins that are essential for exocytosis and endocytosis. Altered interactions of mutant huntingtin with its associated partners could contribute to abnormal synaptic transmission in HD. This review describes recent advances in understanding synaptic dysfunction in HD.
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“Studies suggest that wild-type huntingtin has a role in vesicular trafficking and axonal transport (Gauthier et al., 2004;Trushina et al., 2004;Smith et al., 2005a;Caviston and Holzbaur, 2009).”
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“These aggregates could impair synaptic function, distort dendritic morphology, and disrupt trafficking and cell signaling and contribute to the known dendritic pathology that occurs in HD (Li et al., 2003;Smith et al., 2005a).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Smith, R., Brundin, P., & Li, J.-Y.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Li, J.-Y.
- Venue
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Published
- 2005-06-15
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 1901-1912
- ISSN
- 1420-682X (ISSN-L)
- 1420-9071
- PMC
- PMC11139070
- OpenAlex
- W2132164151
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 132
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- FWCI
- 3.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Keywords
- Huntington's disease, synaptic dysfunction, huntingtin, polyglutamine expansion, mutant huntingtin, synaptic vesicle proteins, exocytosis, endocytosis, synaptic transmission, neurodegeneration, neuronal dysfunction
- MeSH terms
- Huntingtin Protein, Animals, Brain, Exocytosis, Humans, Huntington Disease, Mutation, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Synaptic Transmission, Nuclear Proteins, Synapses, Transcription, Genetic, Models, Animal
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