Cited by 305Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ResearchDNA Repair MechanismsHereditary Neurological Disorders

Motor neuron disease-associated loss of nuclear TDP-43 is linked to DNA double-strand break repair defects

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Mitra, Joy, Guerrero, Erika N., Hegde, Pavana M., Liachko, Nicole F., Wang, Haibo, Vasquez, Velmarini, Gao, Junling, Pandey, Arvind +8 more·2019·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Significance: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating, motor neuron degenerative disease without any cure to date. About 95% of ALS patients feature abnormalities in the RNA/DNA binding protein TDP-43, involving its nucleus-cytoplasmic mislocalization in spinal motor neurons. How TDP-43 pathology triggers neuronal apoptosis remains unclear. Here, we report that TDP-43 participates in the DNA damage response and its nuclear clearance in motor neurons causes DNA double-strand break repair defects in ALS. Our findings uncover a link between TDP-43 pathology and impaired DNA repair, and suggest potential avenues for DNA repair-targeted therapies for TDP-43–ALS.

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  • TDP-43 is directly involved in NHEJ through its recruitment and stabilization of the XRCC4-LIG4 complex at DSBs.

    “Recently, TDP‐43 was also found to be directly involved in NHEJ through its recruitment and stabilization of the XRCC4‐LIG4 complex at DSBs (Guerrero et al, 2019; Mitra et al, 2019).”

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Mitra, J., Guerrero, E. N., Hegde, P. M., Liachko, N. F., Wang, H., Vasquez, V., Gao, J., Pandey, A., Taylor, J. P., Kraemer, B. C., Wu, P., Boldogh, I., Garruto, R. M., Mitra, S., Rao, K. S., & Hegde, M. L.
Affiliations
  • Houston Methodist (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
  • Binghamton University (US)
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnología (PA)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2019-02-15
Volume
116
Issue
10
Pages
4696-4705
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2807481171
Cited by
305
References
66
Citations by year
2026: 25 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 45 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 33 · 2019: 21
FWCI
26.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Health (R01 NS088645)
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA294842)
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (CDA2 BX007080, BX-003755)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Hereditary Neurological Disorders
Keywords
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, TDP-43, motor neuron disease, DNA double-strand break repair, DNA damage response, motor neuron apoptosis
MeSH terms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Animals, DNA Repair, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Motor Neurons, Protein Binding, RNA-Binding Proteins, Caenorhabditis elegans, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, DNA End-Joining Repair

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