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TDP-43 is intercellularly transmitted across axon terminals
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Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kD (TDP-43) is an aggregation-prone prion-like domain-containing protein and component of pathological intracellular aggregates found in most amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients. TDP-43 oligomers have been postulated to be released and subsequently nucleate TDP-43 oligomerization in recipient cells, which might be the molecular correlate of the systematic symptom spreading observed during ALS progression. We developed a novel protein complementation assay allowing quantification of TDP-43 oligomers in living cells. We demonstrate the exchange of TDP-43 between cell somata and the presence of TDP-43 oligomers in microvesicles/exosomes and show that microvesicular TDP-43 is preferentially taken up by recipient cells where it exerts higher toxicity than free TDP-43. Moreover, studies using microfluidic neuronal cultures suggest both anterograde and retrograde trans-synaptic spreading of TDP-43. Finally, we demonstrate TDP-43 oligomer seeding by TDP-43–containing material derived from both cultured cells and ALS patient brain lysate. Thus, using an innovative detection technique, we provide evidence for preferentially microvesicular uptake as well as both soma-to-soma “horizontal” and bidirectional “vertical” synaptic intercellular transmission and prion-like seeding of TDP-43.
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“Elegant experiments have demonstrated that pathological TDP-43 can be transferred between cells in culture (Feiler et al. 2015, Shimonaka et al. 2016), leading to seeding and pathological mislocalization in recipient cells.”
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- Authors
- Feiler, M. S., Strobel, B., Freischmidt, A., Helferich, A. M., Kappel, J., Brewer, B. M., Li, D., Thal, D. R., Walther, P., Ludolph, A. C., Danzer, K. M., & Weishaupt, J. H.
- Affiliations
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) (DE)
- Vanderbilt University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Weishaupt, Jochen H.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of Cell Biology
- Publisher
- Rockefeller University Press
- Published
- 2015-11-23
- Volume
- 211
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 897-911
- ISSN
- 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
- 1540-8140
- PMC
- PMC4657165
- OpenAlex
- W2174491776
- Cited by
- 329
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 20.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- cc-by-nc-sa
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- The Journal of Cell Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
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- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
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- Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Clinical Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
- Keywords
- TDP-43, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, intercellular protein transfer, prion-like seeding, microvesicles, exosomes, axon terminals, protein complementation assay, oligomerization, neurodegeneration
- MeSH terms
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Animals, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Protein Transport, Exosomes, Protein Multimerization, HEK293 Cells
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