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C9orf72 repeat expansions cause neurodegeneration in Drosophila through arginine-rich proteins

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Mizielinska, Sarah, Grönke, Sebastian, Niccoli, Teresa, Ridler, Charlotte E., Clayton, Emma L., Devoy, Anny, Moens, Thomas, Norona, Frances E. +12 more·2014·Science

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Dipeptide repeat peptides on the attack: Certain neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are associated with expanded dipeptides translated from RNA transcripts of disease-associated genes (see the Perspective by West and Gitler). Kwon et al. show that the peptides encoded by the expanded repeats in the C9orf72 gene interfere with the way cells make RNA and kill cells. These effects may account for how this genetic form of ALS causes disease. Working in Drosophila , Mizielinska et al. aimed to distinguish between the effects of repeat-containing RNAs and the dipeptide repeat peptides that they encode. The findings provide evidence that dipeptide repeat proteins can cause toxicity directly. Science , this issue p. 1139 and p. 1192 ; see also p. 1118

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Mizielinska, S., Grönke, S., Niccoli, T., Ridler, C. E., Clayton, E. L., Devoy, A., Moens, T., Norona, F. E., Woollacott, I. O. C., Pietrzyk, J., Cleverley, K., Nicoll, A. J., Pickering-Brown, S., Dols, J., Cabecinha, M., Hendrich, O., Fratta, P., Fisher, E. M. C., Partridge, L., & Isaacs, A. M.
Affiliations
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
  • Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing (DE)
  • MRC Prion Unit (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Mizielinska, Sarah
  • Grönke, Sebastian
  • Niccoli, Teresa
  • Partridge, Linda
  • Isaacs, Adrian M.
Venue
Science
Published
2014-09-05
Volume
345
Issue
6201
Pages
1192-1194
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2137039075
Cited by
740
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 44 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 70 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 90 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 62 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 62 · 2016: 68 · 2015: 59 · 2014: 18
FWCI
45.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (098565, 089701, 081394)
  • Brain Research UK (13173)
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research (ACF-2012-18-009)
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association (ISAACS/APR13/818-791)
  • Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
  • Medical Research Council (MR/K018523/1, MR/J004022/1, MR/L021056/1)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
C9orf72, GGGGCC repeat expansion, dipeptide repeat proteins, repeat-associated non-ATG translation, frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, neurodegeneration, arginine-rich proteins, Drosophila model
MeSH terms
C9orf72 Protein, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Animals, Dipeptides, Disease Models, Animal, Drosophila melanogaster, Escherichia coli, Humans, Neurons, Proteins, DNA Repeat Expansion, Cell Line, Tumor, Frontotemporal Dementia

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