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The C-Terminal TDP-43 Fragments Have a High Aggregation Propensity and Harm Neurons by a Dominant-Negative Mechanism

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Yang, Chunxing, Tan, Weijia, Whittle, Catheryne, Qiu, Linghua, Cao, Lucheng, Akbarian, Schahram, Xu, Zuoshang·2010·PLoS ONE

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TAR DNA binding protein 43 KD (TDP-43) is an essential gene that regulates gene transcription, mRNA splicing and stability. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), two fatal neurodegenerative diseases, TDP-43 is fragmented, generating multiple fragments that include the C-terminal fragment of ∼25 KD. The role of these fragments in the pathogenesis of ALS and FTD is not clear. Here we investigated the aggregation propensity in various polypeptide regions of TDP-43 in mammalian cells and the effect of these fragments on cultured neurons. By expressing the full length and various TDP-43 fragments in motor neuron-derived NSC-34 cells and primary neurons, we found that both N- and C-terminal fragments of TDP-43 are prone to aggregate and the C-terminal end of RRM2 region is required, though not sufficient, for aggregation. The aggregation of the TDP-43 fragments can drive co-aggregation with the full-length TDP-43, consequently reducing the nuclear TDP-43. In addition, the TDP-43 fragments can impair neurite growth during neuronal differentiation. Importantly, overexpression of the full-length TDP-43 rescues the neurite growth phenotype whereas knockdown of the endogenous TDP-43 reproduces this phenotype. These results suggest that TDP-43 fragments, particularly the pathologically relevant C-terminal fragments, can impair neuronal differentiation by dominant-negatively interfering with the function of the full length TDP-43, thus playing a role in pathogenesis in ALS and FTD.

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Yang, C., Tan, W., Whittle, C., Qiu, L., Cao, L., Akbarian, S., & Xu, Z.
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PLoS ONE
Published
2010-12-31
Volume
5
Issue
12
Pages
e15878
ISSN
1932-6203 (ISSN-L)
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W1994982825
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189
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en
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Yang, C., Tan, W., Whittle, C., Qiu, L., Cao, L., Akbarian, S., & Xu, Z. (2010). The C-Terminal TDP-43 Fragments Have a High Aggregation Propensity and Harm Neurons by a Dominant-Negative Mechanism. PLoS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015878

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