TDP43 is a human low molecular weight neurofilament (hNFL) mRNA-binding protein
TDP43 is a human low molecular weight neurofilament (hNFL) mRNA-binding protein
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TDP43 是一种人类低分子量神经丝蛋白(hNFL)mRNA 结合蛋白
DOI:
10.1016/j.mcn.2007.03.007
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Shoesmith, Christen
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作者:
Strong, Michael J.;Volkening, Kathryn;Shoesmith, Christen
The human TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP43) colocalizes with ubiquitinated inclusions in motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). TDP43 is both a DNA-binding protein with a nuclear export sequence that interacts with (TG),T. elements in DNA and an RNA-binding protein that interacts with (UG)(6-12) motifs in single-stranded RNA. In control motor neurons, TDP43 was almost exclusively nuclear, whereas in ALS spinal motor neurons, TDP43 was predominantly localized to the cytosol and not the nucleus. TDP43 was observed as punctuate immunoreactivity and as dense skeins, with and without ubiquitinization. We observed that TDP43 stabilizes the human low molecular weight (hNFL) mRNA through a direct interaction with the 3'UTR. TDP43 is a unique hNFL mRNA-binding protein that is altered in its somatotopic localization in ALS spinal motor neurons and potentially contributes to the formation of NF aggregates in ALS through alterations in NF stoichiometry. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.