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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Evolutionarily conserved heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) A/B proteins functionally interact with human and Drosophila TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43).

Maurizio Romano, Emanuele Buratti, Giulia Romano, Raffaella Klima, Lisa Del Bel Belluz, Cristiana Stuani, Francisco Baralle, Fabian Feiguin

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. TDP-43: [GU]-ardian of the transcriptome.Molecular neurodegeneration · 2026
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  18. TDP-43 and Cytoskeletal Proteins in ALS.Molecular neurobiology · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Maurizio RomanoDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 28, 34127 Trieste, Italy. Electronic address: mromano@units.it.
Emanuele BurattiInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Giulia RomanoInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Raffaella KlimaInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Lisa Del Bel BelluzDepartment of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via A. Valerio 28, 34127 Trieste, Italy.
Cristiana StuaniInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Francisco BaralleInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
Fabian FeiguinInternational Centre for Genetic Engineering an Biotechnology, Padriciano 99, I-34149 Trieste, Italy.
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human TDP-43 represents the main component of neuronal inclusions found in patients with neurodegenerative diseases, especially frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown that the TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) Drosophila ortholog (TBPH) can biochemically and functionally overlap the properties of the human factor. The recent direct implication of the human heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) A2B1 and A1, known TDP-43 partners, in the pathogenesis of multisystem proteinopathy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis supports the hypothesis that the physical and functional interplay between TDP-43 and hnRNP A/B orthologs might play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. To test this hypothesis and further validate the fly system as a useful model to study this type of diseases, we have now characterized human TDP-43 and Drosophila TBPH similarity in terms of protein-protein interaction pathways. In this work we show that TDP-43 and TBPH share the ability to associate in vitro with Hrp38/Hrb98DE/CG9983, the fruit fly ortholog of the human hnRNP A1/A2 factors. Interestingly, the protein regions of TDP-43 and Hrp38 responsible for reciprocal interactions are conserved through evolution. Functionally, experiments in HeLa cells demonstrate that TDP-43 is necessary for the inhibitory activity of Hrp38 on splicing. Finally, Drosophila in vivo studies show that Hrp38 deficiency produces locomotive defects and life span shortening in TDP-43 with and without animals. These results suggest that hnRNP protein levels can play a modulatory role on TDP-43 functions.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsApolipoprotein A-IIConserved SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEvolution, MolecularExonsHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BHeterogeneous-Nuclear RibonucleoproteinsHumansImmunoprecipitationLocomotionLongevityMolecular Sequence DataApolipoprotein A-IIDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophila ProteinsHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group A-BHeterogeneous-Nuclear RibonucleoproteinsHRB98DE protein, DrosophilaRibonucleoproteinsTBPH protein, DrosophilaDrosophilahnRNP A/BHrb98DEHrp38NeuroscienceRetinal DegenerationRNA-binding ProteinsRNA SplicingTBPHTDP-43

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PMID24492607
PMCPMC3945372
OpenAlexW2035954330

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